Hey Horoma, welcome to your posting return on the forums!
I've got some answers for you:
1) Yes, you are missing something. Try selecting a ship, then ctrl-click on where you want to go. Waypoints were implemented quite a while ago.
2) The lack of outposts seems to be a mistake in the game *somewhere*. I just checked and I can't build outposts either, but you were definitely able to build them in the last release of the game. I did some research (Got all areas to level 1, Outposts require all levels to be level 0 or above though) but that didn't work. Mike (The developer, aka Mstrobel) is currently away at a works thing and won't be back for a few days, but i'll raise this with him when he gets back. When it *does* work though, you should be able to right-click on the transport icon on the left, and 'build outpost' would be one of the options along with avoid, engage, etc.
3) Yes, we are very aware of this problem. The game won't recieve any balancing until the game is much nearer completion. There's no point in doing it if you don't know how the other empires and minor races are balanced, for instance. We also need to make sure the AI is capable of building fairly as well, but the AI doesn't even exist yet.
4) So would I. This will be added in a future release of the game. Like I said earlier, Mike is away at a works thing at the moment, but he's also been VERY busy since about February due to moving house and general work-related things. Mike has barely done any work on Supremacy because of this which is why there has been a dearth of updates lately, but he will begin programming again once work decides to ease up on him.
5) A few people have mentioned error messages, and it occaisionally hangs or fails to close properly. If you could tell us what the error message says, (Write it down or make a screenshot) and what your PC stats are, (Windows version, processor, RAM, and graphics) Mike may be able to help you when he returns. Try checking your task manager as well to ensure the game actually is closing down properly. Look for a program called "SupremacyClient.exe". If you see it
after you've closed the game, close it.
6) I've already fixed a few of those. Thanks for letting me know, i've updated the link. The dead links have occured because we updated the forums over christmas, so the links changed slightly. The forums used to be botfii.armadafleetcommand.com but they are now botfii.armadafleetcommand.com/forums. The addition of the /forums bit means all the old links no longer work.
7) I'm glad to hear it's working well for you. Some people have reported very strange errors, but for the most part Supremacy is extremely stable, even though it is only a pre-alpha release. (It's hard to believe but it's true. Most games are in the beta stages before even a closed public release occurs) Mike absolutely needs feedback from the community, so he won't take this as criticism at all. If anything it will actually
encourage him!
Have fun trying the huge Galaxy map...you're in for a long load time, but the map really is seriously huuuuge.
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