11-30-2017, 05:06 PM
I'm glad you're finding GTac of some use! Have you tried double-clicking on a star on the map? It shows you a lot of information about the star, including exact distances to everywhere else. It also shows a history of everything that's ever happened at that location, a list of ships located there, and another list of ships that can reach there in one turn (based on the speed of each ship). On either list of ships, you can right-click a ship and issue it an order directly from the map.
Of course, an overview of where all your ships and stars are located in visual 2-D is handy, especially when you're managing war fleets, and you can customize the map to look however you want and show whatever you want to see on it (including the ability to "program" conditions). (Don't forget to save customizations that you want to re-use -- they'll update automatically every turn.)
There's also an Empire Status Report that gives you lots of summary information, like how much PI you've got coming into each location or a list of all your shuttle routes and whether there are any problems with them or not (missing or undersized ships, cross-linked routes, etc.) -- very handy for optimizing your income.
While you're entering orders, you'd probably like to bring up a Cash Flow report next to your order entry list. As you type in your orders it dynamically shows you how much PI you've got left to spend at each production center, so you don't run out of PI unexpectedly.
Of course, an overview of where all your ships and stars are located in visual 2-D is handy, especially when you're managing war fleets, and you can customize the map to look however you want and show whatever you want to see on it (including the ability to "program" conditions). (Don't forget to save customizations that you want to re-use -- they'll update automatically every turn.)
There's also an Empire Status Report that gives you lots of summary information, like how much PI you've got coming into each location or a list of all your shuttle routes and whether there are any problems with them or not (missing or undersized ships, cross-linked routes, etc.) -- very handy for optimizing your income.
While you're entering orders, you'd probably like to bring up a Cash Flow report next to your order entry list. As you type in your orders it dynamically shows you how much PI you've got left to spend at each production center, so you don't run out of PI unexpectedly.