I'm playing with Balance Mod v1.25, but I suspect this is a more universal question. 4 or 5 times now I've spent 15-20 turns building up a fleet and attacking an enemy planet, only to get completely trounced. My fleets usually consist of 3 task forces: TF1 - Optimal Range - 10-12 (light) cruisers (1/3 space each to armor, seeking parasites or acid globs, and PD) TF2 - Don't get hurt - 2x Minesweepers, 2x carriers (about 220 total fighters) TF3 - Capture planet - 1x Troop transport I've learned a few th...

I'm playing a single player game with simultaneous turns. I'm about 150 turns in and wanted to try reloading 1 turn back to undo a boneheaded mistake. So I loaded the last autosave, took my turn, and hit end turn. As processing started it gave an error "unable to load empire" and then continued to process. When it finished processing all of the orders I had given, and ships I had created, had been undone. What can I do to get around this error? Is my game now unplayable? Is it not possible to go bac...

Admiral Kwok (your promotion is long overdue) - please point me in the right direction. I am playing a Balance 1.25 game. My battle fleet often disintegrates after a combat win - even after pouncing on a lone freighter. This is a hassle since the taskforces break up and ships go in all directions; often the fleet itself retains a handful of ships. I have taskforces on Optimal Range or Don't Get Hurt, with one Maximum Range. Any help? I have looked at the retreat scripts but they seem logical (I empha...

The Balance Mod v125 Gamma has been posted. The gamma is quite stable for game play and you can continue your beta games with no (or few) issues. Quite a number of fixes have been made from the beta plus a bunch of AI fixes and enhancements. There's still some more AI scripting work ahead before the final v1.25 release. Download the v1.25 Beta at https://www.captainkwok.net/balancemod.php and the WIP changelog for this release can be viewed at https://www.captainkwok.net/balancemodhistory.php. If you've b...

i click on new game and it just gets stuck. just fixed the end turn thing, all debug options on file are false apart from 2