Tiny Empires 3k - User contributions [en-gb]

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=== Links ===
[http://www.tinyempires3000.com '''Official Tiny Empires 3000 Site''']

[http://www.erzsabet.com/TE3000Calc.html Erzsabet Bergbahn's Tiny Empires Calculator]: Assistance with solving October puzzles in both Tiny Empires and Tiny Empires 3000.

[http://tinyempires3000.blogspot.com/ Vulpine Eldrich's Tiny Empires 3000 Blog]: The long-running TE blogress sets off into space.

[http://www.therebellion.co.nr/ The Rebellion Website]: Up-to-date info, and a place you can leave messages for others outside of SL

Troubleshooting

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=== Inactive HUD ===
After about 30 to 45 minutes, the TE3K HUD becomes inactive. There are two ways of dealing with this:
* detach the HUD and re-attach it
* use the "offer scroll"-buttons (bottom right corner of the HUD)

=== HUD is attached but invisible ===
Chat commands for the HUD are:
* /3000 help (or /3000 options): Brings up the blue options window.
* /3000 reset: Resets the game hud to a default location on the screen.
* /3000 min (or /3000 minimize): Minimizes the game HUD so that it takes up less space.
* /3000 max (or /3000 restore): Restores the game HUD to full size.

'''The game text is hanging over the edge of the HUD, or it's not aligned correctly'''

Tiny Empires 3000 makes extensive use of hover text on the HUD. Depending on your screen settings, you might see the text hanging over the edge of the HUD or blocking some of the graphics. To address this, you can alter the UI size of Second Life, which changes how the hover text appears. To do this, click Edit -> Preferences from the SL menu, and slide the UI Size slider to the left or right, and click Apply to see the result. Tiny Empires 3000 also allows you to fine-tune the position of the text. Click the ? button at the top of the HUD and then click "Adjust Text". On that blue window you will be able to move the text up/down/left/right by small amounts.

=== Configuring the HUD ===
How can I configure Tiny Empires 3000?
Click the "?"-button at the top of the game HUD, or type "/3000 help" in Local Chat. This will bring up the blue settings dialog that lets you configure the HUD position, overlaid text position, and sounds, among other things.

=== Other questions and answers (from the Help Notecard provided by the TE3K HUD ===
Q. I attached the Tiny Empires 3000 HUD, it says it's attached, I can hear it, but I cannot see it! Where is it?

A. The game HUD is probably off to the side of the visible screen. Type "/3000 reset" into the Local Chat window of Second Life (do not include the quote marks). This will move the game HUD to the default position for its current attachment point. If that doesn't fix it, just visit Ultralite Soleil's shop and look for the Tiny Empires 3000 HUD Replacer on the wall. It will send you a new copy of the game HUD for free, which should show up correctly when worn.

Q. How can I move the HUD to a different place on the screen?

A. Just drag the HUD slowly with your mouse. Alternatively, you can right-click on the HUD and choose Edit. Then use the green and blue arrowheads to move the HUD.

Q. How can I attach the HUD to a different point?

A. Attach the HUD to any HUD attachment point you wish (the default is HUD Top). If it's not visible, type "/3000 reset" into the Local Chat window of Second Life (do not include the quote marks). This will move the game HUD to the default position for its current attachment point.

Q. My Tiny Empires 3000 HUD is frozen and I can't click it!

A. Tiny Empires 3000 will not work in no-script areas of Second Life. If you are in a no-script area of Second Life, the game will notify you with a message. Also, the animated power readout will disappear and the small red power light near the top left of the HUD will go dark. Upon returning to a script-enabled area, the power light should turn on again, and the HUD should notify you that it is again operational.

Q. My income has gone to zero and I'm getting very few offers.

A. After a while of no activity from you, the game HUD will go into idle mode. For most purposes, an idle HUD is considered to be offline. To restore the game to active mode, click the animated power readout on the left edge of the game HUD.

