Starsector 0.97a is out! (02/02/24); New blog post: Save/Load UI, Autosave, Intel Map Markers, and More (04/10/24)
Dong when? I have a mighty need to blast ships with the triple mauler
@The2nd: Are you using the newest release (RC8) of Starsector 0.8.1a?
(If not, you can get it from the same download page)
Faction placement does tend towards the mishmash. I don't have any big ideas for changing this, but a tweak or two I'll look into later might help.
java.lang.IllegalAccessError: tried to access field com.fs.starfarer.api.impl.campaign.FleetInteractionDialogPluginImpl.ongoingBattle from class exerelin.campaign.NexFleetInteractionDialogPluginImpl
at exerelin.campaign.NexFleetInteractionDialogPluginImpl.pullInNearbyFleets(NexFleetInteractionDialogPluginImpl.java:352)
at com.fs.starfarer.api.impl.campaign.FleetInteractionDialogPluginImpl.init(FleetInteractionDialogPluginImpl.java:272)
at exerelin.campaign.NexFleetInteractionDialogPluginImpl.init(NexFleetInteractionDialogPluginImpl.java:306)
at com.fs.starfarer.ui.newui.OoOo.öØ0000(Unknown Source)
at com.fs.starfarer.ui.newui.OoOo.<init>(Unknown Source)
at com.fs.starfarer.ui.newui.OoOo.<init>(Unknown Source)
at com.fs.starfarer.campaign.CampaignState.startEncounterInvolvingPlayerFleet(Unknown Source)
at com.fs.starfarer.campaign.BaseLocation.advance(Unknown Source)
at com.fs.starfarer.campaign.StarSystem.advance(Unknown Source)
at com.fs.starfarer.campaign.CampaignEngine.advance(Unknown Source)
at com.fs.starfarer.campaign.CampaignState.advance(Unknown Source)
at com.fs.starfarer.BaseGameState.traverse(Unknown Source)
at com.fs.state.AppDriver.begin(Unknown Source)
at com.fs.starfarer.combat.CombatMain.main(Unknown Source)
at com.fs.starfarer.StarfarerLauncher$1.run(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Confucious say: Patient man receive all the 'dong he want.
6. The FX system comes with two example projects:
A. A system for dealing with muzzle flashes and explosions, reducing the particles running in the game engine while also looking better.
B. A system for dealing with Fighter and Missile Engines that substantially improves the performance of large battles by replacing Alex's EngineAPI graphical system with something simpler.
Astral is special. Because of its system, I use only bombers. Daggers are too expensive. Khopesh get the same job done for much less cost. However, a few homing torpedoes is nice as insurance and to mix things up. For Astral, I use one wing of Daggers, three Khopesh, and two Longbows.
Gameplay > Concept > Realism.
Doesn't matter if it's realistic. Games are heavily abstracted, not a simulation of reality. The gameplay requires that there be discrete factions, and that your actions with one influence standing with that faction directly, and possibly other factions as well. Too much granularity on this level would simply be noise. The game wants to model complexity on the loadout screen and ship systems, not its fictional politics.
If one wants to diminish the impact of your actions through anonymity, the game provides the transponder mechanic for that.
I don't get what the problem with Independents is supposed to be. It's just a label. The only mechanic is the shared standing, and that makes total sense.
If the independents were a bunch of sub factions they'd still talk to each other, at least if someone is either hunting them down or helping them out a lot. So you'd have to implement the same shared-standing mechanic we have now, except maybe for a little 0.X multiplier to simulate mitigated impact of your actions on other independent sub-factions.
(Not sure if this has been mentioned before - I know a bunch of Autofit/Restore related stuff has - but just in case, here it is.)