New patch is live? The outer reaches of the cosmos beckons me...
edit: how big is said patch?
Does trading function in this game? I unlocked the tech for Dust trafing and whatnot and it didn't give me the option. Pretty sure I was at peace. Also, how do trade routes work?
Is the ability to retrofit your ships working yet? I assume retrofitting is the process of upgrading ships with newer parts but in unable to do it. I haven't found anything in the tech trees that alludes to it. The only hint I get is the mouse over for the retrofit button which says that I can only do this while in my own system (which I am).
Holy shit just saw this thread! My co-op crew is currently playing Sins Rebellion Beta, how does this game compare? Does it have co-op?
Edit: Fuck it, not waiting for a response. I'm such a sucker for strategy games lol. Bought.
Is the ability to retrofit your ships working yet? I assume retrofitting is the process of upgrading ships with newer parts but in unable to do it. I haven't found anything in the tech trees that alludes to it. The only hint I get is the mouse over for the retrofit button which says that I can only do this while in my own system (which I am).
Ohhh...
So to retrofit a destroyer, you'd need to create a brand new destroyer, name it something else and then retrofit you're original destroyer to the newly created one?
I assumed you could just upgrade individually parts for already create designs.
Thanx for the help.No, if you have Destroyer named Thor you go into the ship creation and pick the ship from the list then down in the bottom right of the ship picture will be a button that says modify. Click that and make your changes and when you save the design it will be saved as Thor 2.
You can then retrofit anything that was a Thor to the new design.
Thanx for the help.
The Amoeba is the oldest known race in the Endless Space universe after the sentient mineral species known as the Harmony. Evolving from a very simple single-celled organism on a planet without a molten core and therefore no plate tectonics and little to no evolutionary adaptation, the Amoeba simply evolved slowly, over time, growing and developing their communal knowledge.
If you prepurchased on Steam, is there some way on that website to register it so you get the points? Sorry if this is obvious and I just missed it.Thanks for the heads-up. For those who haven't voted, the current poll is for the Amoeba faction logo and a new gameplay feature.
If you prepurchased on Steam, is there some way on that website to register it so you get the points? Sorry if this is obvious and I just missed it.
...either log in or click on your account name.
You will be greeted with the G2G account balance and the option to redeem your G2G code. (note to devs change the info there to mean Game CD Code input.)
Go to the steam library and right click on the game. Go to CD keys. Click copy to clipboard, then go back to the G2G code input and paste the code in with ctrl v and submit.
Thank you, kind sir.In Steam right click the game and view cd key - copy it.
Login Here - http://www.amplitude-studios.com/
Heres the procedure from then - I grabbed it from the forum.
One of the few that were directly created by the Endless, The Sowers are a mechanical race. They were first engineered by the Virtual Endless as tools to develop the planet on which they had been placed a barren rock lacking any sort of breathable atmosphere. It took them thousands of years to do so, during which time they created thousands more of themselves to assist in the operation.
When their orders were finally fulfilled they were the sole entities on a beautiful planet; the Virtual Endless for whom they had prepared this world had disappeared. Lacking further commands, and yet being numerous and highly advanced, they merged all of their resources of AI and Dust to pull together as a single brain and consider what they should do next. What they came up with was "The Calling."
Having been created by the Endless to pacify and prepare a planet, they reasoned, there must be a need to do so for other planets. The role that the Sowers chose for themselves is to continue this effort on all the planets they come across to cross the galaxy, preparing planets with the communications infrastructures, transport systems, and energy production needed so that it is ready for the day that the Virtual Endless return.
They have a manual as well, but it will still require some basic literacy.I feel too overwhelmed. Also making me read tutorials?! What is this 1999?!
I feel too overwhelmed. Also making me read tutorials?! What is this 1999?!