Q. My Tiny Empires 3000 HUD is broken or lost. Can I get a replacement?

A. Yes. Go to my shop (search for Ultralite Soleil) and click the Tiny Empires 3000 HUD Replacer on the wall there. It will look up your payment status and send you a new copy of the Tiny Empires 3000 game HUD for free.

Q. How can I stop the sound from playing whenever a turn is ready?

A. Click the ? button at the top of the game HUD, and click Sounds to configure how sounds play in the game.

Terms Used

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=== Commission ===
Commissions are credits paid to, or paid by, a player each month based on the ships possessed. A player receives commissions from their subordinates, and pays commission to their superior.

=== Credit ===
The unit of finance in Tiny Empires 3000.

=== Fleet ===
The ships owned by a player. There are two totals involved: personal ships owned by the player, and total ships owned by that player and all of their direct and indirect subordinates. Some game functions, notably [[Ranks|rank]], reference total ships; others, such as colonies, reference personal ships.

=== Guild Dues ===
These are deducted during every December turn. Dues are a percentage of the commissions earned during the year now concluding. The percentage increases as a player rises in [[Ranks|rank]]. If there are not enough credits to pay dues, a ship will be sold to cover the balance due.

=== Subordinate ===
The persons immediately below a player in the guild hierarchy. Commissions are received from one's subordinates. Also, a player with subordinates receives bonus credits every other year in January.

To be able to get a subordinate, you can't be more than 3 ranks above. For a new player (pilot), you need at least 5 ships to get him/her as subordinate. To change superior, the superior needs at least 10 ships (Courier). Subordinates will be lost when a superior has a rank that is over 5 above his/her subordinate. The subordinate will be without superior until he/she "hooks up" with someone else.

=== Superior ===
The person immediately above a player in the guild hierarchy. Commissions are paid to one's superior.

A player can give ships to others who are 1 rank above or (at most) 3 levels below. An exception is giving to a Runner with less than 5 ships: trying to give ships will lead to the message that the player is "too inexperienced" and transferring ships won't work.

=== Ally ===
As soon as someone is Broker, there is the possibility to ally with a maximum of 4 allies. They cannot be a direct superior/subordinate. They also have to be Broker or a higher rank, but as soon as you have allies, you won´t lose them when you drop rank below Broker. Forming an alliance goes about the same as getting a new superior: you stand close to the person you want to ally with. As soon as the offer for an alliance comes, you request an alliance (beware: if the person you want to ally with is higher in rank, you first have to reject the offer to switch superior!). The request is sent to the other player, who can accept the alliance the next turn (or not, but then you can save yourself the trouble).

As soon as the alliance is formed, you can open a Comm Port (go to alliance tab and check the option). You get a couple of options:
*send credits to your ally;
*build a Space Dock (you only have to do that once);
*transfer colonists to your ally.

Building Space Docks with all 4 of your allies gives you a bonus of 100 credits/ship (total, not 4 x 100). Another advantage, apart from the possibility to send credits or colonists, is that your ally can investigate a sabotage, when that has hit you. There is not a 100% guarantee that it will catch the saboteur, but when more of your allies investigate, the chances are fair that you get your ships back.

=== Fleet efficiency ===
Upgrades to your fleet, that improve your income in credits per ship. See [[Upgrades]] for more information about the upgrades you can obtain. As far as we know now, it looks like every 6 personal ships unlock a new upgrade, starting at 3 ships.

Latest info shows that the fleet efficiency can be:
* 2,500 by upgrades
* 300 for colonies (100 for each, to a maximum of 300)
* 200 for finishing research of any kind
* 100 for establishing four (4) spacedocks with your allies
* 100 (or maybe even 200) through an option at the Mysterious Vessel "Black Diamond" (100 credits/ship forever)

That makes a total of 3,100 without the last, which is a "bonus" that can't be influenced by doing something (except, of course, paying the Mysterious Vessel!).

