Crash on Esc

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Installed without incident, took ten min.
Takes 30 sec to get thru black screen to 'splash goes here'. Game responds crisply after that.
Seemed able to start Photon build.
Seemed able to increase Spend rate.
Clicked Turn and turns seemed to happen.
Pressing Esc seemed to freeze the game everytime. Task Manager killed it cleanly.
I took notes of the hour I spent with it.
Do you want to tell us more about what's given and therefore not subject to change?
The small icons, for example, do you want to know which my eye interpreted quickly and accurately and which left me confused?
What's the little red goodie that appears next to Sol when the Scout flies there?
Is the bank error message going to get a better look and sound?
When the line graph appears for Manufacturing, will the blue, yellow and cyan lines have a key or labels?
Does the small scroll bar do anything?
Is it too late to rewrite the Yor description to be better English?
Will there be two different styles of ship icons, the semi-realistic colony ship style and the somewhat abstract Scout style?
Is this too many questions?
Congratulations on so auspcious a beginning.
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top
ALL the descriptions are just place holders. Virtually everything in the game is open for change at this point still.

Yea, the missing escape screen is referred to elsewhere. I'll copy that over tomorrow.
Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top
Thanks for the response.

Heheh, we should all be in bed by now.

Exciting, ain't it?
Ashes of the Singularity II
Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top
Click with the mouse to get rid of the splash screen.

We want to hear any feedback that you have, so comments about the icons are welcome.

As for the "red goodie", I assume that you're talking about the shield. That means that Sol is protected by something with a defense value.

As for the bank error message, that's a bit of a joke. That pops up when you go through one of the space anomolies. It will have several different messages and graphics in the future. The message is actually a quote from one of the chance or community chest cards from the game Monopoly.

The colors in the graphs and minimap correspond to the races.

Dark blue = Terran
Cyan = Altarian
Yellow = Arcean
Yor = Purple
Green = Torian
Red = Drengin

Umm, the small scrollbar at the bottom of the screen where the events pop up (like Earth has completed the Soil Enhancement)? It should let you scroll through multiple messages...

Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top
Oh, one comment to the scroll bar. The window should be reset to top at the beginning of each round. Else you may get messages and not notice, as you scrolled down last turn and forgot to scroll up again.

It'd also be nice if the scroll bar disappears when there is nothing to scroll through.
Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top
gotta agree with drakes comments. with this addition. events should stay in the box untill you acknowlege them.
Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top
Events will eventually say in the box until you acknowledge them or until X number of turns go by.