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Author Topic: Aurora - The Dwarf Fortress of 4X Games  (Read 2838431 times)

Rince Wind

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Re: Aurora - The Dwarf Fortress of 4X Games
« Reply #17715 on: February 11, 2016, 03:21:13 am »

I'd be happy if they just didn't built small ships anymore.
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« Reply #17716 on: February 11, 2016, 08:09:21 am »

I'd be happy if they just didn't built small ships anymore.
Would LOVE to disable auto ship design for them and design them myself....
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Re: Aurora - The Dwarf Fortress of 4X Games
« Reply #17717 on: February 11, 2016, 05:14:22 pm »

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On the bright side, it took them several thousand ASM to do this to my beauties.


(Note how the Infallible has the fewest survivors. Not that any are getting rescued from Epsilon Eridani, all the support ships are strictly in-sol only right now)
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Re: Aurora - The Dwarf Fortress of 4X Games
« Reply #17718 on: February 11, 2016, 10:37:05 pm »

Those aren't a lot of survivors for a ship that is classed "Dreadnought".

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« Reply #17719 on: February 12, 2016, 12:26:04 pm »

Those aren't a lot of survivors for a ship that is classed "Dreadnought".
Dreadnoughts are my missile destroyer class. (It amused me at the time) They only have 199 crew.

Does anyone know a way to measure a distance on the system map? Trying to ensure my missile PDCs have the right range
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Rince Wind

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« Reply #17720 on: February 12, 2016, 12:31:14 pm »

Is it shift-draw a line? Something like that.
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« Reply #17721 on: February 12, 2016, 03:20:57 pm »

Those aren't a lot of survivors for a ship that is classed "Dreadnought".
Dreadnoughts are my missile destroyer class. (It amused me at the time) They only have 199 crew.

Does anyone know a way to measure a distance on the system map? Trying to ensure my missile PDCs have the right range
There is also an option for missile range? or weapon range? wich include missile assigned to launcher if i remember right. Or well, you can always use the fire control range option if your missile range is about the same as the fire control.
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Re: Aurora - The Dwarf Fortress of 4X Games
« Reply #17722 on: February 12, 2016, 03:32:07 pm »

Shift-draw worked, thanks
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Re: Aurora - The Dwarf Fortress of 4X Games
« Reply #17723 on: February 12, 2016, 04:11:41 pm »

Shift-draw worked, thanks
Shift draw is super useful, but more convienient to also be able to know is this.

It'll draw labeled circles around the ship in question, showing the overall threatened area by it's weapons, which would come in handy for quickly eyeballing ranges.
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« Reply #17724 on: February 12, 2016, 04:25:56 pm »

Yeah, I've used that one a lot. I needed to know the distances involved so that I could tailor-design the fire controls, and sensors though.
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« Reply #17725 on: February 13, 2016, 03:57:31 am »

So is there some sort of bug involving spawning a geosurvey team on Venus that gives 1293 POWs to the colony? It says there of [Unknown Race], and I don't think they were there when I made the team. I was already carting auto mines there, if that makes a difference.

I just did the same with Luna (FOR SCIENCE), and there were no mystery POWs. Venus still has them, too. Has this happened to any of you spacemens? Is this something I should be worried about? How can I exploit this?

Would there be a way to identify them besides coming across their ungenerated brethren? I started the game with no NPRs. Maybe they'll adopt the identity of some ayys I come across? That'd be interesting.
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Re: Aurora - The Dwarf Fortress of 4X Games
« Reply #17726 on: February 13, 2016, 04:32:15 am »

Is there any way to cut down on civilian shipping lines? The lag is real.
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Re: Aurora - The Dwarf Fortress of 4X Games
« Reply #17727 on: February 13, 2016, 04:38:15 am »

I think you can steal their ships with a tug.
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« Reply #17728 on: February 13, 2016, 04:44:02 am »

Is there any way to cut down on civilian shipping lines? The lag is real.
Not untill 7.2
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Re: Aurora - The Dwarf Fortress of 4X Games
« Reply #17729 on: February 13, 2016, 07:26:01 am »

Find enemies, lead them back to systems where the civvies run shipping lanes frequently.
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Aurora on small monitors:
1. Game Parameters -> Reduced Height Windows.
2. Lock taskbar to the right side of your desktop.
3. Run Resize Enable
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