Colonies

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[[Guilds of TE3000]]

====General information about colonies:====
* Colonies are critical to your ability to generate revenue, especially at higher ranks.
* Once you buy a Colony, this will enable disasters, similar to the Fed HUD in regular TE. However, unlike the Fed HUD, the default handling of a disaster is not as destructive to your colonists. It will default to the cheapest (not free) option, and you will only lose a few colonists. Another major difference from the Fed HUD, is that the zero cost option, will actually generate income for you, at a cost of 2% of your total colonists. While the cost in colonists may seem high, there are also random events which allow colonists to join you (normally 1%, but occasionally as much as 5%), which have the potential to more than offset your losses if you choose this option.
* Each colony improves your income by 100 credits/ship to a maximum of 300 credits/ship.
* You can have a maximum of three (3) colonies. When you buy more (fourth, fifth, sixth,..etc.) colonies, you can choose which of your colonies is replaced by the new one. This only happens when you have at least three (3) colonies.

====Minimum requirements for a colony:====
* Rank at least: Trader (50 ships total)
* Amount of total ships required are not confirmed exactly. Estimates are:
** 1st colony: (around) 50 ships total
** 2nd colony: (around) 60 ships total
** 3rd colony: (around) 80 ships total
* You get an offer to buy your first three colonies about once a day (24 hours); when you don't buy it will come back after about 1 hour
* For your first 3 colonies, you will receive a colonist boost equal to 50% of the new colony's capacity.
* Once you have 3 colonies, you will have opportunities to upgrade them.
** These upgrade offers will show up every 4-5 days, although the delay can be significantly longer. Many players have reported waiting 2 weeks or more. Frequency of upgrade offers MAY depend upon your current colony population percentage - this has not been confirmed.
** You will be asked which colony you wish to replace. (Defaults to the smallest colony.)If your colonies are all of the same size, and you miss the 'which colony would you like to replace?' message, it defaults to colony number 1. This may have been the oldest colony, need more evidence to confirm.
** When you upgrade, you will receive a colonist boost equal to 20% of the new colony's capacity.
** '''Warning''': If your total ships have declined, you may have colony offers that are smaller than the ones you already have.
* The max colonist % is 150%, after that, you will lose excess colonists

====Advice on colonies====
It's a personal choice on what to buy. But here are some "general rules" that can be helpful.
* Terrestrial colonies provide bonus credits per colonist at census time. This bonus decreases with rank, but the bonuses are cumulative. So, 3 terrestrial colonies will yield 3x the bonus of a single one.
* A man-made colony (Orbital spacedock, Colony starship, etc.) lowers the cost of disaster handling and research.
* Mining colonies randomly yield bonus credit payments, as well as quantities of enectrium. (Enectrium is required for building the flagship for the [[Director's Quest]].)

====Colony Types====
{| border="1"
! '''Type'''
! '''Benefits'''
! '''Examples'''
|-
| Terrestrial
| Higher payout per colonist at census
| Terrestrial planetoid, Volcanic Dwarf Planet, Telluric Planet
|-
| Mining
| Random credit bonuses & random quantities of ore
| Mining asteroid, Iron-Nickel Moon, Yttric Planet
|-
| Orbital / Man-made
| Discounted disaster handling and research
| Orbital laboratory, Colony Starship, Advanced Starbase
|-
|}

