What are those data discs?
Data discs can be collected as fragments. As soon as a disc is complete
it gives a new technology or a buff. Technology discs can be completed
just once. Buff discs can be accumulated.

How do I obtain those fragments?
Fragments are found in the debris fields of alien planets. Each
recycling flight has a 10% opportunity to find a fragment. The use of
scanner ships increases this chance. Fragments in debris fields are
damaged by the fight and have to be reconstructed by research. In the
fight against aliens and the destruction of the aliens, there are more
chances to capture intact fragments.

How to repair damaged fragments?
Through a new research damaged fragments can be reconstructed. This is a
laborious process and takes time. The longer the research, the better
the chance is to repair the fragment. Another option is to research with
Urplasma, this option is sure to get a positive result.

How many data discs can be collected?
Data discs, which are a bonus, can be unlimited collected. Fragments of
these discs can be found on several occasions. It is possible you can
find a certain fragment of a data disc several times. Data discs that
unlock a new technology are assigned only once, once completed, no more
fragments of this disc will be obtained.

Can I select which data disc I can gather/steal from the aliens?
No, the type of data disc you steal is randomly generated

How to calculate the attack zone of the aliens?
Even aliens have some sort of attack zones. This is, however, different from ours, defined in star ratings.
The assignment is as follows:

• 
  1 Star - AZ 2, 3 and 4
  

  
  

  
  

• 
  2 Star - AZ 5, 6, 7 and 8
  

  
  

  
  

• 
  3 Star - AZ 9, 10 and 11
  

  
  

  
  

• 
  4 Star - AZ 12, 13 and 14
  

  
  

  
  

• 
  5 Star - AZ15
  

  
  

  
  

How can I spy or attack aliens?
Spying and attacking aliens is only possible with a jammer probe. At
least one jammer probe has to be included in any attack on the aliens.

How does an alien respond, when will he attack me?
An alien will never attack anyone who never spied or attacked him. Any
action against aliens will give so called enrage points. Those points
are given in ascending significance for spying, attacking shields,
destroying defences and destroying alien ships. When the enrage counter
reaches its top the player who did the last action will be attacked. It
may happen that a player who attacks an alien the first time completes
the counter and suffers an enrage attack. Enrage attacks will not be
sent imediately, they can be launched even hours later because the alien
has to call for reinforcement through his wormhole.

!!! Warning: A planned enrage attack of the
aliens will block to change into vacation mode until the attack is
started. !!!

Why do the alien suddenly have a shield again?
Once the alien ships were destroyed, a particle shield is erected. If
the alien starts an enrage attack, even with double shield strength.
These shields can be reduced and destroyed either with normal fleet or
with EMP bombs. Our particle cannons are useless against alien shields.

What is Xtra power and what is it good for?
There are several power buffs. Some of them can be collected with disc
fragments, other can be bought with Urplasma. Some buffs will give more
firepower, more shields strenght, more resources or even some Urplasma
in a successful attack.

What happens if I attack an alien, but during the
outbound flight he is defeated and the planet disappears?
In this case the attack is canceled and the flight will return.

What kind of ships do the aliens have?
Aliens of course have different ships as we do. However their power and
speed are certainly comparable. Here is a list of the alien ships and
their human counterpart:

• Small loader - Small transport
• Loader - Large transport
• Huge loader - Transmitter
• Delta fighter - Small fighter
• Fighter - Starcruiser
• Large fighter - Battleship
• Blocker - Destroyer

What kind of defences do the aliens have?
Aliens of course have other defenses than us. In their firepower they
are certainly comparable. However, alien defences can be only attacked
by ships and are not affected by our particle cannon. A special feature
is the defence unit XT. This can only be attacked when all other
defenses were destroyed. This defence structure protects the power cell
of aliens. Once all XT are destroyed, the alien is defeated and
disappears from our universe. Because of the high energy demand of the
XT those are inactive with a 1 Star alien and for a 2-star Alien only
two XT are active. Here is a list of the alien guns and human
counterpart:

• Small laser gun - Mortar
• Large laser gun - Heavy graviton cannon
• Large laser cannon - Positron lighter
• Defence unit Erasor - Laser cannon battery
• Defence unit XT - Solar cannon

What is the scanner ship for?
The scanner ship searches during attacks and in debris fields for
fragments of data discs. Each ship can carry only one fragment. Of
course only if it survives the battle. In the final destruction of
aliens several fragments can be captured immediately. There is a daily
maximum. Up to 3 fragments in recycling, 3 more through attacking and up
to 10 fragments can be captured in the destruction of aliens.

Why does the construction of a scanner ship take so long?
The scanner ship is an alteration of a small fighter. This process is
very time consuming and can not be accelerated. Only one ship can be
placed in the build queue at a time. But it is possible to build scanner
ships on every planet.

