Hi!
So, I'm the person in that other post. :)
If you have used Photoshop or GIMP, that's the easiest way to imagine how the layers work. It actually gives you very good control over shading. Like I mentioned there, once I figured it out, it was clear that the system was designed for someone who ...

When an ally asks you to start a war of aggression against another empire, I'd like an option like "now's not the time" or "we're not ready" which tells the ally that you accept to help them, but wait a dozen turns first before the war starts.
I like that idea.

I really like the "Soon" answer ...

I think, hive worlds should be always infertile. Description says something about destroyed biosphere. So getting one is not only sheer gain, but also liability of shipping all that food for the enormous population.

I think the reason is industrial farms and greenhouses. Think automated ...

sven wrote:There's still a few things that need fixing before this can move over to vanilla (like the "lost transports" bug you encountered).

Thank you!

So, this is from the testing economic balance thread, but my reply is more appropriate here.

One more idea: the Gremak war could have benefited from something like an "unconditional offer of surrender" diplomatic event; the war dragged on for too long. (snip snip) That's the next thing on my ...

Also, found a bug: around stardate 1336 there are two Tinker transports flying back and forth around the Eye of Dzibix - the left-overs of the already-destroyed Tinker empire. I.e. the empire was destroyed earlier in the game, but those transports remained

Yes, this is a thing. When an empire ...

Hi,

I'm wondering if anyone else has toyed with this.

I compulsively capture ships, and the Gremak Assault Carrier is amazing as a troop ship. It's as fast as lighter ships, can take over most smaller ships in one go, and drops three armor units on the ground during invasion. It's also much ...

The mechanics:

Lummox: -2 effect on markets, +1 morale per farm.

Thresher: -2 effect on markets, +1 morale per farm.

Scavenger: -4 effect on markets, but then +2 morale for markets. -2 morale per lab.

Tarib: +1 morale per mine.

Spice Monger: +3 on the effect of Markets.

Gaiad:
-4 effect on ...

Tweaks to Happiness
This is a very small mod started on another thread. It gives several small morale tweaks to the minor races, making them respond differently than just another "generic pop unit". It can cause some challenge early in the game, adding a new layer of social strategy, but this ...

Yeah, I noticed that and reported it previously, transports of allied empires I had annexed permanently going into strange systems (including a hyperspace anomaly).
I think it's because we don't seem to inherit the annexed empire's trade fleet.

Is there a way to clean this up in the save game ...

So...

I invade the first (of many, mwa-ha-ha :twisted: ) pirate bases, defeat their defenses, go to liberate the slaves and swell my empire, but of course first stop by the treasure vault, and...

See Sven and Arioch looking up at me with a very indignant "the infernos you doin' here?"

https://i ...

So... Arioch, put a pin in that too?

When spying is fleshed out, if we have sabotage missions, sabotaging a terraforming operation should let us take out a pop unit or two.

It seems that if an allied empire merges with yours, any civillian population transports in motion will remain as a "ghost" of the old empire. This is the second game where I have one (I think both Phidi, even) that just bounces between two systems.

which can be boosted by obtaining live specimens to subsume ( snip snip ) However, they are not exclusively hostile.

Alien nudibranch using galactic Google translate: Pardon me, would you mind sending diplomats for cultural exchange?

You: Sure!

Alien nudibranch: Thanks! NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM ...

A while back (over a year), one of you mentioned about a race that was the typical 4x game's "unfriendly", with minimal diplomacy and other races driven out of their system.

I'm guessing that the polymorphism within the Zubelengen, and that their description fragment in the current files ...