Re: Game Competition for August 2007

On 19 Aug 2007 10:44:57 +0000, "Angus Manwaring" wrote:

> On 18-Aug-07 20:03:25, Seppo said
> >On 16 Aug 2007 21:8:55 +0000, "Angus Manwaring" wrote:
> 
> 
> >Is it so that you can only save the game while on "home base"?
> >If I for example want to save the game after each mission (mainly
> >because it is so easy to die because of VarSings) I would have to
> >travel back to homeworld before embarking into another mission?
> 
> Colonies come in a variety of Tech Levels, from 1 to 10. They start off
at
> 1 and gradually increase. You can only save at a system that has Colony
of
> Tech Level 4 or above.

So in the beginning of the game (when you are sent to colonize missions)

there is no way to save?  :-O

> >> It maybe that disabling the Custom oprion in the tooltypes (and
having
> >> those ghastly stars visible) is a workround for this problem.
> 
> >Have to try that one...
> 
> Didn't seem to make any difference, but I have disabled the cache
tooltype
> and not had the problem again - yet. Although the gravity map on the
> scanner messes up quite a bit.

Interesting!  

> >> >BTW what is the effect of the StarCom percentage? It is 50 at the
> >> >beginning, not sure if I should do something to it.
> >>
> >> This is the degree of activity that StarCon takes on your behalf. If
you
> >> set it for zero, all decisons are made (and all orders are issued) by
you,
> >> but at 99% they decide almost everything. The author suggests leaving
it
> >> at 50% until you have got comfortable with the game.
> 
> >So if I want to just play the missions (and forget the strategic side)
I
> >should crank it up to 99%?
> 
> No, put it to 0% I believe. But sending ****ps on missions costs money -
> .......but I think you are given a number of free missions. I'm not
clear
> about this, but I'd be interested to hear what you find out.
> 
> Regarding the instructions., did you get 2 text files in the WHDLoad
> installation called Manual and Hints? The Manual file has quite a bit of
> good info in there, as well as spelling mistakes - I should talk. :)

Yes, I have those.

> I am also still confused about how the tools, Cygnus, Genesis and REDs
> function though.   :-/

I still don't know which of the tool icons represent what   :)

BTW is it possible to select which tube to use? I'd like to preload them

with various tools, but have no idea how to select the right one...

     Bye,

      Seppo