Every map is different, but some contain different stars, and some have wormholes surrounded by gravity wells.

On a map where there are multiple stars, researching long range jumps will allow you to travel from star to star. Therefor, more planets become open to exploration.

On maps with wormholes, the worm hole navigation does the same thing, except between wormholes, rather than stars.

Hope that helps.

If I have the resources and a planet with logical slots open - I add extra tradeports. I figure, if you are not using the slots for labs, factories or other (perhaps because they are not needed) then fill em with tradeports. End result, tradeports end up producing close to the income I gain from planets.

Though, it'd be interesting to find out the rate of investment for a single tradeport.

Thanks. For the help peoples.

I've just finished a game against 2 comps, used refineries to boost my income. Noticed that I got one areas resource quota to 4 / 3. Which I assume means its more than maxed out.

I'll have to try the multiple trade port thing.

I played on Balance of Power, it mentions Wormholes, but I dunno, I couldn't "find" any, just the usual lane ways between places? I did notice that it says that stars make your cap ships recharge antimatter faster and make them difficult to detect.

Also, noticed the gas giant said "large explosions will cause this to jet and damage nearby ships". How do you get "large" explosions? I couldn't bomb it, so I assume they're talking about stuff blowing up in the gravity well?.

Thanks.

Hi all,

Very new to this type of game, and this game.

Have been watching this post for the same answers to star travel, and worm holes. But the answers have not been given, as in how to, what to, etc. Or can someone point me to these instructions in the manual.

I am playing Advent at the moment and have researched half the tree. Everyone else it popping from star to star etc, but I am grounded still.

Any help would be very much appreciated.

Regards
D.A

You won't see phase lanes between the stars even after you have the tech researched, but you will be able to have the ships go between them by simply ordering them to go to the star the same way you'd tell them to go to a planet.

If you look at your extractors, they have a "refinery quota" stat on them. Thats the number of refineries they can service. I believe for normal extractors its 3.

So yes, if you have a refinery and you build another one next door, the two can overlap. You'll see refinery quota 2/3, and they both work. If you were to build two more in adjacent systems, you'd see 4/3, and one of them wouldn't be processing any resources from that extractor.

eg:

A -- B -- C

If you build refineries at A, B, and C, A and C's extractors will be at 2/3. B's will be at 3/3, but they all work (A will get both A and B's resources, B will get resources from all three).

But if you had this:
A -- B -- C
    |
    |
    D
If you built refineries in all four, system B would be at 4/3, and one of the refineries (probably the last one you built, so the one in D) would get nothing from the resources in B.

Hope thats clear.

edit - Trying to get things to line up properly, D should be connected to B.

@Tridus: That was exactly the kinda breakdown I needed, very helpful, thank you

cool, thanks man

Doing that for refineries would be game breaking... three refineries could service your entire solar system!!! Then again, if they did that, I'd actually build refineries.