What is the EMP bomb and how to use it?
The EMP bomb is solely designed for the destruction of alien particle
shields. Each bomb can destroy 250,000 units of an alien particle
shield. It is possible to send several bombs in one attack. Please note
that any attack on the alien shields will increase the enrage counter.
EMP bombs do not produce debris field and do not return. Upon arrival at
the destination planet they explode.

Who and what are those aliens?
The aliens in SI are a system generated AI (Artificial Intelligence).
Aliens are coming from a galaxy very far away and warp their planets through wormholes into our galaxies.

What effects do the aliens have on me?
The presence of aliens will result in a decrease of production by 20%
for all players within their radius. You must be in their attack zone
range.
This is indicated in a warning message over the chat.
Aliens will not attack on their own drive ... as long as they are left in peace.

How can I recover my normal production level?
As soon as an alien is completely defeated or leaves our galaxies on his
own, the production will automatically be set to it`s original level.

How and where to find the aliens?
Aliens are represented by a wormhole behind the planets in the solar system.
The contaminated solar systems in the Galaxy overview are aswell marked with a wormhole.

How long do the alien planets stay?
Aliens have a different lifetime. Some aliens can upgrade, then they
will stay a little longer. An alien who is not destroyed by players,
will remain at least one week in the galaxy, but it can also be 3 weeks.

Are aliens able to upgrade?
Yes, some of the aliens can upgrade one or even two stars. This will prolong their lifetime.

The complete alien FAQ -- reposted, not updated ever since V1 of forum thread!

A new feature always brings up plenty of questions. With this FAQ
we want to give you an overview of the new items and how to use them.

Basics:

• Who and what are those aliens?
• What effects do the aliens have on me?
• How can I recover my normal production level?
• How and where to find the aliens?
• How long do the alien planets stay?
• Are aliens able to upgrade?

Ships & Defence:

• What kind of ships do the aliens have?
• What kind of defences do the aliens have?
• What is the scanner ship for?
• Why does the construction of a scanner ship take so long?
• What is the EMP bomb and how to use it?

Attack & Counterstrike:

• How to calculate the attack zone of the aliens?
• How can I spy or attack aliens?
• How does an alien respond, when will he attack me?
• Why do the alien suddenly have a shield again?
• What is Xtra power and what is it good for?
• What happens if I attack an alien, but during the outbound flight he is defeated and the planet disappears?

Data Discs & Fragments:

• What are those data discs?
• How do I obtain those fragments?
• How to repair damaged fragments?
• How many data discs can be collected?
• Can I select which data disc I can gather/steal from the aliens?

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So,
I'm waiting;what we can do about it:)

Make an suggestion that is not completely out of thoughts? Just writing "do something" isn't helpful, question it all day long is even less helpful if there is no proposal which actually makes sense.

Consider the problems with stronger SBs = only SB fleets. Having any stat changes does not change the workings of the battlescript so changing stats as a counter measure does not work at all (just to be sure that this is covered).

Destroy astros lead to one thing: strong players have them, weak not. Again this results out of the battlescript and its implications. Beside it is nice to loose a scanner level 10 considering what it costs and of course the other buildings, guess you would love to loose yours.

So Dschi already had some hint here with "disabling option" - what about you are thinking about it and propose something or any other method which does not mess with stats where one thing is for sure: you won't be happy as a weak player.

As usual we have certain ideas (not even new, some of them exist quite some time but not everything can be handled over night and with different things other issues occur). Once those ideas are published most people do not think anymore about something else (or said this way: they cannot come up with a quite different view/idea).

However, no matter how it is solved or being suggested to be solved i know at least half of voices (players that actually write something) will cry and the other half more or less support it - so either way it's wrong anyways

I read that, but have to admit did not try it until now - looks like soon it's easier for me to make an DNS entry than to edit hosts file! Took me 5 min to find that thing on windows

Well, many pics are missing (since the photobucket acc seems to be inactive as well). Anyways we may find something to rescue.

But that reminds me on something else:
https://web.archive.org/web/20…p?page=Thread&threadID=13

Old version from 2012 (not too much changes anyway i think).

Eine Sperre muss nicht bis zur Löschung ausfallen, sondern kann auch nur einen begrenzten Zeitraum darstellen (z.B. 2 Wochen).

Aber auch in diesem Status kann ein Spieler gelb/inaktiv werden. Ist das der Fall ist er wie jeder andere Inaktive zu behandeln (farmen bis zum umfallen).

Most probably i still have a copy of the "SI Wiki" around somewhere. Maybe (if i find it) i can post it on the weekend - however i will not adapt it to current stuff.

