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[ArKFallen]

Well I can't really play as my screen is too small for the un-resizable floating screens.

[Rince Wind]

Did you activate the reduced height windows in the game options?

[Flying Dice]

Well I can't really play as my screen is too small for the un-resizable floating screens.

* Flying Dice points to sig. 

I ran it just fine on a craptop with a 1024x768p screen, you should be okay unless you're trying to play it on a tablet or microlaptop.

[MarcAFK]

Damn that 768 height, my older laptop at least let me set the display resolution too high which allowed scrolling

[Mini]

Inside the zip with setup in it there is another zip that needs to be extracted as is to wherever you installed Aurora, and then extract the most recent major and minor patches (currently 6.40 and 6.43) also to the Aurora folder.

[kytuzian]

Alright so everyone else who wants to participate in the tournament/a test of the idea, I'd be willing to organize, so like, reply with an affirmation.

And we need to set like a tech point/build point limit, so I don't really know what sort of level we're aiming for here, nor do I have an idea of what kind of research points it takes to get anywhere. I'll tentatively say like 100000 research points and 10000 build points? I'll have some time later today so I'll test it out and see what kind of stuff I can get with that.

In conclusion, anyone interested, please respond that you are, and I also want suggestions on tech level we're aiming for in these battles.

[ThtblovesDF]

I'd love to, but Aurora is really wonky and unstable for me.

[kytuzian]

I'd love to, but Aurora is really wonky and unstable for me.

What issues are you having? I probably can't help but it can't hurt.

[TempAcc]

I'm currently watching that lets play series people recommended in this thread and I'm willing to give Aurora another try. Aurora seems to have that dwarf fortress thing going about it, which means that it throws a lot of things on your face right at the start but once you actualy learn how to play it becomes tons of fun with all the different possibilities and situations it can bring you.

[Flying Dice]

Also like DF: you never really stop learning new things. Though, despite the jokes about it being a spreadsheet simulator, the UI is, I think, actually in a better state, because in spite of the level of complexity and the fact that you have dozens of windows crammed full of information and dropdown bars and tabs to compress it further, it doesn't actually interfere with play once you know where the important things live.

[kytuzian]

I'm currently watching that lets play series people recommended in this thread and I'm willing to give Aurora another try. Aurora seems to have that dwarf fortress thing going about it, which means that it throws a lot of things on your face right at the start but once you actualy learn how to play it becomes tons of fun with all the different possibilities and situations it can bring you.

Also like DF: you never really stop learning new things. Though, despite the jokes about it being a spreadsheet simulator, the UI is, I think, actually in a better state, because in spite of the level of complexity and the fact that you have dozens of windows crammed full of information and dropdown bars and tabs to compress it further, it doesn't actually interfere with play once you know where the important things live.

I agree, although I think Dwarf Fortress is better in terms of keeping the game interesting, because long time spans of 30 or more years encountering no alien species are not interesting. I appreciate peace -- to a point. But it is a good game, I'll probably just try to control it more later, spawning NPRs as I want so that I can make sure I can keep track rather than allowing the game to spawn any.

[Shooer]

My suggestion is to not use real stars, set the number of systems to around 200, and set spawn chance to 100.  If you start with 1-2 nprs you should find them within 8-10 points from your home.

[kytuzian]

My suggestion is to not use real stars, set the number of systems to around 200, and set spawn chance to 100.  If you start with 1-2 nprs you should find them within 8-10 points from your home.

I would, except I'm having a huge issue with tiny intervals in one of my games - 25 second intervals for literally many thousands of steps - so I'd rather just spawn one and be sure they won't create more.

[Bremen]

Alright so everyone else who wants to participate in the tournament/a test of the idea, I'd be willing to organize, so like, reply with an affirmation.

And we need to set like a tech point/build point limit, so I don't really know what sort of level we're aiming for here, nor do I have an idea of what kind of research points it takes to get anywhere. I'll tentatively say like 100000 research points and 10000 build points? I'll have some time later today so I'll test it out and see what kind of stuff I can get with that.

In conclusion, anyone interested, please respond that you are, and I also want suggestions on tech level we're aiming for in these battles.

If you want my suggestion, don't have players buy tech; just say you use all tech that costs 10,000 RP or less (there's a nice button to do this in SM mode). Trying to allocate research points just makes things more complicated and encourages over-specialization.

[Karlito]

In conclusion, anyone interested, please respond that you are, and I also want suggestions on tech level we're aiming for in these battles.

I'm interested. I agree in principle with Bremen's suggestion (component research should also be free), but 10,000RP is on the low side for a cutoff.