Aurora - the 4X dwarf fortress

[GarfunkeL]

Massive improvement:

I am running 5-day increments and they are taking 0.17 seconds each, so definitely faster

I can't find the post where he timed how long it took civilian shipping lines of 14 different powers to re-calculate their trade routes but even that was super fast. Combined with the improved AI, turns will be blazing fast now.

 

[Incantatar]

Sweet!

 

[GarfunkeL]

Sweet!

I found the other post:
http://aurora2.pentarch.org/index.php?topic=8495.60

Given that every civilian freighter without orders is checking every system, population and trade good in known space to find a suitable trade route, there might be a concern regarding performance. My current campaign is an ideal test bed, as I have removed every order from every fleet due to the incompatibility of the VB6 and C# database structures. Which means in the first trade phase after program start, the code is checking all 364 civilian freighters in a universe with 495 star systems, 1343 jump points, 380 Lagrange points, 345 populations and 23 different races. That first trade phase, including identifying routes for all freighters and creating 1896 individual movement orders (including load/unload, transits and LG points) required 1.01 seconds.

Colony fleets follow similarly complex rules, explained in the link below. Routing 198 civilian colony fleets using these rules, along with every other ship with Standing Orders, added a further 619 movement orders and required 0.56 seconds.

So there's no longer a need to wipe out the civilian shipping lines once your empire grows past a dozen systems.

 

[index.php]

The C# version has been released: http://aurora2.pentarch.org/index.php?topic=10635.0

 

[jebsmoker]

I gotta ask: is there a comprehensive tutorial somewhere for the C Sharp version?

 

[Endemic]

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There are mirrors on page 4.

 

[Endemic]

Nevermind, found a working one.

 

[GarfunkeL]

I made a new thread in Space Games:
https://rpgcodex.net/forums/index.php?threads/aurora-c.132594/

Also:

 

[GarfunkeL]

I gotta ask: is there a comprehensive tutorial somewhere for the C Sharp version?

Not yet. I've made two quick tutorials here:
http://aurora2.pentarch.org/index.php?board=101.0

but at the moment it's every man for themselves. Join the Discord, it's probably the fastest way to get answers or post in one of the Aurora threads here.

 

[jebsmoker]

I've thumbed around a bit. So far, I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing, but I like how its detail trumps Space Empires IV and Distant Worlds in terms of depth and customization.

 

[The Brazilian Slaughter]

Is the new C# version able to support lower resolutions? I've wanted to give Aurora a deep look with the C# version, but not being able to use it due to my computer resolution is kind of ridiculous

 

[Incantatar]

Is the new C# version able to support lower resolutions? I've wanted to give Aurora a deep look with the C# version, but not being able to use it due to my computer resolution is kind of ridiculous

Not really, there was a mod where you could resize and change regional settings (something I hate to do manually) but it's not maintained anymore. The mod author gave his code to Steve, who has a rage boner for everything mod related.

 

[barker_s]

Wait, he hates that people mod his own game? What an idiot

Yeah, as far as I remember he goes as far as to obfuscate his c# code.

 

[barker_s]

I haven't followed its development for quite a while, but there are two, non-exclusive reasons:
1. To make modding difficult/impossible
2. To make sure nobody "steals" his code

Both are kinda stupid imo.

 

[Joggerino]

I haven't followed its development for quite a while, but there are two, non-exclusive reasons:
1. To make modding difficult/impossible
2. To make sure nobody "steals" his code

Both are kinda stupid imo.

I played the game when this came up. What the dev claimed is that he is developing the game for his own pleasure and releasing it for free as a favor but people mod the game and then they bother him about bugs caused by mods and that wastes his time and pisses him off.