i just played my last game of this for awhile. i just sent in 24 good quality crusiers with about 12 destroyers and frigates and had the entire fleet lost with no damage to enemy. until a combat system that allows you to detimine what is occuring is added the game simply cannot be played to its pote...

I have changed the difficulty level to Baby or Easy but it makes no difference in game play. As the previous post mentions you can get (if your lucky) to about 150 turns before you are destroyed. With the map so small minor races are not much of an advantage when they join as it takes too long to ge...

i had found that Vista will not allow the change of the game difficulty as i posted ealier. with the fix given i can change it by now putting the BOTE file into a temp folder and there i can change it and simply click and drag it back into the BOTE folder. must be the wonders of Windows Vista that y...

thanks for that info. i used the attachment and now i can change the level of
the games! many thanks! looks like your game is well along and your having
alot of fun!
Tim

I have Vista. the box opens as Notebook and when i attempt to change and save it i get: cannot create the C:/programfile......etc will not allow me to save. also the voice of the Coalition has gotta be changed! LOL! the kids voice used sounds like the Bavaian kid cartoon character on the tv show &qu...

thank you for the info! clears up alot of questions. i have tried to change the difficulty level but it will not allow me to change it. i am denied access. would love to see the commonweath ship designs in a mod for the Space Empires V game as well. They very much remind me of "Space Crusier Ya...

I think the basic game as is has great potential. I do have some problems with it as is tho: 1_map is too small. major races meet too soon. not enough time to develop your own empire and systems. Map should be at least 50% larger with same number of systems as is now. wonderful trade system is prett...