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[magellan]

Only works in space. So you can't do it while on a planet (obviously) or while at the station (less obviously, i confess)

[Maha]

Ooh, I see. Thanks!

[Maha]

Alright, one more: my level V shields are stuck at 2 points and aren't regenerating back. Repairing doesn't work, game won't let me buy them again or buy a weaker version.
Already tried saving the game and reloading, didn't work either.

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My ship's the ASCS alien scout that was crashed in that unique planet with the forcefield.

edit: they do regenerate in battle (as long as I don't get hit, of course). Also, they seem to be level 6.

[penguinofhonor]

So there seems to be a glitch where gathering information on plants makes your research score negative. I've had it go from over a hundred to negative twelve.

[terren]

Got the same bug, reported it at the issues page.  Feal free to add your own comments and save file

http://code.google.com/p/rlprospector/issues/detail?id=73

[BishopX]

Was your science officer dead? The captain can accomplish other officers roles he just has a -5 penalty. Which eliminates biodata.

[Maha]

Please please please add a "buy this augment for everyone" option, buying four augments one at a time for all members in a crew of 50+ is horrible right now.
And in an unrelated note, pirate groups with 4+ battleships are just tantamount to a forced game over no matter what you're flying.

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unless I can get to fly the Anne Bonny or the "huge, fast" mystery ship eventually.

[magellan]

Just saw your post over at somethingawful and gotta say...

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Actually... what you were flying there *is* the "mystery ship" .... with better weapons.

Balancing stuff is hard :/
Did you try to whittle them down from a distance? With your weapons you should be able to destroy one of the cruisers per turn, and battleships should be gone within 3 Turns tops. And with 5 Movement points they can't really close in. Just checking if tactics might have helped.

[Maha]

Just saw your post over at somethingawful and gotta say...

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Actually... what you were flying there *is* the "mystery ship" .... with better weapons.

Balancing stuff is hard :/
Did you try to whittle them down from a distance? With your weapons you should be able to destroy one of the cruisers per turn, and battleships should be gone within 3 Turns tops. And with 5 Movement points they can't really close in. Just checking if tactics might have helped.

Oops, you read the SA post? Haha, I tried to be nicer here where I knew you'd read it and left the venting for there.
Yeah, I probably should have stayed at range and tried to pick them off one by one, it's basically what I tell myself everytime I die to pirates. But once I tried to escape, failed and got thrown in the middle of 3 Bs and a few Cs, at single-digit HP, it was all over.
Let me ask you, though:

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is there anything I can do to stop the pirates from coming after me? Beat the pirate leader in a duel? I remember once there was a guy asking for a small amount of cash at a station who said he could keep the pirates away, but I accidentally hit a key and turned him down.

Also I don't think the Seismograph does anything right now, and I'm pretty sure oxygen and jetpack fuel tanks are stacking. They weren't supposed to, right?
And to close, let me just say I've been playing the hell out of your game, I love it and can't wait for the next version!

edit: oh yeah, just remembered another bug:

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once I get the portable teleporter, the screen stops showing my jetpack fuel, and it no longer refills when I pass by my ship. Once it runs out, I need to leave the planet I'm on and land back for it to refill.

[magellan]

Hehe, no worries about the venting.
You are also not the first person to go "OMFG" at late game pirate fleets, and gave me an idea for an additional item.

How to stop pirates

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 Short of stopping pruning goes a long way. The fleets remember damage and how many ships were destroyed, slowing their growth if you shoot them down to 1-2 Fighters regularly.
Paying that guy only stops them from hunting you if you have high price cargo, they spawn as fast and are as agressive as they usually are otherwise.
Now, eliminating all the pirates on their homebase, that does stop them from spawning.

[Keita]

It would be awesome if some one did an LP of this, as I'm really not understanding how this game works (game mechanic wise) I just seem to die in the first few minuets =/

[magellan]

There would be this:
http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?t=478840

Its slightly older and a tad on the humorous side though Also by some strange cooincidence i started watching Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Society yesterday

[Keita]

There would be this:
http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?t=478840

Its slightly older and a tad on the humorous side though Also by some strange cooincidence i started watching Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Society yesterday

Thanks and how cool. Hope you enjoy the series as much as I did.

[Maha]

Bug: whenever I die and tell the game to save my character to file, it does so, but fails to make the "equipment" section, crashes in the process and reverts my game to just before my death. Then if I try to play that save, it kills me instantly for "ignoring the station commander's wishes", and puts me down in the highscore as "got blasted into atoms while trying to be a pirate".
Also, I don't think the "minimum safe distance to pirate planets" option in the configuration screen does anything, or at least not when I change it mid-game.

[Ampersand]

If I may make a suggestion. As far as the galaxy map goes, I think it would be beneficial to traders to provide an item of some kind that will provide players with some way of knowing dangerous pirate infested areas to avoid. A buyable map of some kind.

Gameplay wise, you could make it a map-overlay. Just change the background tile colors to red or blue while the map is active to illustrate which areas are deemed relatively safe by patrol ships, and which areas are pirate controlled. This may be something that comes default if you play as a pirate.