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ORIGINAL: cookie monster

I HATE the autosave![:@]

Could we have it so that it prompts for autosave?

Just as I'm about to add my super laser to my Death Star the game autosaves...

It's a beast on 1400 star galaxies and takes ages to save (5mins plus change), no matter if you have an SSD and 16GB's of RAM.

It reminds me of the Windows Update reminder which only went thru the desktop, it would shut down the computer for restart while you were in the middle of something.


typo

ORIGINAL: Data

Not sure if anyone else already requested this but please make the custom settings persistent across newer patches. Note that I'm requesting this to steal some of Shark's initial save games but I'm sure it can be usefull all around. [:)]

ORIGINAL: Hetulik

I have a low habitability volcanic planet where i found zenobia fluid that i can't colonize yet. I've built large bases above it to mine and protect it.

I'm playing the game normally and then it is colonized by a neutral without any warning. I'm then told they're not trading my zenobia fluid with me because i have 2 other mining bases in 'their' system. (but i had 3 mining bases in this system originally until they colonized by zenobia planet.)

This situation just doesn't seem right. Theoretically my captain of my defensive bases and ships above the zenobia planet should tell me there's an enemy colony ship on the way. Or I should have an option to tell my defensive and mining bases to shoot enemy colony ships. I don't want to stare at the zenobia fluid planet all day to protect it from being colonized.

Thanks for your consideration,
Hetulik

ORIGINAL: Data

Yes, that is one way to do it but Hetulik still has a valid point. I'd also like to see this feature in the game and not only for planets / colony ships but for a variety of targets.

• To be able to play as a pirate faction. Money gathered by bounty hunting could be spent on building ships, buying research or financing agents that steal technology from empire races. Another way to gather research would be to board ships and bases and reverse-engineer them. If boarding other ships becomes possible maybe research wouldn't need to be so important - pirates would simply take components from other races ships and transplant them inside their own ship designs. Whatever was destroyed in boarding process would be compensated with technology acquired the old-fashioned way. Boarding would also be a way to acquire resources from freighters and mining bases. Pirates shouldn't be able to colonize planets, but they should be able to launch an offensive against one to steal resources or collect bounty from another empire that needs someone to soften its defenses.
• "Capital" star base that could serve as a capital (something like a Citadel from Mass Effect) If player looses all colonies and has a star base like this hidden somewhere in deep space/gas cloud/orbiting gas giant in some far away system he wouldn't lose the game. This kind of base would require special component costing a small fortune and have a great maintenance cost but it would be well worth it if it could be used as a staging ground for taking back a planet. Consider it a second chance if you will.

ORIGINAL: malisle

Would it be possible to create our own component designs, just as we can create our own ships designs now?

I'm thinking something like this: you open component design window and select type of component you would like to create, torpedo weapon for example. Then series of sliders that allow you to manipulate range, damage loss over distance, component size, energy required to shoot, etc. show up. Their default position would be determined by your current tech level. Underneath the sliders would be a list of resources needed to construct the component , maintenance cost for component and similar.

If you wanted to increase damage your torpedo weapon deals you could do that by moving slider to the right with small price increase at the beginning, and then exponential growth of price the further you go. If you moved few sliders a small bit prices would grow fast. Again, current tech level would determine default prices, damages and other properties. Name of the weapon, component icon, torpedo graphic and other stuff should also be selectable.

That feature would satisfy modders and add a new dimension to DW gaming.