Spaceship

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Spaceship

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https://ibb.co/6vWjLgZ
How to launch this spaceship?
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Re: Spaceship

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You need one more component – each actual engine consists of two parts, the fuel tank and the engine itself, so components must always come in pairs to be useful.
You also need two more modules (and structurals to connect them) – each population module requires a life support module and solar panels; generally speaking, while it's technically possible to have less life support and energy, you need some, and to get the most score for your production, modules should come in groups of three (though note that all but the first group of three only serve to increase score, at the cost of increased travel time – they don't help you win the game faster).
I would also suggest building more components (engines) in general to reduce travel time; unless your ruleset and game settings make production costs extremely high, the first couple of engines are definitely worth it to save time.
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https://ibb.co/xCS5cpC
Now is it lacking anything?
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https://ibb.co/gDXxvp3
https://ibb.co/yhBR8B6
I win!
I don't how I did this spaceship but when you clarified me that it was needy to double things I built more in more cities I think that maybe I built more than 2 for each components. I built a bit aleatory but it works because I take advantage of having all the tech tree and them still not.
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https://ibb.co/fnw1jFF
I'm beginner and I became a bit excited because I won the previous game but I only understood the game partially. What this new spaceship lacks that my spaceship from the previous game didn't lacked. I build multiple pairs of the 3 components and built solar panels in many cities this one looks lot a lot the other. What it lacks that my previous spaceship had?
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https://ibb.co/FYXrpp1
I "got" it! It is like that! Sadly I didn't count the number of pairs of components... Does someone knows from memory the number of pairs of components needed?
https://ibb.co/RBkX1nN
I don't know if 1304 CE is good or bad. I suppose that maybe some people can get before but I don't ever know the current year in the game...
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https://ibb.co/92Y485Q
I won again!
Please someone analyze my patterns and the ais' patterns. I noticed that they had more military than me. Maybe because I managed to be at peace with them and only had to wage war against pirates. I noticed that I produced a lot more than they but despite of that they traded more than me, probably because I don't bought caravans and frights only put in the cities worklist (usually after the marketplace or after the bank) and wait them to produce it after other buildings because I feared to run out of money and can't predicted which cities would be profitable... I noticed that all of them had more built units and less literacy.
Please give me constructive criticism
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jpsm wrote: Please give me constructive criticism
Well, glory to the winner! :D

Actually, AI starts rather hard because of good expansion (see, best AI still outnumbers you) but lacks strategical planning so slows down in the late game. Also it mostly tries to get a military victory; if you have survived long enough to produce a first part, beating Freeciv AI with spaceship is almost inevitable. Actually, even the huge military that AI builds is used extremely ineffective, he does not even follow the obvious "cover offensive unit with defensive unit" rule. And AI diplomatical understanding is very poor (well, few commercial games have much better one), it wages wars that could be avoided and lets a dangerous one grow in peace.

Your next goals may be:
  • Win One City Challenge!
  • Try a military victory!
  • Lift AI level to Cheating!
  • When you are skilled enough, put several AIs in one team clicking the start menu and beat them all alone!!!
Good luck! And don't forget the real life, it's rather interesting as well ;) !
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