After 5 years, highly doubt it but does this mod still work?

So I'm assuming these buildings only work on ships in system correct? I know very little (as in nothing at all) about modding but is there a way to perhaps allow the effect to be spread to nearby systems? I ask because I usually play pretty wide and thus a large chunk of my starbase capacity is dedicated to defending my array of planets/colonies and chokepoints.

If I could instead spread them out strategically instead of placing what amounts to a series of relay posts and thus inflating my upkeep costs I would consider this viable, well more viable I guess is a better way of putting it cause it's still a rather good idea when combined with Hyperlane relays.

If this doesn't change vanilla files, I'm sure it should work, if that's the case you can just bump the version number :)

Is it broken? If it's working fine I can just bump the version number to stop the warning, but I don't currently have time to fix it if 2.1 broke it.

will this be updated for patch 2.1

@kelstr: No. The point is that you use your leftover starbase capacity to build a highway rather than allowing players to boost ship speed anywhere in their empire.

@Kalisa: 10 energy is a lot but the bonus you get for it is pretty good (if you use them correctly). The first building only requires 4 energy for upkeep which is pretty manageable considering you won't be using very many of them in the early/mid-game. The second building is more of a mid/late-game thing so I'm not too concerned about it being expensive (because at that point you've probably got more energy and minerals than things to spend them on).

I'll try dropping it down to 8 upkeep (3 + 5) and see if that works.

They are not buildable at outposts?

Only suggestion is perhaps reduce the energy cost for these, 10 energy per "starbase" seems quite high, with a small network thats quite expensive. perhaps 2 and 3 energy cost? so 5 total? would be alittle more managable early/mid game.

Will ships consider this when automatically pathfinding?

In sci-fi novels, movies etc. not every starbase or outpost is of "upgraded" quality. Many plots revolve around a remote"backwater" starbase or outpost that is not on the main "highway". Makes for good reading or movies and, hopefully in this case, interesting game playing.

this along side the Hyperspace registery gives a great "imperial highway feel" i linked all my colonies together with starbases and gave them all these in specific directions. "all roads lead to rome"

I like the thought that went into that concept. For me, it makes the mod more enjoyable and not "overpowered" etc.

@Gyrvendal That is intentional. Your limited starbase capacity means you have to choose carefully where you build your "highways" rather than just putting them all over your space. You also have to choose whether you're just going to use your leftover starbases to build the highway or if you feel safe enough to sacrifice some of your border defences to give your fleets and civilian ships more manoeuvrability.

Combined with wormholes and gateways you should be able to build routes that cover most, if not all, the important places in your empire.

I actually really dig the flavour of this mod.

This is nice, but I doesn't have a huge effect because you can't have an upraded starbase in every system you pass through..

Very necessary mod. Will bookmark this and try it out when my current Iron Man run is done!

i needed this mod so much, thank you!