FreeOrion

I think some sort of star base hull would be great to create an orbiting defense force in a system that can attack intruders (which means it has external slots for weapons), but can't move.

Regarding the lag, after how many turns do you start to experience it more seriously? I recently switched from Windows 7 to Ubuntu 14.04, the computer is the same. Boom. Up to now, the lag is a 100% gone. I'm not sure why, but I didn't get any lag yet during very long games (300-500+ turns) on the s...

Thank you for your good advice. I was able to win my first game tonight with the Chato on a young galaxy of 48 systems. I was a bit worried at the beginning because I was able to see an enemy fleet building up a few systems from my empire. But I was able to upgrade the defense attributes of my borde...

I suppose it could be split into an offensive category and a space travel category. I believe it could work that way. It's true that the ship category is huge.

I believe that infrastructure shouldn't matter much more than affecting the speed at which a planet's meters can change, adjust. More infra = faster meter adjustment. It would affect how quick the population grows, how quick prod/research meters increase/decrease between turns when needed. Same with...

I've been playing FreeOrion for quite a while without actually experiencing victory once. Not even once. I'm used to how things work game-play wise, but I can't get to stop the AI from invading my empire with gigantic and unstoppable fleets when things get more serious. I always get my ass kicked by...

Hi and welcome! Man, I'm mostly a lurker here right now. I'm not a professional programmer either, but I was able to contribute to FreeOrion last year (detection circles opacity setting and galaxy seed random button in game setup). I thought it would encourage you to know that. That's why I figured ...

I didn't know there are statistic graphs integrated in the game. Are they included in the current dev version?

Happiness will be a groundbreaking new feature. Are you guys currently working on it?

Long time no see! :) I thought about the following. Is there a way, or are there plans to actually destroy a colony? The planet would become free and empty as before. I assume it would take quite a bit of fire power. I'm not sure if that would be useful though. Perhaps if you want to take out the sp...

I've been thinking about trade and a "money" resource for quite a while and I can't seem to find a satisfying answer. I really like what you are saying here Kevin. About what specials could become. This could be an example: If you don't set the focus to export, the special's bonus is only ...

Definitely an improvement.

Those new icons look great.

I like the idea of adding more "moon specials". A planet could have more than one, like a barren moon and 2 ocean moons for example. Each of which would provide the planet with population, production, or other pertinent bonuses once certain technology (1 or more) is/are researched, and acc...

I think it looks good. The edges look a bit rough in the full sized version though.