I really want to see a Victoria II style research system; individual items you can select, but 90% of the effect comes from "inventions" which have their own probabilities for activation varying by a number of other parameters (government type etc.).
wish research was more like civ, soooo many options and i dont even get half of em
I say you would like it - it's all mainly turn-based like Civ. You'll have all the time in the world (galaxy?) to think about where to explore, where to expand, what to build, what to research, etc. (although if you encounter any enemy nations/pirates in a star system, usually you have to respond within a time limit) before you press the End Turn button. There's no free movement per se (until you get a certain tech), so you won't be scratching your head too much at which direction to go. There will be downtime, but if you're used to Civ or Master of Orion, that shouldn't be too much of a problem. It's not as detail-heavy as some other 4x space games, but I love the lore behind it, especially with the races (Horatio and Ameoba in particular). I say it so much, but this feels very much like a spiritual successor to Master of Orion, and I absolutely loved that series to bits (despite the poor third showing)...Alright, after reading the entire topic and watching the Steam video I am very interested in this game though before I jump in and pay 20€ for the Alpha it would be nice to know if the people here could tell me if the game is something for me.
To list up a few things about myself in regard of strategy games in general:
- I generally like Sci-Fi
- I never played one of these grand-strategy games before
- I loved Sins of a Solar Empire and was decent at it
- I am normally very VERY bad at most real-time RTS games like Starcraft or C&C, up to the point where I die in 10 minutes against the AI
- I was somewhat decent in Supreme Commander (atleast on LAN parties)
- the last turn based game aside from Civ I played was Heroes of Might and Magic 3 I think
- While I'm not that good at Civ I usually have alot of fun with them
- Aslong as I can take my time and think about things I'm mostly fine with strategy games
- I don't need battles to have fun
So what do you all say, would I enjoy Endless Space?
Alright, after reading the entire topic and watching the Steam video I am very interested in this game though before I jump in and pay 20€ for the Alpha it would be nice to know if the people here could tell me if the game is something for me.
To list up a few things about myself in regard of strategy games in general:
- I generally like Sci-Fi
Good, you will very much like the atmosphere going on here.
- I never played one of these grand-strategy games before
- I loved Sins of a Solar Empire and was decent at it
Hmm, it's not really like Sins at all. Think Civ in space.
- I am normally very VERY bad at most real-time RTS games like Starcraft or C&C, up to the point where I die in 10 minutes against the AI
- I was somewhat decent in Supreme Commander (atleast on LAN parties)
Nothing is really realtime in this game, outside of timed selection of actions in combat.
- the last turn based game aside from Civ I played was Heroes of Might and Magic 3 I think
- While I'm not that good at Civ I usually have alot of fun with them
I think you'll get something out of ES. Stick it on easy, read a few beginner guides on the Amplitude forums or ask a few questions here, then just experiment.
- Aslong as I can take my time and think about things I'm mostly fine with strategy games
- I don't need battles to have fun
So what do you all say, would I enjoy Endless Space?
Thanks to both of you! That does sound indeed like quite my cup of tea so I will look if I have 20 to spare somewhere as I already spent too much this month, else it will have to wait a week or two I always found a way to win in Civ-like games before and to have one set in space sounds incredibly fun.
And for game in Alpha stage everything sounds already mightily impressive and fun!
Don't forget that the pre-purchase discount ends this month too. I'm not entirely sure if gifts with pre-purchase bonuses work as they should but if it does, that could be another few dollars off with US pricing.Thanks to both of you! That does sound indeed like quite my cup of tea so I will look if I have 20 to spare somewhere as I already spent too much this month, else it will have to wait a week or two I always found a way to win in Civ-like games before and to have one set in space sounds incredibly fun.
And for game in Alpha stage everything sounds already mightily impressive and fun!
If you do end up getting it (sounds to me like you'll have a blastyblast with it) then add me on Steam (IamMikeside) and we can play once multiplayer gets added?
Goes for anyone else, too, actually.
Don't forget that the pre-purchase discount ends this month too. I'm not entirely sure if gifts with pre-purchase bonuses work as they should but if it does, that could be another few dollars off with US pricing.
When is it out for full release?
Classy move.Wow... $22.49 & $26.24 on steam. That's hella cheapo for a game of this magnitude. So bought! I am always willing to support these type of developers. We need more 4x games =D
So, I've been watching this thread for a while, but unwilling to jump in until I had a day free to spend on it. 7 hours of gaming later and I'm glad I did, this is basically crack.
Great game, a little slow to unfold, but it has that "one more turn" aspect that all good games in this genre have. I'm glad I bought it!