====Colony Classes====
{| border="1"
! '''Class'''
! '''Name'''
! '''Colonist Capacity'''
! '''Cost'''
! '''Total Ships Required'''
! '''Type'''
|-
| 1
| Terrestrial Planetoid
| 2,000
| 437,500
| Min: 50
| Terrestrial
|-
|
| Mining asteroid
|
|
| Max: 149
| Mining
|-
|
|Orbital Laboratory
|
|
|
| Man-made
|-
|2
|Advanced Orbital Laboratory
|2,500
|1,417,500
| Min: 90
| Man-made
|-
|
|Medium Planetoid
|
|
| Max: 224
| Terrestrial
|-
|
|Large Mining asteroid
|
|
|
| Mining
|-
|3
|Iron-Rich Asteroid
|3,200
|3,937,500
| Min: 150
| Mining
|-
|
|Orbital Vehicle
|
|
| Max: 299
| Man-made
|-
|
|Small Icy Moon
|
|
|
| Terrestrial
|-
|4
|Carbonaceous Asteroid
|4,000
|8,859,375
| Min: 225
| Mining
|-
|
|Icy Moon
|
|
| Max: 499
| Terrestrial
|-
|
|Orbital Spacedock
|
|
|
| Man-made
|-
|5
|Orbital Base
|6,000
|18,000,000
| Min: 300
| Man-made
|-
|
|Volcanic Moon
|
|
| Max: 699
| Terrestrial
|-
|
|Silicate Asteroid
|
|
|
| Mining
|-
|6
|Large Volcanic Moon
|9,000
|50,000,000
| Min: 500
| Terrestrial
|-
|
|Magnesium Asteroid
|
|
| Max: 1099
| Mining
|-
|
|Advanced Orbital Base
|
|
|
| Man-made
|-
|7
|Rocky Moon
|17,000
|122,500,000
| Min: 700
| Terrestrial
|-
|
|Binary Iron Asteroid
|
|
| Max: 1499
| Mining
|-
|
|Colony Spaceship
|
|
|
| Man-made
|-
|8
|Advanced Colony Spaceship
|30,000
|242,000,000
| Min: 1100
| Man-made
|-
|
|Plutonic Moon
|
|
| Max: 2199
| Terrestrial
|-
|
|Iron Asteroid Field
|
|
|
| Mining
|-
|9
|Iron-Nickel Moon
|50,000
|393,750,000
| Min: 1500
| Mining
|-
|
|Colony Starship
|
|
| Max: ''3999''
| Man-made
|-
|
|Volcanic Dwarf Planet
|
|
|
| Terrestrial
|-
|10
|Small Volcanic Planet
|125,000
|484,000,000
| Min: 2,200
| Terrestrial
|-
|
|Advanced Colony Starship
|
|
| Max: ''6399''
| Man-made
|-
|
|Selenic Planet
|
|
|
| Mining
|-
|11
|Starbase
|240,000
|800,000,000
| Min: ''4000''
| Man-made
|-
|
|Xenolith Planet
|
|
| Max: ''9999''
| Mining
|-
|
|Waterworld Planet
|
|
|
| Terrestrial
|-
|12
|Advanced Starbase
|430,000
|1,474,560,000
| Min: ''6400''
| Man-made
|-
|
|Telluric Planet
|
|
| Max: ''24,999''
| Terrestrial
|-
|
|Yttric Planet
|
|
|
| Mining
|-
|13
|Artificial Moon
|800,000
|4,000,000,000
| Min: 10,000
| Man-made
|-
|
|Diamond-core Gas Giant
|
|
| Max: ''49,999''
| Mining
|-
|
|Blue-green Planet
|
|
|
| Terrestrial
|-
|14
|Synthetic world
|1,000,000
|62,500,000,000
| Min: ''25,000''
| Man-made
|-
|
|Interstellar Asteroid Belt
|
|
| Max: ''?''
| Mining
|-
|
|Terraformed Binary Planet
|
|
|
| Terrestrial
|-
|15
|Terraformed Star System
|2,000,000
|300,000,000,000
| Min: ''50,000''
| Terrestrial
|-
|
|Ore Rich Star System
|
|
| Max: ''?''
| Mining
|-
|
|Dyson Sphere
|
|
|
| Man-made
|}

*'''Note:''' The min/max ships in the table above are estimates if they are recorded in ''italics'' and followed by a "?".

Upgrades

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[[Guilds of TE3000]]

=== Upgrades ===

====Some general information====
* Upgrades become available based on the number of personal ships you own.
* The general rule is that with every six (6) ships you buy, an upgrade "unlocks" - it can take a while however to get the upgrade offer and it might be necessary to have some buy/sell activity to trigger the upgrade
* Each upgrade improves the fleet efficiency by 50 credits/ship (as far as we know now)
* The initial cost is the cost of the upgrade at the minimum number of ships (see below).
* If you choose to purchase the upgrade later its cost will be: number of personal ships x multiplier, so the initial costs are only when you buy the upgrade at the minimal required amount of personal ships

