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A small list of issues I have encountered so far:

> My monitor size is 1280 x 1024 and the the Right Panel invades the Tab windows (Particularly the REP tab). Even when the Right Panel is closed it still bugs out and pops up over the REP window.

> Staying with my small monitor, please could the developers add an option to make the UI and Text "Smaller"? The UI and text are just too big for small monitors.

> I have a 'cheating' Slavers Faction with a large Mobilized Slavers force... in HIGH MOUNTAINS!!

> Can someone tell me what the 'Mission Impossible' card is for? It will cost me 62 Pol Points + an impossible roll with crazy difficulty for just two Fate Points.... seems a pointless card I do not understand it?

> Please add option on Strategic Map to remove Zone Names... I cannot see the resources and such under the Zone Names.

> Staying with the Strategic Map: If I click an area to view on the SM the camera view and SM window moves to an area way below where I clicked? The Mini Map however does not have this problem.

> The map scroll speed is too slow when zoomed out.

> Also can the developers later add define keys option and allow scroll map movement with AWSD keys? I hate Edge Scrolling!

That will do for now + Keep up the good work.

Peace.

> Can someone tell me what the 'Mission Impossible' card is for? It will cost me 62 Pol Points + an impossible roll with crazy difficulty for just two Fate Points.... seems a pointless card I do not understand it?

To get 'free' (not hurting your zones) Fate Points, which are awesome. If you fail, you'll get 1 still, just don't critically fail. And if you fail, the leader who rolls might get better at rolling it

Good catch and the right pane window that sometimes appeared back after initially being hidden to show the full tab.

Ideally you should up your resolution a bit since 1280 width is the barest minimum to play Shadow Empire. However you might have a screen that has 1280 as the hard maximum, rare but possible... Hence I am adding a 75% DPI setting to Prefs.

Upcoming Beta-6 will have:
-Fixed a graphic glitch with right bar reappearing when Tabs open in very low resolution screen (that should hide the right tab to make place for the Tab itself)
-Added a 75% DPI mode that simulates having a larger screen. Obviously at the cost of some render speed and graphic fidelity, but it might be useful to some low resolution screen players.

best wishes,
Vic

Thank you for the replies.

GodwinW: I did not know that you can still get one fate point if you fail (but don't critically fail) that makes it a little more of a 'gamble' now - if your desperate - and the fact that the card is also called 'mission impossible' does make more sense now because the 'roll' is practically impossible. Thanks for clarifying.

Vic: Yeah unfortunately that is the max res for my monitor but the tabs and everything do 'just fit' but it's that pesky 'right panel' that is the problem. My monitor is a Hanns.G HX194DPB 19 inch so will very much appreciate that new 75% dpi option! Thanks.

Okay below is an updated list of issues, suggestions and questions, some may have already been fixed, asked or discussed elsewhere just ignore if that's the case:

> I do not think we should be able to build an 'Industry' Asset if a private 'Light Industry' asset already exists? Particularly as it resides on the same city hex. We should have to nationalize the 'Light Industry' asset first if we want to upgrade and take full advantage of the industry assets - But I would like to know others thoughts on my suggestion?

> The asset view option 'Only assets in the selected hex are shown' should not apply to the Asset Management screen. If the aforementioned option is enabled then Assets outside the city are not shown in the Asset Management screen.

> Possible issue with 'Volunteerism' as I received an Extra Militia REGIMENT on round 16? I should not receive extra/free Regiment sized Militia until round 20.

> What exactly is Public Trading and why do all Minor Faction's and my own Faction NEVER seem to have any public trading figures while major factions always have public trading reports and there seems to be no mention of Public Trading in the manual? (Note that I have only been playing this game for couple of weeks so it may be a later game mechanic that I have not discovered yet but please explain to me thanks!)

> War/Peace updates i.e. "Faction A is now in a state of war with Faction B" or "Faction C and Faction D have signed a truce" or something like that anyway - these can be added to the Reports (REP tab) and... well, just give my lazy secretary something to do!

> The ability to see our battle results and battle screen during end/opponents turn (Has been mentioned in another thread I think?)

> Option to view other factions battle results & battle screens in the 'History' window (But only if we have high recon on those forces)

> When selecting targets for Stratgem cards make an option to remove INVALID selections from the list and also the lists should be in Alphabetical order - the target list can be way too long sometimes and I find I have to scroll through lists of zone names!

