Maybe a crutch like that for the AI so they don't end up defeated before anybody meets them, but having some races be objectively harder to play can make for interesting stories/situations for the player. Difficulty sliders/selection usually result in the AI getting to cheat harder, or placing ...

My opinion is that boarding should require that either the target's engines are disabled, or that the boarding ship has some kind of special system that enables it (such as tractor beams, transporters, assault shuttles, grapplers, or the like). There's no way in the world that one ordinary ...

Right now the AI empires aren't offering much in the way of competition (they're expanding slowly if at all and hardly building anything larger than a scout), so there's not much of a penalty for focusing exclusively on expansion. As we make the AI players more aggressive and continue to add more ...

Thanks for the feedback! Just a few notes on items that are in the process of being addressed:

So far I haven’t found the ‘left click to select command, right click to execute’ system all that intuitive. It might grow on me as I play more, but I find myself taking two tries to get it right a lot ...

There's no need (at this early stage, at least) for a one-size-fits-all approach. If you have a lot to say, post your own thread. If you have a small item or one related to an existing discussion, post it in an existing thread.

1. UI transparency and visual clutter
This is something that feels like it needs more work at the moment. Whenever you click on a star system, bring up planet management screen, ship management screen etc. - the star map remains completely visible (if only a bit dimmed) in the background. This ...

My guess is that the tactical pass will start next week. There's a lot to do there.

Cool.

The beta has no NDA?

What are your thoughts about it Echo?

That is actually a good question about the NDA. I know the devs would like us to refrain from sharing screenshots, videos, and so on, but they haven't mentioned anything about the testers just sharing their thoughts on the game ...

sven wrote:can you still replicate the bug after a browser restart?

Yes, even after a complete reboot, on both Chrome and IE11.

Also, does selecting where we fire on enemy ships play any role in determining which enemy systems are damaged?
No.

Rotating is very finicky to me. I think I’m supposed to use the right mouse button to click on the ship once I’ve got its silhouette facing in the direction I want it to rotate ...

I'm on Pacific Time, and Sven is on Eastern Time.

Which control scheme are you referring to?

Range is based on your current hyperdrive technology; you can travel X distance from any of your colonies or outposts. There is also an optional ship component (currently called "Warp Lane Amplifier") that extends the range of the individual ship at the cost of a System slot.

The current beta build ...

It's storing my correct IP address now, and it appears to work if I go the Stars in Shadow forum url: [removed] but if I go back to starsinshadow.com/forum/ it logs me out.

I don't know whether it's relevant, but I notice that in the 'Manage “Remember Me” login keys' section in the Profile tab of the User Control Panel, it shows the IP of all my login attempts as being localhost (127.0.0.1).

I figure I might as well post bugs here as well, so that everyone else can potentially benefit from them if they see something similar.

Running SIS in windowed mode, I noticed some graphical artifacts in the starfield on the main menu and faction selection screen. They appear to be the outlines of ...