Ship move broken in game

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My ships have a move speed of 12 at construction.  This also is their speed in my territory.  Outside it is cut in half.  Also the speed of ships is fixed at construction - they do not receive upgrades as research increases speed.  

In all of my previous games the ship speed was doubled in my territory, not cut in half outside of it.  I did select the slowest game settings, but come on - some of my flag ships are moving at a speed of 4 at this stage of the game. They are getting no speed upgrades.   Is this a bug or is it intentional?

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Reply #1 from GalCiv4 Forums Top

Hello,

The game options game pacing and difficulty affect your movement speed. Also, there is a 50% movement bonus inside your territory. 

- You mentioned you're not getting the movement speed from research, but I see subspace streaming, starship refits, artificial gravity, interstellar cartography, and hyperdrive optimization so it appears you are. These add up to +4 moves + 25% movement cap
- Game Pacing is set to the slowest so giving you a 50% movement penalty.
- The minister of exploration is giving you +2 movement. 
- The base movement of a cruiser is 3
- Finally I believe the Base Speed is the benefit for being inside your territory. 

Based on your explanation everything checks out. Adding it all together is (3 cruiser + 1 subspace streaming + 1 artificial gravity + 1 interstellar cartography + 1 hyperdrive optimization + 2 minister) * (1 + (50% base speed - 50% game pacing + 25% starship refits) = 9 * (1 + .25) = 11.25

If you move out of your territory you will have 6.75 movement on this ship. So I'm not seeing anything that could be a bug.

Let me know if you have any suggestions, but it all appears to be working as designed. 

Reply #2 from GalCiv4 Forums Top

Seems reasonable, but I always thought it was a bonus for being in territory,  not a penalty for being out.

 

Also, why are my built ships not getting speed upgrades?

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Reply #3 from GalCiv4 Forums Top

It is a bonus for being in your influence area. When you leave that bonus is lost. 

Do you have an example because I'm not seeing that with what you shared. If you can attach a save that will ehlp