====Overview of upgrades====

The following upgrades are available:

{| border="1"
! No. Ships
! Upgrade
! Minumum Cost
! Multiplier
! Eff. bonus (total)
|-
| 3
| Repair Bot
| 300
| 100
| 1,050
|-
| 9
| Cargo Pods
| 28,800
| 3,200
| 1,100
|-
| 15
| Recalibrate Engines
| 108,000
| 7,200
| 1,150
|-
| 21
| Scanner Upgrade
| 268,800
| 12,800
| 1,200
|-
| 27
| VR Rigs
| 540,000
| 20,000
| 1,250
|-
| 33
| Plasma cooled refrigeration system
| 950,400
| 28,800
| 1,300
|-
| 39
| Merchant grade navigation system
| 1,528,800
| 39,200
| 1,350
|-
| 45
| Install an Ops module
| 2,304,000
| 51,200
| 1,400
|-
| 51
| Engine upgrade
| 3,304,800
| 64,800
| 1,450
|-
| 57
| Cloaking device
| 4,560,000
| 80,000
| 1,500
|-
| 63
| Second engine upgrade
| 6,098,400
| 96,800
| 1,550
|-
| 69
| Low-power thrusters
| 7,948,800
| 115,200
| 1,600
|-
| 75
| SUV's
| 10,140,000
| 135,200
| 1,650
|-
| 81
| Hire task master/fleet manager
| 12,700,800
| 156,800
| 1,700
|-
| 87
| Automated inventory module
| 15,660,000
| 180,000
| 1,750
|-
| 93
| Modern repair bots
| 19,046,400
| 204,800
| 1,800
|-
| 99
| Armor plating
| 22,888,800
| 231,200
| 1,850
|-
| 105
| Light-weight armor plating
| 27,216,000
| 259,200
| 1,900
|-
| 111
| Navigational maps
| 32,056,800
| 288,800
| 1,950
|-
| 117
| Course-plotting system / Gravity well slingshot
| 37,440,000
| 320,000
| 2,000
|-
| 123
| Experimental fleet of many tiny ships
| 43,394,400
| 352,800
| 2,050
|-
| 129
| Replace the rest of your fleet with smaller, nimble ships
| 49,948,800
| 387,200
| 2,100
|-
| 135
| Shrink ray (Molecular Compression Tech)
| 57,132,000
| 423,200
| 2,150
|-
| 141
| Superconductor magnet sweep
| 64,972,800
| 460,800
| 2,200
|-
| 147
| Newer cloaking technology
| 73,500,000
| 500,000
| 2,250
|-
| 153
| Modern scanning system
| 82,742,400
| 540,800
| 2,300
|-
| 159
| Ultimate armor plating (from metallic liquid)
| 92,728,800
| 583,200
| 2,350
|-
| 165
| Engines converted to run on soleinium (metallic liquid)
| 103,488,000
| 627,200
| 2,400
|-
| 171
| Soleinium Circuits
| 115,048,800
| 672,800
| 2,450
|-
| 177
| Soleinium Engine - Jump Drive
| 127,440,000
| 720,000
| 2,500
|-
|}

====Remarks====

* The fleet efficiency can be improved further by:
** Buying colonies (each colony gives 100 credits/ship extra to a maximum of 300 credits/ship)
** Alliances: when on Broker level or higher, one can form alliances and create space ports, at four (4) space ports the fleet efficiency improves with 100 credits/ship
** Researching the same disaster 20 times for a 200 credits/ship bonus
** Permanent raise of efficiency by the Mysterious Vessel: each raise is 100 credits/ship, not known how many times this is possible. No-one has yet reported receiving more than one such bonus from the Mysterious Vessel.

