I can usually get a city down before the pop gets back down to 5   

I think that it is meant to give you a bit of a production boost while you build up your capital.

Is starting pop defined in the faction.defs file?

If so, it is from GRM.

All factions in vanilla, including the faction_default (which I assume is for custom races) have a starting population of 5, while for GRM it is 10.

Since vanilla used to be 10, I imagine you missed changing it when they did.    

P.S. I kinda like it this way, personally, but it does affect moral pretty badly.    

PS: The overpopulation at the start does kind of appeal... it could represent the overpopulation and exploitation of the homeworld prior to practical space travel and united world governance.

SO while it comes with the production bonuses, you start with an unhappy populace that is desperate and ready to be shipped off world into the great beyond!

Your going to have to work your starbases off colony module starbases. I would be interested in playing the species.

Regarding Pop to Production, I believe i fixed that in version 7.0 but if not I definitely did in this next version. If its the old ratio, than it would be 1 Pop to .5 Production. 

So... this release is going to be a good one all around. More ship appearances, logos, portraits, etc... a new ship set, revisions (with class names) for the Veygar and Zrentak, bug fixes...

But as always... more love for the Terrans! Specifically, filling some gaps and giving some more variety to the Huge Hulls... as well as some new weapons! Some of this I've posted before, but lets review.

New weapons...

Scatter Beam Turret (for moderate attack and long range point defense)

The "Bertha" Super Long Range Beam Cannon (Great for Sniping Large and Huge Hulls)

Ballista Heavy Missile Launcher

Then we have a New advanced Tiny Fighter... the Chimera. The Chimera class has a balanced weapon profile (Kinetic and Missiles) whilst also being capable of atmospheric and deep space operations. This makes the Chimera the most flexible fighter within the Terran navy.

For a new Small Hull we have this baby... which I am in love with... currently there is the Balanced (Pollux) Beam (Triton) and Exploration (Castor) versions. The Castor is the new "mission ship".

Moving on to the Mediums we have a new experimental Kinetic (the Minotaur) and the experimental Beam (the Manticore)

Finally, in the Huge Hull department, we have a grand new "Xenophon Grade" hull, with various classes therein (Zelos, Bia, Kratos, and Krevanos classes).

You'll find the Terran shipset has been revised to incorporate these new things into the default ship designs, and that the ship designs now include my class names in their descriptions (previously, I've only incorporated this to the Template names). It's been fun continuing to find Greek names for all this stuff lol!

Here's a glimpse into the spreadsheet I use just for organizing!

Screenshot of GRM Workbook

Just started playing it, but I have to post... what an incredible job. This mod is like getting a DLC. The new components are interesting and balanced and all of the ships are gorgeous. A totally immersive mod that adds quite a bit to GC3. Thanks!!!

Hey there! This would be for GRM-Ideology (diff thread, no biggie).

The "default pick" bug is not possible for me to fix... unknown what causes it.

As for the event... It looks like the arrival of the PeaceKeeper Mega Events, which GRM-I has yet to modify... so actually I'm wondering how or why you don't see the Pragmatic or Benevolent bonus points in this screenshot.

Thanks for posting GRM-I is much more difficult to spot-check for problems, so screenshots and such like this are crucial.

That's what I was here to ask.

One of the noteworthy aspects of this mod is the epic amount of innovation. On Steam Workshop there are too many "Star Wars/Trek" mods, which get redundant and dull pretty fast.

The GRM factions have ships with a lot of originality. The Terran Sovereignty Scout, Kirani Constructor and Quantum Cyberiat shipyard are a few that are extraordinary. 

And unlike Star Wars/Trek, Gauntlet's ship styles fit within the context of the GC3 universe, matching the original races perfectly.

Anyone new to Crusade, this mod is a must. (Best played on a clean install, without other mods enabled.)

Quoting raiisak,

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One bug that needs to be sorted, it gives it away (Benewolent, Pragmatic and Malevolent text is visuable). Also when entering event after colonizing 2/3 options are ticked by default.
I can post a image of that aswell if needed

 

 

I'm not sure exactly whether you get points for the other choices, but if I recall correctly (and a hint of it can be seen in that screenshot too, if my eyes don't betray me) the other point awards are displayed in a gray color very similar to the background so that they are nearly (but not entirely) invisible.

Thank you! I appreciate the notes!

The Steam Workshop, does get a bit repetitive... But I have a ton of respect for the authors who are "recreating" ships from various universes... creating replicas is very difficult in my opinion. 

The Daleks I created, are one of the few times I've directly tried to... while I think I was very successful in individual Dalek accuracy, it was a very painful effort. I also ran into issues with the engine not being able to handle a certain detail level with them.

I think one of my strengths is that I enjoy making the ships "detailed" through custom components, specifically turrets, just as much as the overall look of the ship, so my proudest work tends to be in the PTRN series of custom components. The rotary kinetic gun with ammo belt, the jet engine with its moving fins at the exhaust... or the Terran and Fulgar repair Drones.

I also just find that a technological base relying on turrets and of a certain visible scale (SW is too big a scale often, and ST often has "non-localized" weaponry) forces me to be a LITTLE realistic in designing. If your ship can't always move without incredible freedom (as will likely be the case), then you need weapons that can change angle... there will be limits to this, and so, the shape of the ship really starts to matter. 

The downside, is that you often end up falling back on classic naval design... which is fun, but if you want diversity, its a disadvantage.