Achronous

Loathe to guess and doubleguess, but since it's for fun I will say today Wednesday 3rd. Around 7-8 GMT, (don't know what that is in American time and which one!!!)

Hmm, I read the other thread, but still not convinced it's the number of times declared war, neither Larsenex's suggestions about invading minors. In that game I didn't declare war towards anybody, as I was locked in the Drengin war according to the campaign. I don't remember fighting any minors. I'm more inclined to go with the backstory related, at least for this game. Curiouser and curiouser!

I did search but found nothing on the subject. Still conflicting information around. I will try the different thing suggested to see if I get it in a skirmish/sandbox game instead of the campaign.

Just spotted this yesterday: "You know what you did" relation modifier with the Thalans. I don't quite remember what I did :P It was while playing the campaign, so I was wondering if it has something to do with the backstory (Thalans coming to prevent the crusade）。 I don't remember seeing it during normal play. http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=609881824

You are so close to starting! a game :P

It's actually a Yor that does the manufacturing. As in the whole building is a Yor. In that way it's a manufacturing Yor.

I can't wait to see some screenshots too!

The only thing that will happen if you max out the ideology points and perks is that you will get the achievements!

Good, enjoy the clear text!!

you can stick with the higher resolution and change the size of the text and,icons http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/make-text-screen-larger-smaller/?v=t

It's possible that the resolution you were using before in the desktop was not the optimal one. So your icons and text would look slightly blurry. The ratio of the 1600 to 1280 is 1.25 but 1250 to 960 is 1.33, so you might have not noticed it was set at the wrong resolution! You can go back and check with 1600x1250 and see which one is clearer. You can check your monitor's settings/manual to see which one is the optimal one.

Soon! [e digicons]X|[/e]

Possibly using the wrong resolution for your display. Make sure your game resolution is set to the optimal display resolution.

My point is if someone wants N engines on their ship it's fine for them to play their game their way. I like 3, they like 10, you like 1. All are acceptable.

There's an easy to way to do it: Unanchor your shipyard and send it to the position you want to measure. It's so slow you will only change its position by one tile, but it will show you how many turns it will take to go to the new position. Since it moves at 1 tile per turn, the number is equal to the distance you want :). Of course this will only work if the two tiles you want to measure are from the shipyard. If it's elsewhere then, no!

It might be your monitor? Nobody else mentioned anything here, most people focus on the content rather than actual fonts themselves.

There's a UI size option. I'm not sure if that changes the text. Give Medium or Large a try.

I think the main thing is that you have just started playing. Play a bit more if you fancy and enjoy it. In the absence of in-game tutorial videos teaching the basics I direct you to this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiMTibbm8lE It was made by makers of the game and explains the basics. Hope it's useful :)

Stacking engines or components is an entirely different discussion. To be honest I like stacking engines. I don't like slow ships. I usually use 2-3 ion drives and stop there. If I decide late game I want superfast ships I will stack warp drives. It's a game, you need the option at the very least. Why should I stick with slow ships?

You are right it does say it will come out at the same time. Unfortunately if that's the next update then it's going to be fixed only then. Try avoiding those large huge hulls (which are the cause).

[quote who="TheFunMachine" reply="19" id="3616640"] Very excited to play the expansion, however, will there be an update prior that fixes the crashing of the ship designer? I have not been able to enjoy the game since the last update because of this. [/quote] They said it will be fixed in the next update which is coming soon.

Hope the Torians are going to be able to build up and build their own ships, not only hire mercenaries. If they can only hire mercenaries in the campaign it's fine, but not in the sandbox. Otherwise I can't wait to play it :)

Ok, briefly: I suggest you make sure you play on the easiest difficulty. Then, you should ignore the ship roles, or sub-types as you called them. Only focus on the attack and defense rating of your ships. Then, if you didn't know already there are three attack weapons: beam, missile and kinetic. Correspondingly, there are three defense types: shields, ECM and armour. The shields defend against beam weapons, ECM against missiles and armour against kinetic. Mak

Argh, the Drengin are not Borg!!

Explainer: "The metaverse will be unavailable until it's upgraded to support the expansion."* Sounds good to me :P *Never actually stated.