> The 'canyons' graphic when zoomed in is too dark (This is on desert worlds) it looks more like an 'oil slick' just looks a little 'out of place' so maybe keep the 'graphic' but just adjust the color to make it a little more 'dark red' or 'brown' to simulate a deep canyon. Again just my view everyone else might like that graphic.

That's all I can think of for now. Thanks again guys.
Peace.

ORIGINAL: noone10

> I do not think we should be able to build an 'Industry' Asset if a private 'Light Industry' asset already exists? Particularly as it resides on the same city hex. We should have to nationalize the 'Light Industry' asset first if we want to upgrade and take full advantage of the industry assets - But I would like to know others thoughts on my suggestion?

Light industry is a LIGHT private one. Making shirts, backpacks, farmer trucks and so on. Your industry making warmachines and factories. Obviously they are completely unrelated so everything is fine here.

ORIGINAL: noone10
> Possible issue with 'Volunteerism' as I received an Extra Militia REGIMENT on round 16? I should not receive extra/free Regiment sized Militia until round 20.

Excuse me? Why you thing you shouldn't? Forming of regiments based on militia scores (possible on zone population and private economy - unsure about it) and that score could change a lot in different games because of events.

ORIGINAL: noone10
> What exactly is Public Trading and why do all Minor Faction's and my own Faction NEVER seem to have any public trading figures while major factions always have public trading reports and there seems to be no mention of Public Trading in the manual?

It IS mentioned in manual - Major Regimes are protectionists and don't allow free trade between them initially. You need to play diplomacy stratagem to unlock trade between you and another major.

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> The ability to see our battle results and battle screen during end/opponents turn (Has been mentioned in another thread I think?)

You could re-play end of turn and see all OUR battle reports using "history" map mode (HIS button in top-left). But yean, we aren't able to see enemy battle reports. Personally I don't see this being an issue - enemy obviously using cryptography and in fact we have special encodings that impossible to break (they have own huge limitation so basically limited for military uses only).

ORIGINAL: noone10
> When selecting targets for Stratgem cards make an option to remove INVALID selections from the list and also the lists should be in Alphabetical order - the target list can be way too long sometimes and I find I have to scroll through lists of zone names!

AFAIK you can use filters when selecting your leaders. And when selecting a zone - you can simply click on it on mini-map

Thanks for the replies demiare.

Light industry is a LIGHT private one. Making shirts, backpacks, farmer trucks and so on. Your industry making warmachines and factories. Obviously they are completely unrelated so everything is fine here.

Yes, I can see your point here and that is why I raised the question, it just seemed a bit odd that we have to nationalize scavenging communities, aggri-domes, truck stops etc to gain full benefits, but not the industry?

Excuse me? Why you thing you shouldn't?

Before round 20 'volunteerism' was only meant to provide extra BATTALION sized militia? Extra REGIMENT sized militia were not supposed to be supplied until round 20 - or from round 20 to 100 - after which it's extra DIVISIONS.

It IS mentioned in manual - Major Regimes are protectionists and don't allow free trade between them initially. You need to play diplomacy stratagem to unlock trade between you and another major.

I did not find a single instance of 'public trading' in the manual using 'find' (i had to convert the PDF to MS Word as Firefox seemed to only load a few pages at a time) BUT - that said, you have nailed it with the diplomacy stratagems to unlock trading, as mentioned I have not finished the full game yet so this is why I asked - so thanks for clarifying that for me.

But yean, we aren't able to see enemy battle reports. Personally I don't see this being an issue

No, its not an issue, but just a 'suggestion' as it would be very interesting to see how enemy battles pan out - but again only if we have very HIGH recon on the hex in question because - as you say we - would need to retrieve battle information by using LOTS of spies and gain that valuable information, but would be interesting from an information point of view.

AFAIK you can use filters when selecting your leaders. And when selecting a zone - you can simply click on it on mini-map

Yes some do have filters but send spies for example has only a list of zones in a kind of 'random' order, now clicking on the region has the same issue I pointed out above with the Strat Map where the 'click' is way below center of where I click so ends up being 'guess work' but i'm not sure if you have a similar issue or if it may be connected to monitor size, map size or such.

Anyway thanks again for replies.
Peace.

ORIGINAL: noone10
> I have a 'cheating' Slavers Faction with a large Mobilized Slavers force... in HIGH MOUNTAINS!!

They spawned on the high mountains and got stuck there. This is fixed in the beta.

> Also can the developers later add define keys option and allow scroll map movement with AWSD keys? I hate Edge Scrolling!