Maybe maintaining a real wiki would be nicer... anyways, let's see if we find that one.

Screenshot machen geht auch... Alles eine Frage was man wie anstellt (Screenshot mit auto upload zu hoster z.b.).

@Bald_Eagle
Mir war so als könnte man einen zentralen DB-Server verwenden, theoretisch...

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Wer eine externe MySQL DB benutzen möchte, findet den Treiber und eine Beispielkonfiguration im Lieferumfang.

Damit schickt man in der Rundmail nur kurz die nötigsten Infos und jeder könnte nachschauen. Aber ich gebe zu, an die ingame Funktion habe ich selbst nicht mehr gedacht.

Eine mögliche Antwort befindet sich ein paar Zeilen unter diesem Thread:
SI Tool Suite

So, ist mal gut hier.

// Closed

Es gibt verschiedene Varianten warum Transporte bei jemandem landen. Aber wie auch immer der Grund dafür lautet, eine Meldung ist eigentlich erst einmal das wichtigste. Spätestens dann kann der GO euch Bescheid geben was ihr damit machen könnt, falls noch nicht abgeführt(natürlich bis dahin nicht ausgeben!). Üblicherweise stehen zwei Varianten zur Auswahl: an GO Planet oder halt zurück senden. Bei Kleinstmengen - da ist der Sprit teurer...

"Handelsflüge" (oder anders gesagt innerhalb von 24h) sind sowieso bei gleicher Menge erst einmal egal. Die Meldung schafft allerdings auch hier Klarheit und eine Absicherrung für euch.

Haben wohl schon lange keine Regeln mehr gelesen...
Game Rules (All International Universes!)
Spielregeln (DE Universum)
§8/.3

http://board.spaceinvasion.inf…Thread&postID=116#post116

Kein update mit Az 15+...

Auch whitehat bewegen sich am Rand des legalen. Das weiß jeder in der entsprechenden Situation. Ich erwähne jetzt einfach mal Stgb 202c als Beispiel wie verschwommen die Grenze ist (und natürlich weil man als "whitehat" da gewisse Berührungspunkte hat).

Wird ein System (egal in welcher Form) geschädigt ohne eine entsprechende Einwilligung kannst und wirst du Probleme haben.

Und was das Weitere in deinem letzten Post angeht darfst du gerne den Wiki-Artikel zu "Swastika" lesen, speziell den Abschnitt mit "nach § 86 Absatz 3 StGB" - mehr braucht man dazu nicht mehr zu sagen.

Profil ist wieder "normal".

Sollte es wieder bei diesem Spieler auftreten noch einmal kurz hier Bescheid geben.

Die Lagergröße wurde schon einmal (drastisch) angehoben. Das hing damit zusammen, dass manche die vorherige Formel und ihre resultierende Größe daraus als "Bug" eingestuft haben.

In der Tat sind Lager natürlich immer ein wenig zu managen. Aber durch "fliegende" Lager und "unendliche" Lager ist das auch nicht wirklich ein Problem. Du solltest dir viel mehr Sorgen machen wie du das alles sicherst. Kannst du alles sichern hast du auch kein Lagerproblem.

Da dieses Problem kein Problem ist, und in keiner Weise inhaltlich recherchiert und argumentativ unterlegt ist mache ich diesen Thread nach den Formvorschriften dieses Forenbereichs zu. Abgesehen davon gibt es (im Zweifelsfall auf dem alten Board) einen gleichen Thread und mit entsprechender Redundanz ist damit auch gleich eine zweite Regel des Ideenpools verletzt.

// Closed

You will have to select which account to use then.

We can also say we just close down genesis, what you have won then? Nothing as well... so it's either selecting one or loosing genesis either way.

p.s. we never said accounts could be transferred anyway after genesis ends, we just have said (on the one or other occasion) that we may think about such a step. This is the solution we came up with.

Na na, wer wird denn da gleich aus der Haut fahren

Da juckt es mich doch fast Beiträge wegen off topic zu löschen, aber sei's drum..

Eins sei allerdings gesagt, wenn es kein anderer macht dann klopf ich auf den löschen/schließen Knopf (mit der Überlegung ob ich bei sprachlichen "Ausrutschern" [z.B. auch Drohungen] auch ingame Urlaub verteile...). Auch wenn ich in letzter Zeit kaum sichtbar bin, den Bösen spielen hab ich noch nicht verlernt

Während ihr euch also brav mit bösen "Argumenten" über das jeweilige Thema (ist ja nicht der einzige Thread) gegenseitig auseinander nehmt, schau ich mir das gemütlich an
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Bitte nicht böse spammen, sonst vertreibt ihr meine Fische und euer Friede ist dahin...