Ship Design And Tonnage

aquacold

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13 years ago

May 6, 2012, 3:36:32 AM

I'm almost 300 turns into the game and i noticed that my ship tonnage has not gone up. I have researched a number of techs that have the tonnage symbol and a percent number right next to it thinking it would go up. Have I been researching the wrong thing, is this a bug or is it even possible to get it higher? My dreadnought is stuck at 440 tonnage and I'm getting my ass handed to me in a war. Any response would be helpful

Exakter

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Exakter

Newcomer

13 years ago

May 6, 2012, 3:40:32 AM

forgive me if this seems simple but have you checked, while designing ships, the tonnage equipment? They will be on the third page of slots, just scroll down (I didn't notice them until my second playthrough, and my first was quite similar to your own)

aquacold

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aquacold

Newcomer

13 years ago

May 6, 2012, 3:42:55 AM

Feel like a complete noob now. Thanks man I never even noticed that you could scroll down....

Exakter

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Exakter

Newcomer

13 years ago

May 6, 2012, 3:53:31 AM

Well, it is an ALPHA. I think you are completely justified in feeling like a noob. Just remember its not entirely your fault. The tutorials are... a page of text. I love to read and I don't like them!

madgiraf

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madgiraf

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13 years ago

May 6, 2012, 4:00:38 AM

No bug. there are two techs that increase the base ship tonnage by a percentage, on tech give 20% extra, the other one 30% extra.

The 2 other techs that can affect ship tonnage (which I would rather like to call "mass") are modules. One gives a base +25 tons space, the other +50 tons. You have to equip those (one or the other) - from the 3rd tab of inventory, scroll down. Of course this module is less efficient on bigger hulls, but still useful.

Hope this answers the question.

aquacold

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aquacold

Newcomer

13 years ago

May 6, 2012, 4:31:38 AM

madgiraf wrote:
No bug. there are two techs that increase the base ship tonnage by a percentage, on tech give 20% extra, the other one 30% extra.

The 2 other techs that can affect ship tonnage (which I would rather like to call "mass") are modules. One gives a base +25 tons space, the other +50 tons. You have to equip those (one or the other) - from the 3rd tab of inventory, scroll down. Of course this module is less efficient on bigger hulls, but still useful.

Hope this answers the question.

I arrived at the same conclusion after some further searching on the tech page and then looking for bug reports. I hope it gets fixed relatively soon so ship battling can be more epic.

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