It's not WASD, but you can use arrow keys.

ORIGINAL: noone10

Yes, I can see your point here and that is why I raised the question, it just seemed a bit odd that we have to nationalize scavenging communities, aggri-domes, truck stops etc to gain full benefits, but not the industry?

Because we don't have a communism as an option? [:D] How your government will use sewing machines, huh? Or lemonade cans / snack packs? All this is a light industry.

Before round 20 'volunteerism' was only meant to provide extra BATTALION sized militia? Extra REGIMENT sized militia were not supposed to be supplied until round 20 - or from round 20 to 100 - after which it's extra DIVISIONS.

Again - WHY? I get militia battalions before turn 20 a few time, but usually not - depending on my Militia score and capital zone militancy. Events are random aside from starting one about credits for militia.

I did not find a single instance of 'public trading' in the manual using 'find' (i had to convert the PDF to MS Word as Firefox seemed to only load a few pages at a time)

Page 237 about Trade deal levels + if I remember correctly somewhere else it's mentioned too.

Destragon: Thanks for the update on those 'flying' mobilized slaver units, I did think they must have spawned there.

I also knew the arrows key work but I prefer the left side of keyboard for scrolling, however I have a gaming keyboard that allows me to switch arrows keys for ASWD so I kinda solved that for now... except when I forget to turn it back off and wonder why my keyboard is not working properly!... catches me out EVERYTIME! lol

demiare: Thanks again for the replies bud.

Because we don't have a communism as an option? How your government will use sewing machines, huh? Or lemonade cans / snack packs? All this is a light industry.

Well, yeah I get the point here - light industry for the people and then industry for the warmachine yes, but then we could just research and build a 'used lemonade can - artillery gun'... absolute genius yes? just think about it and then get back to me! (But I already know my ideas are fantastic so I will understand your silence.......)

Again - WHY?

I think me and you are getting mixed up with each other here... well more me really, but I'm kinda echoing what the 'Voluteerism' feat says:

33% chance on Extra Militia Battalion until round 20.
10% chance on Extra Militia Regiment between round 20 and 100
3% chance on Extra Militia Division from round 100 onwards.

But i received an 'Extra Militia Regiment' on round 16?

So can you still receive militia units of that size from your militia pool despite what the 'volunteerism' feat says?

I may just not completely understand how the militia 'spawning; thing works for the player, I'll have another butchers at the manual again a little later.

But I have created this new zone and that has this in the militia tab:

manpower 8000, equipment 230, max militia size 1800, current size 10300 and says Next: Guards Battalion

But no militia units have been created for that zone yet despite the manpower existing and even the current size is over 10K?? So I am a bit confused at what is happening here I expected a battalion be created once enough manpower was ready.

Page 237 about Trade deal levels + if I remember correctly somewhere else it's mentioned too.

Yeah I will look this up later on again as well, I probably just missed it... I mean it's not exactly a 'small' manual is it! lol

Thanks again.
Peace.

ORIGINAL: noone10

I think me and you are getting mixed up with each other here... well more me really, but I'm kinda echoing what the 'Voluteerism' feat says:

33% chance on Extra Militia Battalion until round 20.
10% chance on Extra Militia Regiment between round 20 and 100
3% chance on Extra Militia Division from round 100 onwards.

But i received an 'Extra Militia Regiment' on round 16?

So can you still receive militia units of that size from your militia pool despite what the 'volunteerism' feat says?

I may just not completely understand how the militia 'spawning; thing works for the player, I'll have another butchers at the manual again a little later.

I'm not 100% on this, but my understanding is that you have a 'Militancy' score (located at the bottom of zone stats, near 'Unrest' and the like), which presents the possibility of creating militia units independent of Volunteerism. So a higher militancy score = a higher chance to gain an Extra Militia Regiment (or Battalion). This can occur even if you don't have Volunteerism, or it can occur if you ALSO have Volunteerism.

ORIGINAL: noone10

33% chance on Extra Militia Battalion until round 20.

Please read it carefully. Extra militia. So this feat would provide ADDITIONAL militia units to default ones but not prohibit default system to spawn their own units.

ORIGINAL: noone10


manpower 8000, equipment 230, max militia size 1800, current size 10300 and says Next: Guards Battalion
But no militia units have been created for that zone yet despite the manpower existing and even the current size is over 10K??

MAX militia size is 1800 while you already have 10300. So you will NOT see any new militia units for a long time (until massive losses or when they decide to rebuild militia units with a new models).