Slitherine

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ORIGINAL: taltamir

I agree about the moon names...
I think it should be
<System Name> <Planer Number>.<Moon Number>

ex:
the first moon of Sol 3 would be called Sol 3.1
or it can be Sol 3m1 (m for moon), or sol 3a, etc

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ORIGINAL: BigWolf

I agree with the naming convention
Sure, it's not realistic, but this is something where Gameplay outweighs need for realism

Former War in the Pacific Test Team Manager and Beta Tester for War in the East.

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ORIGINAL: taltamir

i wish i could offer things such as "free trade agreement" in the advanced negotiation windows. So that if a species don't want to accept it, i could bribe it with money, systems, etc to allow it

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ORIGINAL: Malevolence

I would like the ability to delete all selected in the ship design window... as it stands now, only one design can be deleted at a time and it includes a confirmation dialog box. You can keep the confirmation dialog box, but please allow for the eraser of all designs selected.

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ORIGINAL: Davor

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ORIGINAL: taltamir

i wish i could offer things such as "free trade agreement" in the advanced negotiation windows. So that if a species don't want to accept it, i could bribe it with money, systems, etc to allow it

Ohh I like this. But to add on top of it. If we have a FTA then lets us be able to threaten to cancel it if they or we don't come up with what they ask for. Like "you will not give me the plans to what ever tech, then fine, we cancel our FTA." Then come up with an option, "our leaders will not let us, but how about this sum of money or this tech or this planet? Will this suffice?"

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ORIGINAL: Malevolence

Please stop the auto-save game when DW is paused. That will restrict saves while in the middle of using specialized screens and during pauses.

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ORIGINAL: taltamir

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ORIGINAL: Malevolence

Please stop the auto-save game when DW is paused. That will restrict saves while in the middle of using specialized screens and during pauses.

well, good idea with some caveats... I have spent more then 30 minutes in ship design window only to have the game crash... the game was "paused" the whole time. The first time it happened there was no autosave and it was terrible, the second time it happened autosave had saved just before the crash and most ship design changes i have made were saved.

so if you have a design window open you might or might not (depending on the person) want it to trigger saves. Another issue is that if it has been 28 minutes since last save and the game is configured to save ever 30 minutes... well, you pause it and go eat dinner, do some things, come back 2 hours later to find the game crashed. You lose 28 minutes of play...

I think that:
1. Saves should just save faster, then it wouldn't be issue... i mean, it literally takes minutes to save (i timed it with a stop watch... several minutes to save, 1 minute 15 seconds to load a 1400 star galaxy with a 300+ star empire with dozens of craft = millions of objects)
2. if the game is paused and no windows are open (aka, you are not in the design window, etc)... then the game should save the next time autosave comes around, then halt autosaving until the game is resumed. (aka, save only once while paused)
3. if the game is paused and winddows ARE open (aka, design window, diplomacy window, expansion planner, etc) let the user CHOOSE whether they want to allow autosave while such windows are open, or if they want to pause the timer.
4. If an autosave is disallowed in a certain circumstance as described above, it should PAUSE the timer... that is, if you specify save every 30 minutes, and you pause the game at 29 minutes after it was started and unpause it at 31 minutes, then it should save at 33 minutes, not at 60 minutes. (otherwise you could end up skipping many autosave points by accident.)

i believe the above 4 rules present an ideal situation while covering every possible eventuality. of course, it takes effort to program as such... so until then I would prefer if autosave continues to save normally while paused to prevent such issues as I mentioned above.

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6. Seamless zooming, or zooming with less levels. Currently I use the keyboard shortcuts for quick zooming because the mouse-wheel is too unpredictable and it's visually unpleasant to see how the screen jumps between zoom level.

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What the game needs is a new diplomatic stance regarding system ownership. Once you colonize a planet in a non-claimed system, it should by default then be considered your territory and off limits to other colony ships. The only way another race should be allowed to then colonize planets in that system is via diplomatic permission (mutual colonization treaty) or via a state of war.

If a colonization treaty exists, then things like military hardware in a system with a colonized planet should not have negative political effects. Of course if one side ends the treaty and there is a system with shared colonies in it, then things go to normal as they are now for disputed systems. But no new colonies in non-shared systems would be allowed until a new treaty was signed.

The way things are now, sharing your territory or galaxy map is almost suicidal to your future diplomatic efforts. Since if you do trade away the maps it guarantees a wave of alien colony ships will come streaming in and place all your systems into disputed status, thus tanking your rep with everyone.

Jim

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ORIGINAL: Davor

For those with zoom problems with the mouse, did you try disabling nebulas in the options screen? Go to options then choos advance and turn off nebulas. I don't see a difference with nebulas on or off, but I notice when on, when I scroll it's slow, but when off, it's seamless.