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Colonies

2015-11-20T16:44:48Z

Spacetrace: /* How to colonize pre-warp worlds */

==Colonies==

== How to colonize pre-warp worlds ==

1.

* you need to be in an alliance
* [[research]] the <ship>genesis project</ship>
* you may want to use the <ship>colony star</ship> , it protects your [[troop transports]]
* [[research]] some or all [[troop transports]], they carry [[troops]] to protect or attack [[colonies]].

2.

* look at the strategical colony map http://www.spacetrace.org/pics/navigation/buttons_s/strategical_map.png
* search for reachable uncolonized [[pre warp worlds]] (grey http://www.spacetrace.org/pics/planet_grey.gif ) and colonise them with a fleet that has a <ship>colony star</ship> in it. Colonies will provide [[reinforcements]] (ri) which are needed to build [[troops]]. The reinforcements will be available for all [[alliance]] members.

3.

* Build [[troop transports]] and carry them to your (most valuable) [[colonies]] to protect them. Or carry them to enemy [[colonies]] (red http://www.spacetrace.org/pics/planet_red.gif ) to conquer them. You need a Colony star to create new Colonies, but you can transport your troops with any warp capable ship
* if you don't have enough reinforcements to built enough troop transports to conquer an enemy colony, you can build <ship>wings of terror</ship> to support your troops. with wings of terror you can bombard an enemy colony to lower the [[organisation]] of the units on that colony A colony with less organisation is easier to conquer, with less units.

== Ground Troops ==

There are 3 different [[troops]]

* [[troop transports|Defense guns]] (not suited for attacks, but very good against [[troop transports|tanks]] and medium good against infantry)
* [[troop transports|Tanks]] (good against [[troop transports|infantry]], bad aganist defense [[troop transports|guns]])
* [[troop transports|Infantry]] (good against [[troop transports|defense guns]], bad against [[troop transports|tanks]])

[[Ground battle]] is quite simple: you just need more [[troops]] to defeat the enemy (a little less if you use the better suited [[troops]]).

[[Colonies]] provide [[reinforcements]] (resource for troops) and have a value which is calculated from the [[evolution-state]] of the [[colony]]. [[Colonies]] evolve depending on time and other things.

[[Reinforcements]] are not restricted. [[Alliances]] can colonize as much [[colonies]] as they want to and get that [[reinforcements]]. But the transport capabilities are restricted to the MP of the transport vessels.

== best strategical alliances ==
<anyweb>http://www.spacetrace.org/statistics_planets.php</anyweb>

{{incomplete}}

[[Category:Pre-warp Planets]]
[[Category:Game features]]
[[Category:Colonies]]

Todo

2012-01-31T09:48:59Z

Spacetrace: /* Priority A */

set Priorities for todos as A,B or C
==Priority AA==
* in tutorial mode, you cannot evacuate troops
* visited button links in IE

==discussion==
...

==Priority A==
* if there are not enough /no reinforcements in the colony production screen, you cannot build the max
* each fleet distance to planet should be shown next to the "move fleets here" buttons (basely) / tooltip box hidden behind message screen
* language-selection leads to logout
* on the conquer-image in the bulletin and in the navigation a link to battlereports on colonies
* wenn - alliance round-message - in einer message steht, dann landets nicht in den sent messages
* a "back"-button
* search for Planetname - if you know the name open that planet - page
* use the tech tree for ingame research - see the tree that is already researched and the next possible researches as tree
* recycle both does not work (recycle self / recycle enemy works)

* IE errors:
** navigation highlighting
** tooltip style
** map togglebuttons linebreak

==Priority B==
* deletetime longer and depending on logincounts
* a button under the comlist to send your comlist to another player or to your alliance, this will send only the players, you have coordinates added
* comlist sorting function by distance, name, tag,...
* more intuitive changing of the discance center
* wormholelist with distances
* quadrant-sector on coordinates
* fleets menu buttons all visible
* check what happens if you are in no alliance - disable navigation links
* Leviathans [[Bugs]]
* waypoint history in fleets menu - see all coordinates, you arrived at before (partly obsolete, cause you see the last coordinates in the message window)
* add a new commander for a screen like the CoW but with only the colony fleets
* more "last actions in space"
* catch double-clicks on links and navigation
* hover menu for the follow up links with help text in javascript
* in the production screen the little textlink to recycle should be removed and added to follow up links
* view colony should be image with css-button
* (a) colony convois
* mouse-hover-effect on bottom navigation icons too
* (a) irc-chat/Jabber-Chat
* probes in the map
* messages should all be written into the database as "events" and also written with javascript into the message frame
* message-link should glow if a message happened
* all links in a_href() functionof links/Buttons with a certain style, for ex. the icon of the target page in the link
* frame-target-calculations
* all help links in right frame and if right frame not exists, then in a frame that goes over the whole screen with javascript and close button
* remember last opened pages for next login
* fleet screen scrollbar for move ships
* best strategical alliances to the alliance rankings page.
* 3D map should have also toggle buttons for different info (it looks very cluttered when player names and coords are always displayed)
* simulate dynamic weather on planets - limits the maximal population
* last battle reduces terraformstatus (?)
* defense malus/bonus depending on the cluster density around a colony
* planet-y=0 - bug: [http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/2527/planet0bug.png]
* if you change language during the tutorial, you get stuck

