nweismuller wrote:So, on a related note, am I right in guessing that Glitok's appellation 'the Devourer' is a reference to just how many of his own siblings he ended up eating?

Enemies in general.

Wouldn't the nobility be placing their offsprings within a confined space of palace walls which segregate and protect them from common larvae? Gremak lay clutches of eggs that number in the hundreds; if they all survived to adulthood, there would be a population crisis (not to mention a civil war, ...

Gremak adults can have many thousands of offspring, so children are not precious, and even juveniles who are of the royal family are not exempt from being randomly murdered. Although the Gremak are governed by an aristocracy, they are ruled according to the principle of might makes right; accordingl...

The queue is hidden whenever you start or load a game. It has always been this way.

I'm a little bit concerned that this has happened more than once. Please let us know if it happens again, and if anyone else experiences the same problem, please report it here.

I just ran into that too; I reported it to Sven, but he was unable to reproduce it. I rebooted my computer and the problem stopped.

Something to consider (if not outright prevented by the main code): planetary improvements should not downgrade if the occupying empire does not yet have the higher tech necessary. More advanced equipment doesn't do you much good if you don't understand how to use it. The upgrades are free, implyin...

We've had the idea to create a mining station or module for debris rings or asteroid belts (of which there are not currently enough in the game to be worthwhile), but I don't think it makes very much sense that a station in orbit could mine ore on the surface of a planet. That requires some infrastr...

We specifically do not have such a feature because we do not want you to be able to exterminate undesired native races. That's part of the reason why they can't be enslaved. The native race is part of the advantage or disadvantage of that particular planet. I don't think it's that easy to annihilate...

What is the case where you feel the need to transport a population unit that is less than 1 million?

The problem with always using the faction's primary race is that it can deplete the planet of that race, sometimes leading to morale problems, especially in the early game. Another option is to have a distinct colony ship build option in the build menu for each available race, but this can really c...

The problem with always using the faction's primary race is that it can deplete the planet of that race, sometimes leading to morale problems, especially in the early game. Another option is to have a distinct colony ship build option in the build menu for each available race, but this can really cl...

You can accomplish the desired action by right-clicking on the currently researched tech, but I can see why it might make sense for the button to do the same thing.

Rather than cramming more stuff into the current Planet Report UI, we'd like to add a new full-screen spreadsheet that could be used for a variety of purposes, from locating your next colony target to managing empire-wide population. It's on our list of things to do, just not very near the top.

Right-clicking on a weapon line in the status pane will disable the weapon from firing.