StarMan99

psychoak, Thanks for your response. The politicians that are running the show sit around in meetings blowing hot air, making a bunch of extraneous laws so they can substantiate their full time political job that started out as a part time job years ago and that's what it should still be, because unless you're constantly making new laws, there is nothing else to do. Most of those guys already had high paying jobs, now they're just making their money a whole

Ok, I'm not really knowledgeable about economics or financial stuff, so let me ask kind of an innocent question, might even sound naive. Please though, before you completely shoot down my idea, give it some thought. Why is our economy not based on our collective ability to produce? Instead, our economy is based on an abstract concept called money. If you have a stack of lumber, hammer and nails, you can build a house. If all you have is a stack of $20's you're gonn

When I click on a Fleet Icon in the Empire overview panel, the panel itself then jumps to the icon of just the raw ship, whatever planet it is on in the Empire overview. This very annoying, because I'm trying of course to select, double click on the Fleet Icon (yellow star looking thing) so the main map screen will jump to where the Fleet actually is. I then have to scroll back up to the Fleet icon and click it again, by this time it has stabilized and then lets me double click on it

[quote]The `CapsLock' key snaps instantly between the planet view and the galaxy view. Couple this feature with selecting planets/fleets in the empire view and you can zoom immediately to any action.Just in case anyone had missed that feature.but a video is more valueable than a screen shot[/quote] What do you mean by saying a video is worth more than a screen shot? I'm not referring to taking a screen shot, I'm just pointing out that the `CapsLock' key on your keyboard toggles

The `CapsLock' key snaps instantly between the planet view and the galaxy view. Couple this feature with selecting planets/fleets in the empire view and you can zoom immediately to any action. Just in case anyone had missed that feature.

In order to make it so new ships won't join a particular fleet, here is what to do. Go to the fleet orders for any given fleet (located in lower right of screen) This is symbolized by a pointing finger. Click once on the pointing finger. Now you will see some options, towards the right is a symbol that is ships in formation. This is the button you would normally left click on to create a fleet of already grouped ships. [B][/B]Now, look more closely at the `create flee

Based on playing the demo, I was blown away, so I purchased the game. RTS is not my main thing, so without the demo I probably would not have bought SoaSE. So, thanks for the Demo!

Once I learn the game mechanics, I do plan to try online, but I've only had the game 2 days, and right now it takes me 5 minutes to figure out what to do next. Plus, I frequently zoom and rotate the map to see how cool everything looks, which I can get away with on easy level! :LOL:

Just a minor interface option, but one that I would find really helpful. 1) The unit/structure info window that appears when you mouse over, I would like the option for that to stay visible, until I mouse over something else. As it is right now, the window disappears when you move the mouse away even a little bit. Should be easy enough to implement. Thanks

The info window that appears in the lower right when you mouse over a unit or structure. Is there a way to make that info window stay up even after you move the mouse away? Thanks

Can additional assembly drones be created, per planet, or are they automatically created with a fixed quantity depending on the type/size of planet. The reason I ask, is I haven't been able to find a way to created additional assembly drones. Thanks!

Reply to Tone 22 The same exact frustrating sequence of events happened to me when I purchased Gal Civ II Gold. From the `nickname in use' issue, I just forged ahead, trying every screen and log in approach I could. After about 15 minutes an email showed up. When you buy the game, it doesn't tell you an email will arrive sometime later. It just points to the url and says `download this and then type in serial#'. Well, obviously, following that instruction will never get your ga