==Priority C==
* create a battlepause for the wormhole fleet, when you create a wormhole with explorer
* taskbar
* 3d-map z-coords are upside down
* more than 3 frames
* more followup links on top left
* when convois are ready, money can be used to infiltrate enemy colonies to lead them to a revolution
* querverlinkungen im manual nach shipname
* missing pictures in forum: replace with cache pics
* cronjob to download pics that are older than a month
* colony battle against ... as link to player in the battlereport

==later==
* [[creature lab]]: fleets carry creatures through the galaxy

==brainstorm==
* planets are starsystems ! and should be named like that + system link on planetpage
* com listen heimatplaneten (die man kennt) in die map eintragen
* own colonies at the frontier should be marked as vulvenerable
* easy way to cordinate flight targets - message with planetlink
* diplomacy: neutral zone planets
* diplomacy: non agression pacts etc. (with warning before attacking, or impossible to attack)
* diplomacy: alliance treaties ->http://www.spacetrace.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7085&sid=343464ea7e6e9bf1e8c6a8e5262e1f88
* after convois - trading sytem
* alliance message board
* colony screen shows player that conquered it and founded it. statistics for most conquered most founded
* com sat station cost VG
* convoy capturing brings VG
* an emirial alliance can hire pirates for VG
* VG can be sold for pirate score
* game focus names: Pirates & Imperial Forces

==discussion==
* recycle units on colonies (this function should not be implemented!!!)
* new phpbbforum for alliance messages ingame and extern accessible and auto user creation and groups for each alliance (this function should not be implemented!!!)

=fixed=
*ri of other colonies in the map
* fleet target in the map
* the rimmerworld bug!
* map navigation buttons position absolute from right
* some screens are still broken: battlereports, logged out screen
* add title tags to map buttons
* distance caption onmousover on colonymap that shows distance to actual center
* picture icons for colony map controls
* pager for colony bulletin
* help text for not reachable planet (not colonizable because of ...)
* center this planet doesent work . only center this colony and image is missing in git
* wrong ri display in the map
* enemy units in the map
* Coloniebuildings visible, even if you don' have any troops there, but other allies have.
* if you are logged out, the screen without the picture, or better picture underneath the new login fields
* little icons on top left without translation links
* spacetrace search is not working now
* "no terraformer" message is still there although you just started to build one
* password don't match bug in the preferences
* spawn position is too far away from center
* map should open the same as left
* guestbook style alliance board
* alpha slower steps depending on zoom factor
* only 300 colonies in the center of the galaxy (better: ~50 in the center and some bubbles with 30 around it with "bridge colonies" between it)
* mysql performance : get reachable - map
* quadranten map thoughts
*show units of other members too
* database for caching events - esp. for recalculate colony scores.
* view colony battles link in the navigation
* on-window-resize, recalculate the frame-heights
* evacuate troops message, that it doesent work if you have no mp free
** Map icons onclick continue to scrool/zoom until you release the mousebutton
* "220 bug" in the colony view (only new colony and if you build a terraformer or station)
* chrono mine auf anderen kolonien nur sichtbar,wenn man noch keine gebaut hat
* → next 30 in colony buletin doesent work
* help for new players with hints, what to do next - tutorial - training-center
* colonybattlepage: organisiation with percent and the endresult with icons
* if you scroll down and there is another window in front minimize that automatically
* if you are at an uncolonized planet of a reacheable colony without colony star, there should be a message "you neeed a colony star"
* wiki and forum with borders around or better a frame with the borders and close button... and in there there is another iframe
* terraformer bug auf carparthia
* message archive speichern einer nachricht ändert das datum auf 000-00-00

* statistics_planets.php
** show ri of all colonies, also enemy
* tooltips which number is which

* some new probes for the colonygame

Special ship abilities

2012-01-18T10:25:53Z

Spacetrace: /* see also */

Most ships (and buildings) have one or several special abilities. they are defined in the battle syntax.

play a bit with the [[Ship Constructor]] to find out more

here is a list of all possible modifiers a ship can have:

== jamming ==

some ships have the ability to jam other ships. if a ship is jammed it cannot fight anymore, and the next ship of the other player has its turn, this means, the enemy ship is treated as if it had already shot and you have the initiative back

if a ship jams an enemy ship, it puts the [[shoot-counter]] one up, so the enemy ship counts as "has already shot" the only effect that could make this ship shoot would be the ...

