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Suggestions / Re: Decrease High Scatter Amplifier OP cost down to 3/5/7/10

« on: April 13, 2024, 11:05:56 AM »

Before s-mod bonuses became vanilla, the mod that introduced the concept made it so s-modding high-scatter amplifier reduced the range decrease. IIRC, it was a 25% decrease in range over 200, rather than 50%. That made it much more usable, and I'd love to see it return.

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General Discussion / Re: Historical Accuracy: My one weakness

« on: April 04, 2024, 11:56:14 AM »

If you have enough story points to s-mod insulated engines into all of them, it wouldn't even be hard.

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General Discussion / Re: I am a monster.

« on: March 31, 2024, 06:11:22 PM »

"You might have killed millions of people, but at the very least, you made me happy."

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Modding / Re: [0.97][WIP] United Aurora Federation 0.75c ( Hotfix 3 )

« on: March 27, 2024, 07:46:12 PM »

So I completed the Yimie quest, I think, turned in the card and got her and another officer, and it said something about a prototype ship being gained, but my fleet had no new ships. I was full up on ships before you start getting penalties at the time, was that why? If so, is there any way to add that ship in via the console?

You got a fighter LPC, the Hyperaria.

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Suggestions / Re: Steal and/or Manufacture/Install solar shields?

« on: March 27, 2024, 04:39:59 PM »

I see planets with solar shields, and I WANTS DEM for my desert worlds. There's an alternative in play for cold/dark worlds. Is it a balance thing that this isn't player-affectable? (or do I have a smooth brain and am missing smth?

Domain terraforming tech can't be replicated (or is prohibitively difficult) in the present sector. If you want to be able to build them, there's always the Terraforming and Station Construction mod.

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General Discussion / Re: [SPOILERS] What is the fastest way to finish the story line?

« on: March 27, 2024, 08:35:32 AM »

IIRC, the entirety of the gate storyline can be resolved while flying a single Dram. Just go places, skip text, avoid fights, and you're done.

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Suggestions / Re: Make Distress Calls Worthwhile

« on: March 08, 2024, 03:48:21 PM »

Bigger rewards for distress signals would also play into the Starsector design philosophy of everything leading to combat, as players are more likely to engage the pirate traps instead of ignoring the signal outright.

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Suggestions / Re: make no atmosphere cancel temperature conditions

« on: March 04, 2024, 05:32:35 PM »

Regarding volcanism, that doesn't actually have much to do with ambient temperature. Either the body is large/young enough to be geologically active (Earth today, Mars in the past, etc), or it's orbiting close enough to a larger body to experience strong tidal forces (Io).

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General Discussion / Re: Which Sector Size and Sector Age is Better?

« on: March 01, 2024, 05:05:00 PM »

Random is fine for UniTol.

UniTolAquaProd+2 is better for organic rich.

Wait, what?

I can never bring myself to be anything other than Creative. I'm such a noob.

But back on topic, 'better' depends on what kind of experience you're looking for. As previously mentioned, habitable worlds are more common on older maps. Size is largely a matter of system performance - whether your computer can handle a big sector.

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Suggestions / Re: Cargo and fuel capacity should be a hard cap

« on: February 27, 2024, 11:35:48 AM »

Both the navy and air force usually have dedicated tankers for on-the-go refueling. Even if you transport fuel for commercial purposes, you will use a tanker truck. Just storing it in hundreds of separate cans isn't the most efficient way to go about it, no one moves large quantities of fuel like that.

I never said there couldn't be downsides to going over the fuel cap. Poor cargo space to fuel ratio is one possibility, given that antimatter would require special containment equipment. Another possibility is taking extra hull damage during battle, since it's not stored as safely. I envision tankers as still being the optimal route, otherwise there would be no point to their existence if you could get the same results from an Atlas as a Prometheus. But the nature of the Persean Sector is such that people don't always have access to the right tool for the job.

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Suggestions / Re: ISS Hamatsu / Callisto Ibrahim vs Hull Restoration

« on: February 26, 2024, 09:11:55 AM »

I'm not against having different dialogue/reward for pristine vs damaged Hamatsu, but you're operating under an assumption. How do we know it wasn't TT that damaged the ship in the first place with their experiments?

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Suggestions / Re: Cargo and fuel capacity should be a hard cap

« on: February 25, 2024, 02:40:23 PM »

I'm of the opinion that cargo should be a hard cap, while fuel should be a soft cap that starts taking cargo space when you go over. Kinda like how you can carry a gas can in the trunk of a car.

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Mods / Re: [0.96a] Ashes of The Domain

« on: November 17, 2023, 06:19:20 PM »

Encountered a crash related to this mod interacting with Nex, and was able to reproduce it.

1. Have single colony with research facility.
2. Hand over colony to faction I'm commissioned with, without removing research facility. My 'faction' is eliminated.
3. Become governor of colony.
4. Go into tech tree through research facility, select more info on a technology.
5. Crash.

I guess trying to mess with research when you don't actually have a faction is a no-no.

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Modding / Re: [0.96a] Relationship Matters

« on: May 23, 2023, 07:17:24 PM »

I like the idea of factions not trying to nuke competing industries if you have high relations, but the fact remains that you are still in competition. Would it be possible to have periodic small relationship drops whenever you're competing and you're currently high enough to not have expeditions sent against you? That way, maintaining peaceful relations would require doing occasional favors - sort of a 'But what have you done for me recently?' kinda deal.

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Mods / Re: [0.96a] Secrets of the Frontier (Prerelease 13.2) - indev campaign mod

« on: May 18, 2023, 11:03:52 PM »

I am apparently really bad a phase combat, does anyone have any tips for the "A Memory" Quest?

Spoiler

I tend to play Starsector as an Admiral rather than a Captain, so my strategy works on autopilot. What I do is primarily give eliminate orders to Sierra, starting with whichever Condor is most isolated and working through them. The Pledge destroyer is, by its nature, good at bursting down vulnerable targets behind the enemy line. Once the Condors are down and the enemy lacks fighter cover, I work my way up the ship sizes, saving the Onslaught for last.

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