
#1 The research page is pretty simple, to move around it use the arrow keys or click on the tech field you want to look at. The research page shows you the entire technology tree you have researched and what the next potential tech can be.
Current Research / Alternative Research tab (R)įirst let us touch on the research tab. So a quick run down of the important functions on the main screen along with the super useful quick button hotkey: With all this information and weird control scheme thrown at us ill quickly break down what is actually important and how to move around the map with ease. Well you did it, you're now ingame, but doesn't it look confusing? First they flash a bunch of information and now you get this thing. For now we don't need to know any of this information and have no need to change the name of the planet so just hit ok and begin the real game! Once that is done just close it and start!Īfter you press start, a screen of a world and a bunch of information should pop up. Next click on the other nation slot at the right side of the screen, and set it to a race of your choice (in my case Liir) then hit easy under the difficulty tab. Once you know what race you wish to play, you can customize your avatar, insignia, and races colors. FTL engines will slow down when near systems. Weakest ships, both in firepower and armor. Ships can instantly accelerate, decelerate, and instantly turn while in battle. Excellent supply, crew and energy reserves on ships. Can terraform worlds faster then anyone else. Great chances for advanced energy weapons and bio tech. Ships tend have lower then normal supplies then other races. Low chances for advanced energy weapons. Poor chances for normal energy shield techs. Very strong combat marines (Boarding mission section). Good chances for armor tech and deflector shields tech (under shield section). This is due to their FTL drives making the learning curve smaller and easier to pick up tactics/basics. Now why did we only leave these two while kicking out the rest? The answer is that these two races are the easiest races to play in the game. Now we are going to pick either the Tarka or the Liir. We can leave the rest of the settings as default, once your settings look like ours, we can start. Finally we change the victory condition to Last Capital Standing'.
We are going to pick the Command School map and after that we deselect all the races except the Tarkasian empire and Liir-Zuul Alliance. You will see the images for yourself while I explain each aspect of the game and what should be relevant for your success.įirst let's set up an ideal easy game for us. If you are reading this then you are interested in Sword of the Stars 2, and we commend you! We will teach you the game through a mock scenario while you can follow along in a similar game if you wish.