{{incompletelist}}

'''example:'''

100 EMP-fighter vs 100 destroyer
i.g. all destroyers are jammed this way ( exception: the player with the destroyers shoots first, then in this battle one EMP-fighter would be destroyed)

== cloning ==

the clone ship transforms into the cloned ship, until end of combat. it has exactly the same abilitys like the original.

== reconstruction ==

a reconstructor-ship reanimates disabled ships (ships with 0 lifepoints). ships with less lifepoints than 0 are completely destroyed and cannot be reconstruted. examples:
- a destroyer that was hit by a destroyer has 0 LP and can be reconstructed
- a fighter hit by an eagle (2/10) cannot be reconstructed because it has -1 lifepoint

= All Effects =

== mod ==
modify ships AP and/or LP in the battle

== fight ==
this just means that the ships fires now with it's AP.

== create ==
creates one or more other ships (like missiles, battle drones but could also create fighters or sth. like that) and these ships appear in the specified class immediately with all their abilities

== shield ==
moves the [[targetcounter]] of the enemy to your next ship (if all your ships are shielded or destroyed your shielded ships will not reappear for the next classbattle)

== destroy ==
destroys a ship and leaves it with 0 LP. (it is still reconstructable this way).
weakest destruction effect, destroyed ships have 0 LP and can be reconstructed

== kill ==
destroys a ship and leaves it with -5000 LP
second weakest destruction effect, killed ships cannot be reconstructed, but some ships or buildings are kill-resistent

== obliterate ==
destroys a ship and leaves it with -5000 LP (not reconstructable).
most effective destruction effect, nearly no ship is immune against that

== recycle ==
recycles the ship like back home in the shipyard. the target is removed from the battle (obliterate-effect) but nobody wins or looses points for it

== repair ==
repairs your ship that is the actual target of your enemy in your fleet back to full lifepoints (AP stay like they are)

== shuffle ==
this function shuffles the battleorder of the selected class in the selected fleet. note: this is only useful, if you have created ships and you want to change the battle order that way, that they do not shoot all in one row. or if this ship is modifying ships and you want to assure, that there is another ship modified every time and not only one ship all the time. for example the l-prom (modify 10 ships by +10 in class 2 from out of class 1) needs this because otherwise it would modify the same 10 first ships in class 2 again and again. with shuffle it will modify other ships each time

== sd ==
selfdestruction. if this ship has its turn, it selfdestructs at the end of its turn

== blast ==
destroys already damaged ships in the specified class and fleet (like the <ship>bounty hunter</ship>)

== clone ==
clones the enemy ship that is the actual target

== steal ==
steals the enemy ship that is the actual target

== beserk ==
with this option the ship will continue shooting until it is destroyed.
note: only very few ships have this effect, cause this modifier should be used with care, cause it can have unpredictable loop-effects

== retreat ==
ends the actual class battle

== disable ==
disables all abilities of the specified ships (for example a mine deployer does not deploy its mine anymore)

== evolve ==
this only happens at the end of the whole battle. the ship becomes the new ship.

== restart ==
all your ships that survived so far start for another shoot (your counter is set back to your first ship). note: this modifier should be used with care, cause it can have unpredictable loop-effects

== select ==
an effect only occurs if the target ships has less/more/equal mp/lp/ap than a specific value. if the targeted ship has less/more/equal the selected value the rest of the modifier will not be executed.

= Trigger Effects =
triggered ffects happen only if another ship targets the ship with an effect:

== Action Triggers ==
=== trigger_hit ===
the following action in the battle syntax only happens right after the ship was hit by the firepower of an enemy ship

=== trigger_destruction ===
the following action in the battle syntax only happens right after the ship was hit by the firepower of an enemy ship and destroyed this way

=== trigger_destroy ===
the following action in the battle syntax only happens right after the ship was destroyed by a '''destroy''' effect

=== trigger_kill ===
the following action in the battle syntax only happens right after the ship was destroyed by a '''kill''' effect

=== trigger_obli ===
the following action in the battle syntax only happens right after the ship was destroyed by an '''obliterate''' effect

=== trigger_jam ===
the following action in the battle syntax only happens right after the ship was '''jammed'''

=== trigger_rec ===
the following action in the battle syntax only happens right after the ship was '''reconstructed'''

=== trigger_plus ===
the following action in the battle syntax only happens right after the ship was '''modified''' (both + and -)

