Questiosn?

ac19189 · Post by **ac19189** » Mon Jan 07, 2013 12:41 am

Well I can honestly say finding any kind of real information about this game is like digging for a grain of sand in tall grass. <.< Even with google and searching I always find myself directed to the forums where I get an off topic answer or a U2U answer. Now I understand not having spoilers that's cool so the U2U answers don't bug me.

However I am now at the point where I need to make an account to start asking questions. So where to start general game questions.

1. I have started screwing around with building and deploying stuff. It will work some of the time and others it won't my latest issue is I am attempting to build a station in some super remote location dead center of the sector. However it keeps saying Building location is obstructed. Now while I have found and figured out a good bit of information I haven't found a clear answer why I can't build.

Must you be within a set distance of a system?
Can you randomly jump to a empty sector far away from anything and build?

2. Why are things limited to -50000/50000 range?

3. While playing in MP I have noticed even when I make an attempt to save the game its a 50/50 chance why is it not saving unless I am hosting?

4. How can I raise my military rank when every contract I take I end up dying at without a chance of finishing because my ship sucks? Like maybe I just have a really crappy setup I can understand that but you would think they would have some starter missions that could get you a ship you wont die in....

5. Is there any sort of like quest log so you can see the contracts you have accepted with a location because I know I have taken a few but didn't understand how to do them until I worked it out...

6. Can you cancel contracts so if you didnt finish them and picked up another one you can return to that one at a later point or atleast a way to pull up the original nav so you can FINISH it?

e.e So many questions I can stop with that for now. Most of the other stuff I am sure I can figure out but the above questions have been bugging me.

I am sorry if this was posted some other place and if something above was posted some other place or I missed reading something feel free to direct me and I will read it.

Thanks n.n

Cindy · Post by **Cindy** » Mon Jan 07, 2013 1:17 am

1. I don't know of anything that says you have to be within a set distance from a system, so the answer to both questions is not that I know of and yes, respectively.

4. I did it by asking for help from other players who willingly helped me out.

6. You can't redo the same contract a second time - you have to accept a new one. To pull up the original waypoint, look for the blue box on the nav map.

Hope this helps!

morbosfist · Post by **morbosfist** » Mon Jan 07, 2013 1:54 am

From post: 154746, Topic: tid=10351, author=ac19189 wrote:2. Why are things limited to -50000/50000 range?

That's the size of a sector. Once you're past that, you're in a new one.

From post: 154746, Topic: tid=10351, author=ac19189 wrote:4. How can I raise my military rank when every contract I take I end up dying at without a chance of finishing because my ship sucks? Like maybe I just have a really crappy setup I can understand that but you would think they would have some starter missions that could get you a ship you wont die in....

Get a better ship first. Warzones are supposed to be difficult, and the game will let you fly into them even if you're vastly underequipped.

From post: 154746, Topic: tid=10351, author=ac19189 wrote:5. Is there any sort of like quest log so you can see the contracts you have accepted with a location because I know I have taken a few but didn't understand how to do them until I worked it out...

There's an option to display your last quest message in the same pop-up as the news and such.

Kira · Post by **Kira** » Mon Jan 07, 2013 3:49 am

From post: 154761, Topic: tid=10351, author=morbosfist wrote:
From post: 154746, Topic: tid=10351, author=ac19189 wrote:2. Why are things limited to -50000/50000 range?
That's the size of a sector. Once you're past that, you're in a new one.

Not quite. A sector goes from -100,000 to 100,000 on the X,Y and Z axes. Construction does seem to be limited to one quarter of a sector i.e. Must be place within -50k on one axis and within 50k on another. The Y axis never seem to affect anything. As to why Vice made it like this, well, I have absolutely no clue, lol.

[Edited on 1-7-2013 by Kira]

My spelling is a fail when I type to fast.

[Edited on 1-7-2013 by Kira]

Post by **Marvin** » Mon Jan 07, 2013 4:00 am

Objects cannot overlap from one sector to another. Ergo, because of the size of many objects, those objects are limited to the inner 100k of a sector.

Just about everything you do is logged. The steps to view the log is posted elsewhere.

You can't save while in the middle of a contract. Save either before or after accepting a contract.

And you can jump to any place in the galaxy using your Fulcrum or Mantis jumpdrive. For long distances, get at least a C2 drive and use autopilot.

[Edited on 1-7-2013 by Marvin]

MiaZ · Post by **MiaZ** » Mon Jan 07, 2013 4:04 am

I don't know if you'll find all your answers here but it should help with the "digging for a grain of sand in tall grass" problem.

http://www.starwraith.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8676
The "Expansion Edition: A Hints&Tips Guide to Evochron, by DaveK".
is a good place to start I guess.
http://www.starwraith.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8312

Maarschalk · Post by **Maarschalk** » Mon Jan 07, 2013 7:53 am

Hi Ac19189, welcome to the game and forum!.....Hope to see you out there some time!.....