Kelaris wrote:


2) They appear to have no expansion disapproval penalty. Not sure if that's intentional, as I didn't see it in the affinity or tech. Explosive expansion, ho!

There is one missing line in EmpireDescriptor.xml

In order to fix the bug you need to open [DriveLetter]:\...\Steam\SteamApps\common\Endless Space\Public_xp1\Simulation\EmpireDescriptor.xml and replace this part of the code:



[CODE]





















[/CODE]



with this:



[CODE]























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If its so easy for you, you should go play multiplayer with them. that might be a bit more of a challenge.

Just started playing with Vaulter and good lord are they OP. I can claim the center section in a spiral faster than AI Cravers can, all the while out producing them in science and dust. 3 turn to build a portal is way too short a time.

Antera wrote:
I don't think any of the ship cost bonuses are working. They're not written into the game code correctly for them to apply. But the dev did put a note in the xml saying its just placeholders.

Vicarious wrote:
Since the Vaulter hulls have exactly the same bonuses as the UE hulls, I'm sure the ship cost bonuses are working.

They're still not working, I just checked. (UE ones are.)

Started a game with the Vaulters yesterday.

Artworks are pretty good. A good new faction !

This affinity is just sooo good that I even considered dropping the Sheredyn Affinity. With the 0% Expansion disapproval and the portals you can make a crazy head start.

You can colonize like crazy and even better, you can colonize from your freshly colonized colonies because you simply jump there. Colonizing the center of a spiral galaxy was just so frigging easy, because with all the science bonus I rushed the casimir tech and locked all the AIs in their galaxy arms. And because of the non-existent disapproval you instantly start to benefit from even the most garbage colony.



Maybe we should think about a new affinity category that only leave 55 or 50 points to spend on other traits? Because this is just sooo strong. There was once a wise man that said: OP is everything that make an integral game-mechanic not work anymore. And this affinity affects two of them: Distance/Speed and Expansion. I know that the Vaulters desperately search for a new home, but this expansion speed is just crazy.^^



PS: Sorry, not a native speaker and sometimes I do not realize some bad repetitions (i.e. Crazy)

I'm already watching aurel on deviantart



Well I just thought someone had a method to do it. I still have plenty of other Wallpapers(mostly ES) that i can use in the meantime



Ahh, soo thePortals give like -100%Expansiondisapproval?(or rather are supposed to)

The absence of expansion disapproval was intended. But I'm currently refining it; linking it more to the use of Portals



Cheers,

The absence of expansion disapproval was intended. But I'm currently refining it; linking it more to the use of Portals



Cheers,

Ca_Putt wrote:




So, anyone know how to get to the artworks?

Ask a certain artist nicely?



Actually I would wait until whoever did them posts them on their website/deviantart. If Aurel (idk which dev that is, they just did the Auriga load screen) it would become available here: http://a-u-r-e-l.deviantart.com/gallery/?catpath=/



However if multiple ES artists worked together to create them, you probably will never see them get posted on one of the artists' sites. Since I assume the artists work together, this might be the case. So you may have to ask/wait for the devs to post HD versions on the forums for wallpapers. Until then, you have multiple options.



A) Download the ones Vicarious posted. They are a little low res, but they should work until HD release

B) Take a steam screenshot of a loading screen in-game and use that (if its a loading screen).



How obvious is it that I have scavenged the internet numerous times for HD ES art to use as my wallpaper? lol

That explains my high tax rate in the last game



So, anyone know how to get to the artworks?

ART







FACTION-SPECIFIC TECHNOLOGIES







Perhaps the new faction is the only faction in ES: D, which receives some defense bonuses when fighting within allied territory, because I believe both Alien Psychoanalysis (+20% allied territory Defense on Ships) and Alien Empathy (+20% allied territory Defense on Ships, +20% Trade Routes Bonuses per number of Allies on System) empire improvements don't provide any defense bonuses at all. Probably the improvements were implemented incorrectly (the defense bonus is applied to ClassShip instead of ClassFleet).