Ranks

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=== Ranks ===

{| border="1"
! Rank
! Name
! Nr. of ships
! Guild dues
! Commission (per ship)
! SPF
! Personal Ships for Colony
! Maximum credits/colonist *)
|-
| 0
| Pilot
| 1
| 10%
| n.a.
| n.a.
| n.a.
| n.a.
|-
| 1
| Runner
| 2 - 9
| 15%
| 900
| 350
| n.a.
| n.a.
|-
| 2
| Courier
| 10 - 19
| 15%
| 800
| 300
| n.a.
| n.a.
|-
| 3
| Merchant
| 20 - 49
| 20%
| 700
| 300
| n.a.
| n.a.
|-
| 4
| Trader
| 50 - 99
| 17%
| 600
| 300
| 25
| 147 credits
|-
| 5
| Trade Baron(ess)
| 100 - 249
| 20%
| 500
| 300
| 40
| 126 credits
|-
| 5.1
| Trade Master
| 250 - 499
| 22%
| 450
| 290
| 40
| 126 credits
|-
|-
| 6
| Broker
| 500 - 749
| 24%
| 400
| 275
| 60
| 105 credits
|-
| 6.1
| Broker Elite
| 750 - 999
| 25%
| 350
| 270
| 60
| 110 credits
|-
| 7
| Mogul
| 1,000 - 2,499
| 26%
| 300
| 240
| 80
| 84 credits
|-
| 7.1
| High Mogul
| 2,500 - 4,999
| 28%
| 275
| 225
| 80
| 84 credits
|-
| 7.2
| Mogul Elite
| 5,000 - 7,499
| 26%
| 250
| 200
| 80
| 84 credits
|-
| 7.3
| Vice Captain
| 7,500 - 9,999
| 25%
| 225
| 175
| 80
| 84 credits
|-
| 8
| Captain
| 10,000 - 14,999
| 25%
| 200
| 140
| 300
| 63 credits
|-
| 8.1
| Vice Commander
| 15,000 - 19,999
| 24%
| 166
| 125
| 300
| 63 credits
|-
| 8.2
| Commander
| 20,000 - 24,999
| 25%
| 133
| 110
| 300
| 63 credits
|-
| 9
| Director
| 25,000 + Completed [[Director's Quest|Flagship]]
| 25%
| 100
| 85
| 300
| 66 credits
|-
| 10
| Guild leader
| 100,000 + Completed [[Call of Leadership|Call]]
| 5%
| 50
| 200
| ?
| 210 credits
|}

* This colonist bonus is based on the assumption that you have at least one terrestrial planet. When you don't have one, the bonus is a couple of credits (1 to 7) lower.

'''Ship pricing formulas are as follows:'''

* Standard purchase formula: Price = SPF * (Ships Owned) * (Ships Owned)
* Discounted purchase formula: Price = SPF * .75 * (Ships Owned) * (Ships Owned)
* Standard sale formula: Price = SPF * .75 * (Ships Owned - 1) * (Ships Owned - 1)
* Bonus sale formula: Price = 1.2 * SPF * (Ships Owned) * (Ships Owned)
SPF is Ship Purchase Factor and is based on your current rank.

At some moment, when prices go over 1 million credits (about 58 ships personal), prices of ships are leveled to round figures (upwards). So a ship costs - considering what's above - 2,346,280 credits, you pay 2.4 million (just an example).

'''Limitations:'''
* Players with less than 5 ships (Runner) of their own can't recruit
* Players with less than 5 ships can't receive ships as gifts (message: player too inexperienced)
* You can only give ships to a maximum of 1 rank above you or all ranks below you (except for what is mentioned above)
* You can keep subordinates up to 5 ranks below your own
* You can't choose a superior more than 4 main ranks above your own
* Players with equal ranks (at least up to the rank of Captain) can't choose each other as superior/subordinate. Director can move under Director or Guild Leader. To become a Director you must direct to a Director or Guildleader

====[[Director's Quest]]====

At 25,000 total ships you can begin the quest for becoming a Director. See the [[Director's Quest|main article]] for complete information.

====[[Call of Leadership]]====

The TE 3000 equivalent to the Pathway to Royalty. Begins your journey to becoming a Guild Leader. You can begin the "Call of Leadership" when you reach the rank of Captain and have 450 personal ships.

===Other information===
More information can be found at the page [[Terms Used]].