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[Rosseau]

Please forgive me for interrupting and for asking a question that may already have been addressed:

My favorite aspect of DW1 was the ability to jump into the editor in-game. What kind of editor support does the new game have?

Thanks!

[FrattonFreak]

There is a physical version for an additional £8. You will see this at check-out

[zgrssd]

ORIGINAL: Vyshka

My search didn't turn anything up, so asking here. Erik are there plans for Steam Workshop integration for modding?

IIRC the answer was:
"Generally yes, but not at release."

ORIGINAL: Pocus

I guess my issue with hard locking research until you get a certain % bonus from various sites is that it is very much tied to your physical expansion and somehow your luck.

Except it is not. Remeber that General Bonus to reserach counts. If you got bad luck at the draw, just get some general research bonus.
Or live with the fact you only got T4 technology - not T5 - in some areas.

Those kind of worries only realy make sense with some serious missconceptions. And never watched a single video of it being played.

[Pocus]

Having again a bad day? I did watch some videos, partially. Namely Tortuga power and Das Tactic. I don't have the luxury to watch as much as you.

[Erik Rutins]

ORIGINAL: Arthanis
Haven't see any streamer mention it, but are there any types of station that can be built in deep space away from planets?

The main station that fits the bill for this is the Monitoring Station, which is intended to be built out of the way in deep space to expand your sensor and warning range without being easy for the enemy to find.

Regards,

- Erik

[Erik Rutins]

ORIGINAL: Sheridan1969
Can scout ships and other ships use multiple waypoints on their way?

They will, but this is done automatically based on their jump range.

[Erik Rutins]

ORIGINAL: Nightfire
Is the "ingame galaxy encyclopedia" available for reading as an internet accessible online PDF?

We're writing a PDF manual which will complement the in-game tours and the Galactopedia. If space allows, I may also include some the Galactopedia sections there. Otherwise they are also available as text files within the game sub-folders.

[Erik Rutins]

ORIGINAL: James80
Could it be that the manual is the "coming soon Diary #7"?

I expect we'll post some manual previews, but there should be a few more dev diaries as well, at least in video form and perhaps also in text/picture form.

[Erik Rutins]

ORIGINAL: Pocus
Someone remind me how research location bonuses remain of interest even if you have many? Smth I disliked in DW1 was that only the top one was, and the rest was useless, but I think it has been changed to something smarter?

Depends on what you want to research and what bonuses you already have. As you progress through the tech tree, you require higher total bonuses to get past certain threshholds. You can find these bonuses through exploration, from characters or from building various research facilities, but you need to get them somehow. This tends to mean that where you have an abundance of a particular research bonus, you don't worry about it, but where you are lacking you really start looking for ways to boost that area.

Regards,

- Erik

[Erik Rutins]

ORIGINAL: James80
Thanks for coming back to it. So, if I don't have the resources on hand and I need them for building they will be instantly bought? If so: I think I have seen independent traders in the game. What is their purpose then?

Trade treaties, including with independents, are excellent because they give you access to additional resources you may not have otherwise as well as alternate sources for resources you need more than your own mining stations can supply. In DW2 you can't build something until you have the resources available at one of your spaceports/worlds, so if you try to build before you have the construction resources you need, the game will tell you what's missing (and your freighters/mining ships will already be trying to fill that gap if they can).

Regards,

- Erik

[Erik Rutins]

ORIGINAL: Tank Commander_MatrixForum
I see we now have the early order option at a fixed price which I assume is the DX version and an option to upgrade to the physical version which i assume is the ST version??

Is there no CL or HB version option ? Are there plans for this?
It would be disappointing to go ST version then CL / HB to come out at a later date. Please confirm

There is a physical boxed copy (DX version which is a Box + DVD) but the manual is a PDF. There is no printed manual for this release. It's possible that in the future we may print a manual for DW2. If we do that, we'll also make it available as a physical upgrade option.

Regards,

- Erik

[Erik Rutins]

ORIGINAL: Vyshka
My search didn't turn anything up, so asking here. Erik are there plans for Steam Workshop integration for modding?

Not for the initial release. Quite possible in the future.

[Erik Rutins]

ORIGINAL: Rosseau
Please forgive me for interrupting and for asking a question that may already have been addressed:
My favorite aspect of DW1 was the ability to jump into the editor in-game. What kind of editor support does the new game have?

DW2 has a full in-game editor as with DW1.

[Cauldyth]

I think the answer is probably no, but will it take advantage of Steam cloud saves?

[Erik Rutins]

Not at this time.

[bbenham]

Can you play DW2 in Windowed Mode?

[btd64]

ORIGINAL: bbenham

Can you play DW2 in Windowed Mode?

Yes....GP

[Nabobalis]

Will there be in future, ways to manipulate the private economy side? I feel like there is untapped potential there to be able to influence it.

[zgrssd]

ORIGINAL: Nabobalis

Will there be in future, ways to manipulate the private economy side? I feel like there is untapped potential there to be able to influence it.

Right now:
Can where mining stations have to or cannot be build
Set different resource targets on planets and ports (however the automatic is pretty good).
Design their Ships.

Additionally Merchant Guilds can controll the Mining Ships (but are going to be Teekan and Haakonish only after the Stream runs).

I am unsure what more to add here?

[frankycl]

I don't know if this was asked before (or if it is the right place), but I couldn't find anything for it on my own.:/ - So, here's the question:

Where (or when) can I buy the collectors edition of DW2 ?? (Since we can preorder it now, I haven't found anything, but the DX-Version, so far. )

EDIT: I think I finally found the answer here (so please don't bother with answering anymore ):

ORIGINAL: Erik Rutins

There is a physical boxed copy (DX version which is a Box + DVD) but the manual is a PDF. There is no printed manual for this release. It's possible that in the future we may print a manual for DW2. If we do that, we'll also make it available as a physical upgrade option.

Regards,

- Erik

... and I finally preordered (on GOG) [:D]