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losing colonies and i dont know why

By MasterSolon on April 11, 2012 8:21:49 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

MasterSolon

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For some reason i am losing colonies from what i can see no apparent reason early on, keep in mind i haven't played since the original game came out and i never got the expansions so is there a mechanic im missing perhaps or is this a bug

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Rovert10
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April 11, 2012 8:26:11 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

Err are you killing the militia and killing siege frigates?

Is emeny culture bringing your alliegences to 0?

All of this has been in the original game and could explain why you are losing colonies randomly. Also pirates can siege planets after a certain point.

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mcintire
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April 11, 2012 8:28:15 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

There are various ways of losing a colony early on. Did you kill all the krosov siege frigates in the gravity well? Did the enemy build a novalith and shoot you with it? Are the phase lines changing color, then the enemy might be sending you his culture already.

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Scudhawk
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April 11, 2012 8:34:53 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

Define early on, AI rush to build tech centers. The TEC Loyalists can start building Superweapons much sooner and cheaper than the other races / factions.

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dahitmaster
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April 11, 2012 8:59:06 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

Can we call this "The Vasari's Unknown Threat" bug?

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Tollen Kell
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April 11, 2012 9:42:22 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

Could it be rebels?

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Teun-A-Roonius
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April 11, 2012 10:19:15 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

Could it be the Reapers returning from Darkspace? Someone call commander Shepard!

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Timmaigh
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April 12, 2012 3:50:20 AM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

Most likely its AI spamming Novaliths.

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Grubnessul
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April 12, 2012 5:11:07 AM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

Might also be your own Novaliths. Happened to me when I build 10 of them and left them on auto fire while my fleet was out conquering. The Novaliths fired before the planet was conquered, but I colonised it before the missile arrived.

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Tridus
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April 12, 2012 6:19:16 AM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

If you look in the bottom left of the UI, you should be able to mouse over the icons there and get some headlines about what's been going on. One of them should tell you why you lost planets.

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Marsujenherra
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April 12, 2012 7:29:09 AM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

It must be the enemy unknown!

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MasterSolon
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April 12, 2012 8:31:30 AM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

ok so i looked at it more closely when it happened it appears that i was abandoning my planets, i have never encountered this mechanic in the first game, is it new, and how do i counter it in the future.

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mcintire
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April 12, 2012 8:44:38 AM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

You abandoned your colony? What? You cannot do that. The only thing I know that might cause you "abandoning" your colony would be "wail of the sacrificed", but that one should not autocast...

 

I'd like to have more information now. What race were you playing, how many research centers did you have, did you research any high level reasearches yet? How many enemies are on the map and what race do they belong to? What difficulty level are those?

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Mr. Haze
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April 12, 2012 8:50:14 AM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

Yeah mcintire, you can abandon your colonies, it's the same button you use to scuttle ships. Just don't push it.

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Seleuceia
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April 12, 2012 9:12:17 AM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

My guess is, either you were in window mode and kept clicking other applications near the bottom of sins (where the scuttle button is) or you kept hitting the hotkey for scuttle (which you can disable via the menu)...

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mcintire
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April 12, 2012 11:32:17 AM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

Okay, learned something new there. Good to know for future reference.

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k1DBLITZ
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April 13, 2012 1:43:49 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

Quoting mcintire,
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Are the phase lines changing color, then the enemy might be sending you his culture already.

oooooooooooooooooooooooooh. So that's what it means when the phase lines change color. I had wondered about that. Thanks!

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k1DBLITZ
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April 13, 2012 1:44:45 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

Quoting Grubnessul,
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Might also be your own Novaliths. Happened to me when I build 10 of them and left them on auto fire while my fleet was out conquering. The Novaliths fired before the planet was conquered, but I colonised it before the missile arrived.

 

Ouch. Talk about friendly fire. Someone is getting court marshaled over that one!

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mcintire
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April 13, 2012 5:19:44 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

If you take over an enemy ship that is under heavy fire by your forces it might die even after changing sides. You can increase the probability of taking over ships by sending your fleet away or un-toggling auto attack, but you should only do that if the enemy force is weak.

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