Starsector
Images are sometimes not shown due to bandwidth/network limitations. Refreshing the page usually helps.
You are currently reading a thread in /v/ - Video Games
You are currently reading a thread in /v/ - Video Games
Starsector thread. Post fleets, claim shipfus, give dubious advice.
Today's topic: Approlight: why?
Also, how does one get Integrated Targeting Unit? Do you just have to luck out and find a ship with it already installed or what?
haven't installed approlight yet but are the ships that much more op? I just want the fancy ships.
Also, best ship for large weapon turrets in a line on a ship? I just want a classic battleship design
>>330730028
I'm here anon! Im pretty sure only certain ships can have it, thats why it doesnt show up
>>330730028
You can unlock the Integrated Targeting Unit hullmod in Technology > Computer Systems (7)
>>330731143
Oh, whadya know, I completely missed that.
What was the collapse?
Was it like the universe all bunching up together into a small sector forcing everyone to be close to eachother or something?
What are some essential mods?
I'm getting my shit wrecked by pirates at the beginning every time.
Any tips for a beginner?
>>330732142
Nothing quite so exotic; the Collapse refers to the collapse of the hyperspace gate network connecting the sector to the greater Domain and the presumed collapse of the Domain as a whole.
>>330732606
Oh, I was wondering about those gates, i thought it was something back in an eariler version of the game that was prominent, but they decided to scrap it afterawhile but wanted to keep the gates.
So they were all connected to a bigger sector then the Domain fell and everyone was kind of stuck in this little sector?
>>330732470
Play vanilla until you get the hang of the various ships and weapons you'll be running into. Early on you can take small fleets of 2-3 shitty frigates or go 1v1 against good frigates. Don't fight things that don't give you bounty, it's pretty much never worth it. Stabilized shields (1 in Applied Physics in the Tech tree) and Unstable Injector are really good for frigates. Don't be afraid to retreat, and always try to bait pirates into fighting you with a Hegemony fleet at your back.
>>330732296
SS+, Nexerelin, BRDY, Imperium, and Diable. Everything else is a matter of opinion.
>>330732756
The dev went into some detail on this.
http://fractalsoftworks.com/category/lore-2/
WAKE UP THREAD
Ship
Superiority
Megas before anyone asks
>Version 0.7.1
https://mega.nz/#!2FsQTBSZ!XXeucjemdqJ_cQUE3poZP1svJkHBIakkP2eUjQXq8SQ
R2STF-YAAAA-LJA0J-AZR3R
>zip with java and plenty of mods (remove jre before replacing)
https://mega.nz/#!x11FVI4T!D8x4nu0QBVn3ma3kEBxfPl92RDycaYKCc-ZNzD2yvj0
>>330734593
Thanks Anon, you da man
>>330734593
needs an activation key
>>330732470
When you go pirate hunting for bounty money, stick with friendly patrols and join in the fight. If things go bad you can just retreat before your ally does and get out of there.
>>330735690
>R2STF-YAAAA-LJA0J-AZR3R
that should be it
>>330735690
>Starsector0.7.1a-RC5
R2STF-YAAAA-LJA0J-AZR3R
>Starsector0.7.2a-RC1
2ACAL-JSPA7-HAAN8-AIS2F
Any of these work?
>>330734593
>Activate all mods
>Get a whooping 5 fps on the main menu
Uh, okay
How is this game compared to SPAZ?
>>330736334
They're demanding for sure. For some reason when I use mods Starsector eats up 4-5 GB of RAM and my framerate is lower when battles get hectic. My toaster clings to life on SS but runs other games alright.
>started new game
>progressed from single shuttle to massive trade and hunting fleet
>captured 3 planets
>allied with Diable and Blackrock
>try to save game
>crash
>can no longer load that save at all
>>330737016
Shit, I've done the same thing before. I hope you saved somewhere in between there, you'll have a back up in the saves folder named campaign.xml.bak to replace your normal campaign file when it gets corrupt.
Really could use an autosave, sometimes I forget and I get thrown back 5 hours of progress or more.
>>330733240
Does he seriously think the Moon landing was faked?
>Fighting Diable
Of course this one is a vengeful fleet so its like combining several large detachments, but these guys spam fighters more than Tri-Tachyon when they bring Astrals.
>>330739953
holy shit how many hours into your current game? I get half of that at most unless I fight several fleets at once
>>330740278
I don't know how many hours but I'm level 90 and the Cycle is 221.
I'm waiting for Knights Templar to invade a planet so I can improve relations and just see the results since it should give me the win screen from Nexerelin. I've gotten rid of every opposing faction except KT, and I'm allied with Independents. Pirates have no bases either, yet they still have bounties so its even better for me.
>>330730028
>Today's topic: Approlight: why?
Why what? They are OP but it's fun as fuck to play as, just limit yourself to one of their destroyers only and try to take on cruiser fleets, it will balance it out.
Not that it matters anyway, seems like it will take a while until they update it again.
>>330738828
What?
>>330734489
>>330739953
Hate that shit.
What's the purpose of the rook ship? From what I've seen it just takes all the CR damage ships would have taken and apply it to itself...which only causes more problems because now that ship is constantly at 0% CR making me lose even more supplies and crew
>>330742180
All the supply usage from CR depletion is redirected to the Rook just as you described. This is so you can fight those 3 pirate armadas one after the other without waiting and maintain high CR, since your Rook resupplies everyone instantly up to 500 supplies worth.
Its saved my ass when I got caught in a hyperspace storm and had to fight in the middle of it. In this case it was a Castle, at 0% CR but my ships were good to go so I risked no mid-battle malfunctions which could've ruined my fleet.
How/why do pacts happen in Nex?
My faction teamed up with another 2 (Imp, BRDY, Diable) and they're wrecking shit left and right and none of the rest of the factions' (default ones + Junk pirates) done much so far and I've barely interfered at all.
Go Eastern Pact! I guess.
>>330743712
Not sure, and what's even worse with alliances is you can't choose them for your faction. Every time my followers join an alliance it happens to be with the 2-3 most hated factions. I go from being the sector's friendly local bounty hunter to public enemy #1, gaining inhospitable/hostile with a dozen factions at an instant.
>>330734489
You niggers can't even shitpost properly.
Get the fuck out fake Appro-chan
Does anyone use the Ship Upgrade from Extra Systems? Completely forgot that feature existed.