Disharmony 1.1.39

Same encounter, which took place on the orbit of my home system, same fleets. All the battle-cards were removed from the game. In the first screenshot my ships are supposed to receive +1% allied territory defense bonus from Alien Psychoanalysis, in the second one +99% allied territory defense bonus from Alien Psychoanalysis. Do you see any difference between the battle reports?







and here is what happened when I made the bonus from Alien Psychoanalysis apply to "ClassEmpire/ClassFleet" instead of "ClassEmpire//ClassShip"

(+1% allied territory defense bonus in the 1st screenshot, +99% allied territory defense bonus in the second one)





It looks like my ships received some kind of defense bonus.

Thanks for the thread. Seeing what they could do nudged me into going ahead and grabbing the Vaulters. They're quite fun so far.



In addition to the ships listed above by adder, there's also the "ANJKA" (1cp/corvette) with -25% support module tonnage cost.



Other notes on Vaulters:

1) The portal improvement (Vaulter Apertures) takes 3 turns to build on normal speed, and has an upkeep of 1 dust.

2) They appear to have no expansion disapproval penalty. Not sure if that's intentional, as I didn't see it in the affinity or tech. Explosive expansion, ho!

The bug is fixed, thanks for the report. I should have checked the older bonus when I implemented the new one. I only focused on the new stuff ^^



I apologise

Antera wrote:
I don't think any of the ship cost bonuses are working. They're not written into the game code correctly for them to apply. But the dev did put a note in the xml saying its just placeholders.

Since the Vaulter hulls have exactly the same bonuses as the UE hulls, I'm sure the ship cost bonuses are working.

I don't think any of the ship cost bonuses are working. They're not written into the game code correctly for them to apply. But the dev did put a note in the xml saying its just placeholders.

DMW78 wrote:
What about Vaulters ships? What kind of ship models do they use and what kind of ship bonuses do they get?

//YLONA



-5% ship cost

x3 hull weakness



//LJDYA



-25% weapon module tonnage

x2 hull weakness



//ERSZEBET



-15% ship cost

x2 hull weakness



//YLDJKO



-30% ship cost

I wonder if the name of the Vaulter leader is Glados







hehehe... Vaulter Aperture portal... hehehe...

What about Vaulters ships? What kind of ship models do they use and what kind of ship bonuses do they get?









Finally the Dev Blog -page loaded. Earlier it was so slow to load that I didn't notice this picture of the Vaulters ships. So they use modified UE-ship.

I'm sorry not to add to the discussion but:



Anyone know where I would get wallpaper suitable versions of that defeat screen, oh and that of the Harmony?



PS: at least loosly related: One thing I like about the Vaulters is that their defene buildings actually do something apart from defence, thus you have more incentive to build them. I often just build many defence buildings, when my sytem is under siege. ^^

No start up video for the faction

Vicarious wrote:
ART







FACTION-SPECIFIC TECHNOLOGIES







Perhaps the new faction is the only faction in ES: D, which receives some defense bonuses when fighting within allied territory, because I believe both Alien Psychoanalysis (+20% allied territory Defense on Ships) and Alien Empathy (+20% allied territory Defense on Ships, +20% Trade Routes Bonuses per number of Allies on System) empire improvements don't provide any defense bonuses at all. Probably the improvements were implemented incorrectly (the defense bonus is applied to ClassShip instead of ClassFleet).



Disharmony 1.1.39

Same encounter, which took place on the orbit of my home system, same fleets. All the battle-cards were removed from the game. In the first screenshot my ships are supposed to receive +1% allied territory defense bonus from Alien Psychoanalysis, in the second one +99% allied territory defense bonus from Alien Psychoanalysis. Do you see any difference between the battle reports?







and here is what happened when I made the bonus from Alien Psychoanalysis apply to "ClassEmpire/ClassFleet" instead of "ClassEmpire//ClassShip"

(+1% allied territory defense bonus in the 1st screenshot, +99% allied territory defense bonus in the second one)





It looks like my ships received some kind of defense bonus.

Seems pretty obvious



i hope the Devs see this and will fix it.



GJ Vicarious