Plasma4 A2, Laser3 ECM1, Construct-warp, Colony-hyper2, etc. Not too creative, but quick and easy.
Bires
When I bring up the planet list, it's empty unless I click on one of the categories +1. I started an entirely new sandbox game and this happened from the start. To view my planets, I have to click the box next to "mine" then click "mine" for them to appear. If I click ships, then back, the planets are gone again. Als
Bring back anomalies
Even when my militaty was much larger than the attacking force, of a "close" neighbor, I've had the AI refuse an alliance. In fact, I've never had an AI offer me an alliance.
I got your bug #3 today. It came after loading a quicksave. The Turn button was also gone. I loaded the save again, same result (then there was profanity!) I loaded the same save a second time and everything was back to normal.
I read that most software and art coders get fired after a project (by EA). Maybe they get hired back on for the next project, maybe not.
When SD **finally** finishes the MV scoring I hope/expect they will delete ALL scores back to zero to give everyone a fair shake.
Play on huge,common, back the remaining empire into a corner, research everything except ascension, upgrade every colony with everything and churn out starbases ad nauseum. Seems more like boredom than stamina.
BUMP for another trying to install this on a large educational network.
(I tried searching; no luck) I played 4 games this past week, all neutral. The fifth game I played evil, and my medal turned "evil." I played 2 games on normal difficulty and the last three on challenging, and my medal is still "normal."