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In the latest test version I played a game with Eaxaw and noticed that the mali for the xenophobic frenzy changed from population malus to a HUGE production malus respective a small research malus. At that point it was to late to build concentration camps, so the easiest solution was to set all the...

Unrelated matter: Is there a way to calculate the supply range of a given planet (by size, infrasturcture, dry docks, technologie and species)? I regularily wonder why a certian range is so big/small. One of the buttons on the planet expands the numbers to show supply. Mouse over that & it will sho...

Not sure if you noticed but while you did change the numbers the pedia still displays the old values. Confused me a bit. Ah, um, yes. :oops: I even mentioned I had to do an update while testing the work, then completely forgot when I pushed it and went on to do something else. Um, can you point me ...

Not sure if you noticed but while you did change the numbers the pedia still displays the old values. Confused me a bit. Egassem and to a lesser extent George are very good at steamroller early conquest, so are weakest in a low natives/sparse/few opponents galaxy and very strong in a dense highly po...

It has that problem, & to an extent you can get around it & to an extent you have to learn where to not micromanage & put up with imperfection for the sake of your sanity. It's 1 of those games you either love or hate. Mostly mentioned it because the commercial 4x space game scene seems mostly dead ...

Aurora is pretty fun if you don't mind database graphics, massive complexity & an unfriendly interface. On the upside it's free and allows for a lot of freedom in how you play.

I'd be curious to take a little look at how the AI is making it's decisions even just for interest sake. How readable is that part of the game to a non coder & where should I be looking?

I'm playing build 2016-05-19.4781a80 but I have seen the behaviour in older builds. The AI landed an attack ship on an unguarded outpost of mine. It leaves an attack ship on the outpost which sits there until another ship arrives to replace it. The troop ship arrives & the attack ship leaves. The tr...

so what who cares about the loss of a few scouts? you expecially design them cheaply so any loss won't bother that much. Because there is very little need to ever build a scout again. Once you have your first sensor research done the planet sensors do the rest. You only need them in the first few t...

I'm playing build 2016-05-16.b0c0de8, though I'm pretty sure the bug was in older versions. On the 1st turn with Laenfa on the top bar it displays 13.4 production/5 research. If I switch to research focus it shows 12.4 production/5 research. Switch back to production it now shows 13.4 production/4 r...

So decided to have a try at proving myself wrong before calling it enough testing for me. Cray, default settings. Turn 4: +1 scout, algorithmic elegance, planetary ecology Turn 5: +1 scout Turn 6: Subterranean Habitat, Becrux colonized - medium radiated, 2xgas giants T10 - Nascent, Large Hull single...

Ok here's a weird one from today. Cray blocked in by maintenance ship (attack 3, struct 425, shield 3). So I can send a colony ship through but can't connect the supply line. With Planetary Ecology, Subterranean Habitat, Robotic Production & Fusion Generation: Pop 25 (when fully grown) Target Indust...

Another 1 to look at is xenaphobics. I captured a trith world & if I set it to production I get 31.6 prod, -14.8 Xenaphobic Frenzy. Though maybe this is a good thing, the penalty used to be pretty weak.

Was there a discussion of this on the forum (if so link), so I can avoid rehasing old ground? Anyway I'm up to turn 36 of an Egassem start, default settings (including seed). I don't have many comments yet, but I'll give some raw figures in case your interested. Planetary Ecology (Turn 3) -> Sub Hab...

So the unfortunate timing of the screenshots (your research/production is identical on both planets when you took it) got me curious enough to run some figures. I'm playing a later version so they may not match up. For the inferno vs toxic: eccentric moon is +3 research. +12 population x 0.4 Chato g...