thimon2k

Did you try to exit the game before starting a new game? I believe there was an report earlier that starting a new game without exiting GC3 (from the game go to the main menu and start a new game using "quick start") would yield the same map (I guess use the same seed). I do not know if this has been fixed.

Skynet?

You could also move population from less important planets to production planets in order to increase production using colony ships.

I think in the latest opt-in patch, they added the option of putting sliders back into the game. Although it does not change that a negative treasure will put your empire in money-making mode and naselus words are still relevant. It is also probably better to just start a new game, where you can optimize from the beginning.

Is there a Benevolent option, which also gives a massive increase in influence? Krynn could have taken this option.

No, you will consume/use/spend Durantium when you build ships or improvements/buildings, which use Durantium including Durantium Refinery. If you want to get more Durantium, you will either need to upgrade your starbase, which mines Durantium, or you will have to build another starbase, which can mine Durantium. Further in the upper right corner of the screen you should see a list of resources, which

I would suggest to load an autosave and set research to 0 empire-wide. Also scrap research buildings etc. In one game I was also nearing the end and only needed a couple of useless techs. I therefore decided to halt research e.g. setting research to 0, scrapping/destroying buildings etc. I do not know what to do about the benevolent skill, which gives research bonus to star bases except scraping them, but I guess you do not want to do that. :)

double(left)-click in the planet list in govenors window

Q: What is military? A: Military is used for planetary defenses building. They are also used for Hyperion Shrinker, Hyperion Logistics etc. Q: Do research, manufacturing and military production carry over? A: Yes, they carry over. For example with a shipyard with 1000 military manufacturing points and a ship costing 100 manufacturing points. The shipyard can continue to build 9 additional ships even if you direct manufacturing points away from the ship y

[quote quoting="post"] Why do modern companies rely on these post release patches to clean up their game? A. The best answer I can come up with is convenience. 10-15 years ago, although many people did have the Internet, a lot of people were still struggling with slow or unreliable Internet connections and therefore had to make sure the game was as stable and preformed as best as possible. Now days if there are pro

Would it be possible to use the worm holes from the anomilies and make them into permanent warp gates.

A reload fixed this for me. Esc exits the screen.

Just wanted to add that Ship yards are also constructed using a constructor component. Each ship yard can get manufacturing points from up to 5 planets, where amount "sponsored" is dependent on distance. If you build a colony ship or a transporter the planets within 5 tiles of range of the ship yard will also sponsor population, where each colony component or transport component can hold up to 3 people.

[quote quoting="post"] Id like to start this post by saying, I am really excited to play this game! Here is what I need to be able to enjoy this game, perhaps this info is already documented... if so can someone link?: 1) I need clarification on the actual effects of researching tech ACROSS THE BOARD. Example: Ship speed vs Ship moves? This is game terminology - it should be explained somewhere. Also the research item descriptions (which make

[quote quoting="post"] We will shortly be releasing a new Beta 5 build. Mostly a stability and performance update for players. [/quote] I assume you want to say Beta 6 build, right?