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[quote who="Darvin3" reply="29" id="2579018"] Man this game has a lot of details to absorb for a noob. Yes it does, and we've barely scratched the surface with what's described in this thread. This game is really awesome once you get to some of the deeper strategy. Particularly in multiplayer, the game can become a match of cat and mouse, where both players are probing for a weakness and trying to pounce when they get any advantage. <b

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Thanks again Darvin. Man this game has a lot of details to absorb for a noob. Would have been nice if there was a campaign to ease you into some of this stuff instead of a very basic tutorial and then all this.

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I'm still trying to figure out how the AI had so many resources? I had a lot of planets maxxed out on pop and a ton of trade stations. I figured a waiting game would benefit me.

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Thanks guys, here's the beginning of that game: http://www.2shared.com/file/12366914/37d785c7/AutoRecord-03300905.html

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[quote who="Darvin3" reply="16" id="2578691"]If you're using Vista: C:\users\ \AppData\Local\Ironclad Games\Sins of a Solar Empire\ The problem is that the AppData folder is hidden, so most people don't even know it's there. You have to go to "folder options" in the control panel to make hidden folders visible. Makes finding this directory kinda nasty...[/quote] That was it, thanks: http://www.2shar

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[quote who="DesConnor" reply="13" id="2578668"]No, the replay is a .record file... something like AutoRecord-0xxxxxxx.record Not the cache folder, the AutoRecord- SinglePlayer folder.[/quote] I did a search and looked in every folder, I don't have that file anywhere.

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Here's the cache file, I guess this is the replay? http://www.2shared.com/file/12364506/63d1e445/AutoRecord.html Any and all help is appreciated.

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I don't know man, I must be missing something, I've never had this much trouble with any game in my life. I did the fast expansion thing, had the enemy backed up to 5 planets, and almost pinned down. Somehow he just came up with a few hundred ships. I was spening money on defenses on my 2 outlaying planets neighboring his and building my fleet as fast as my resources would allow. I don't know where he got the resources to build more ships than me with

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Well, just played again, on easy. Same scenario as above but with more planets. Through rapid expansion, I had 14 planets and the computer had 5. Yet somehow, just like EVERY OTHER GAME I'VE PLAYED, the computer creates massive amounts of ships and starts overrunning me. I saved the game, but he just took over 2 of my planets with 2 fleets consisting of 200+ ships a piece. I'm getting frustrated. I just simply cannot keep up with his ship building abilities

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Awesome, thanks Darvin3.

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I had 2 Progenitors (1 was level 8 when destroyed) and a Halcyon, probably 50% of fleet was Illuminators, 30% Disciple, and some Aeria Drone Hosts and Crusaders and Defense Vessels thrown in. In the scenario above (1v1 on small map), how would you go about your planet/resource acquisition and what would your fleet look like?

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Ok, I'm trying to figure this game out. I have played 5 games so far as Advent with MISERABLE results. I've read through some strategy guides and such and have adapted each game and lasted longer each time. So my last game, I played a small map vs. 1 TEC AI with locked teams and no pirates, I have no expansion pack and updated to the latest version before starting. Figuring out that RAPID expansion and acquisition of material