=== trigger_multiply ===
the following action in the battle syntax only happens right after the ship was '''modified''' by any factor

=== trigger_repair ===
this adds a trigger to the ship, that causes an action you can define later, that happens if the ship is repaired

== immunity-triggers ==

=== trigger_0_rec ===
with this modifier the ship cannot be reconstructed

=== trigger_0_destroy ===
with this modifier the ship cannot be destroyed

=== trigger_0_kill ===
with this modifier the ship cannot be killed

=== trigger_0_obli ===
with this modifier the ship cannot be obliterated

=== trigger_0_multiply ===
with this modifier the ship cannot be modified by multiplication

=== trigger_0_plus ===
with this modifier the ship cannot be modified (+ or -)

=== trigger_-_jam ===
if the ship is jammed, the initiative will not go back to the enemy

= see also =
[[Modulator]]

[[Category: Tactics and Warfare]]

Special ship abilities

2012-01-18T10:25:35Z

Spacetrace: /* see also */

Special ship abilities

2012-01-17T17:33:48Z

Spacetrace:

Special ship abilities

2012-01-17T17:31:55Z

Spacetrace:

2011-03-15T20:37:06Z

Spacetrace:

set Priorities for todos as A,B or C
==Priority A==
* frame-heights, should be set to percentages instead. if the screen_h is unknown, then it should be the least percentage, if known, it can hve some more nearer to 98% height.
* wiki and forum with borders around or better a frame with the borders and close button... and in there there is another iframe
* open-this-in-new-window-button
* Map icons onclick continue to scrool/zoom until you release the mousebutton
* some screens are still broken: TWG.php, logged out screen, CoW
* design a new front-page
* search for newbie helpers in the main-menu of help
* if you are logged out, the screen with border
* on the conquer-image in the bulletin and in the navigation a link to battlereports on colonies
* center this planet doesent work . only center this colony and image is missing in git

=fixed=
* Coloniebuildings visible, even if you don' have any troops there, but other allies have.
* if you are logged out, the screen without the picture, or better picture underneath the new login fields
* little icons on top left without translation links
* spacetrace search is not working now
* "no terraformer" message is still there although you just started to build one
* password don't match bug in the preferences
* spawn position is too far away from center

==Priority B==
* search for Planetname - if you know the name open that planet - page
* catch double-clicks on links and navigation
* hover menu for the follow up links with help text in javascript
* in the production screen the little textlink to recycle should be removed and added to follow up links
* view colony should be image with css-button
* (a) colony convois
* mouse-hover-effect on bottom navigation icons too
* (a) irc-chat/Jabber-Chat
* probes in the map
* messages should all be written into the database as "events" and also written with javascript into the message frame
* message-link should glow if a message happened
* all links in a_href() functionof links/Buttons with a certain style, for ex. the icon of the target page in the link
* different kind
* frame-target-calculations
* all help links in right frame and if right frame not exists, then in a frame that goes over the whole screen with javascript and close button
* remember last opened pages for next login
* fleet screen scrollbar for move ships
* best strategical alliances to the alliance statistics page.
* picture icons for colony map controls
* start as a colony style game and get 3 fleets with colonystars - all transports already researched at the beginning or within a few minutes.
* help for new players with hints, what to do next - tutorial - training-center
* 3D map should have also toggle buttons for different info (it looks very cluttered when player names and coords are always displayed)
* simulate dynamic weather on planets - limits the maximal population
* last battle reduces terraformstatus
* distance caption onmousover on colonymap that shows distance to actual center
* each fleet distance to planet should be shown next to the "move fleets here" buttons
* defense malus/bonus depending on the cluster density around a colony

==Priority C==
* use the tech tree for ingame research - see the tree that is already researched and the next possible researches as tree
* on-window-resize, recalculate the frame-heights
* more than 3 frames
* more followup links on top left
* when convois are ready, money can be used to infiltrate enemy colonies to lead them to a revolution

==later==
* [[creature lab]]: fleets carry creatures through the galaxy

==brainstorm==
* planets are starsystems ! and should be named like that + system link on planetpage
* com listen heimatplaneten (die man kennt) in die map eintragen
* own colonies at the frontier should be marked as vulvenerable
* easy way to cordinate flight targets - message with planetlink
* diplomacy: neutral zone planets
* diplomacy: non agression pacts etc. (with warning before attacking, or impossible to attack)
* diplomacy: alliance treaties
* after convois - trading sytem
* alliance message board

Todo

2011-03-09T22:34:15Z

Spacetrace: /* Priority C */

Todo

2011-03-09T22:07:16Z

Spacetrace: /* Priority B */

Todo

2011-03-09T16:59:49Z

Spacetrace: