Out of Pod Experience

Here's a list of technologies that do not behave the way they should, in terms of either not working, not allowing access to their systems, or in terms of leading to a crash.

Here is my (Delsana) updated and formatted list.

-- Key:

No description of error - System is not reading technology correctly.
Not implemented - Technology not yet added to game.
Not accessible - Technology added to game, but selection method is not working or present.
Not available - Weapon added to game, but not available for use.
Error in description - Research tree description has errors or is unreadable.
No image - Research tree does not have a valid image.


--- Undetermined Issues ---

Zuul (AI section unavailable)
Zuul (3rd and 2nd tier riders unavailable)
Zuul (Dancer?)
Hivers (Defense Boats unavailable)
Tarka (Defense boats unavailable)
Liir-Zuul Alliance [Zuul-side] (AI section unavailable)
Mines (Not available save Fusion)


--- Technology Tree Issues ---

Shield Technology:

Shield Mk. I - (Not working as intended)
Shield Mk. II - (Not available)
Shield Mk. III - (Not available)
Shield Mk. IV - (Not available)
Meson Shields - (Not available)
Grav Shields - (Not available)

Torpedoes Technology:

Enveloping Anti-Matter Torpedo - (No image)
Enveloping Fusion Torpedo - (No image)

Warhead Technology:

MW Warheads - (Not deploying as intended)
Interceptors - (Not available)
Blast Beams - (Not implemented)
Blast Storm - (Not implemented)
Heavy Ship Missiles - (Not implemented)

Drive Technology:

Grav Cannon - (Morrigi) - [No description, not available]
Node Maw - (Zuul) - [No image, no description, not available]
Node Maw - (Human) - [No image, no description, not available]
Far Casting - (Hiver) - [Error in description]
Casting - (Hiver) - [Error in description]
Warp Pulse - (Tarka) - [Error in description, not available]
Curvature Compensator - Liir) - [Unintentionally available, not working as intended]

Ballistic Weapons:

Grav Pulsar - (No image, not available)
Tumbler - (No im

Stationdesign for Naval Bases
(Weaponhardpoints)
Space Station Upgrades
(Some are got to high requirements and cannot be fitted with req. module ammount, some are deactivated on purpose, like the level 5 Science Station that was deactivated in Patch 4th Nov. 2011 for Bugfixing.)
Defense sattelites
Morrigi Void Mastery Drive
(you can research it, but not fit it in designer)
Tarkan Warpdrive
(Same as the Morrigi. You can research it, but not use it...)
Drones, Assaultshuttles, Nodefighters, Battlecruiser and Battleships
(All part of the Battlerider Technology tree)
Starbase Hangar for Battleriders
Cloaking Field
Shield Technology of all kind
Siege Driver
Armorplate fitting in the Shipdesigner
Traderoutes
(at least you cannot assign any Tradeships to any kind of Traderoutes)
Moral boosting systems
COL-Launcher
Asteroid Monitor construction
Special project research
Salvage and Reverse engeneering from salvage
Gem and Forgeworlds
(cause crash at the moment if you wanna choose a typ)
Fusion/Antimatter/Leach/Cloak Mines
Diplomacy
(not all features activated yet, but at least you can declare war at the moment ^^)
Delete of old shipdesigns
(they are deleted in the designer, but stay in the list of the available productiondesigns for ships at the shipyard)
Liir Leviathan "The Black"
(its constructed out of modules with weaponhardpoints, it seems not to work propably at the moment)
Random encounter slider
(you can change it, but it seems to have no effect at the moment when you start a new game)
Grand Menace slider
(same as above, it seems the Systemkiller as a Grand Menace just appear or dont, random at the moment)
MIRV Missile system
(Missile shoots and explodes without creating new Missiles)
Ship Module "Auxiliry Fission/Fusion"
(It increases crew need by 2, but dont give you any bonuses, no speed, no energy, no support bonus at all)
Ship AI
(Some NPC encounter like Meteors seems to have bugged AI or missing scriptcommands, Player Ships also behave sometimes in strange ways)
Battlerider Controll
(You can build, fit and take them with you in the fight, but there controll is still bugged or flawd. But they will shoot and kill.)
Hiver Ship AI for Path calculation
(If you want to get to a system by slowboat and got a close by gate, and start from your homeworld as example, the slowboat will NOT automaticly use the gate to the nearest location to travel to the new system without gate. You have to relocate them to the nearest system with gate and start mission from there.)
Hiver Gateship Custom Designs
(The Hiver Gateship dont work if you design a custom one. You can at the moment only play with the Gateship that comes with a new game and is allready in the Design database)
Terraforming Bonuses
(At the moment the Bonuses from Terraforming research seems not to applay at all.)
Fleet Formation
(You can set up Fleet Formations in Fleet Manager, but it has no effect in battle at all)
Hiver Gates from Gateships
(They dont seem to count to the Gateresevoir, only Gatestations seems to affect Gateresevoir)
scrap Ship/recycle Ship/decomission ship
(Or how you would say it, the function dont work at all.)

Also pay attention to your weapons' enviromental impact when capturing planets.
Mass drivers and lasers weapons have the least impact.
Assault shuttles are very effective if you want to preserve the planet's enviroment, though a hassle to use.

I haven't had much problems with the swarm. Fit a few point defense destroyers up (I use 2-3'ish) and send them along with a full complement of combat destroyers (with a CnC ship obviously) and they'll handle queens and nests just fine. Don't let those swarms fester anywhere though, they won't be idle threats forever. If you think a nest is bad, wait till you see ... well, I won't ruin it for you

Surprise Fleets. You can put deep scan sections on your ships which increase your sensor range. However, the higher engine techs can still result in a surprise invasion. One trick is to let a ship run out of fuel away from your planets in order to act as a picket. Of course the best plan is to destroy any enemy colony within one turn's flight from you. And keeping a defensive fleet that will live long enough for reinforcements to arrive is always a good idea, especially with "instant" menaces like meteors or Van Neumans.

Mass drivers and lasers weapons have the least impact.

Emitters are even better than PD vs the swarm, and they're "adequate" to use for missile point defense if you haven't got the real deal or deflectors/shields to use instead

Oh you poor soul. You don't know the horror that is a peacekeeper entity. FIGHT IT FROM LONG RANGE.