That's probably because nobody was online and a0.5 doesn't have NPC's.

There are ship shops which "sell" you 5 (?) free ship types. Press F1 to get an overview including the list of system icons.

If you want to play on a private server, a0.7 is the way to go. My server (looks like it is currently the only public one) is on a0.5 but a a0.7 server is WIP.

That bug popped up at least three time now. Kubik (?) and I tested it thoroughly back when he had it and it was like this:

So I can't see how that can be related to a network issue.

It shouldn't take more than 30 seconds to get to the login screen.

I could host the game for you. I have no idea how playable it is on my strong server, but I could also run it on the tachyonuniverse one (which works as long as there aren't 140 inactive + 1 active players at spawn). All my servers are running 24/7 but the strong server will have a scheduled downtime this weekend because of a hardware upgrade.

Do you have a firewall between your friend's pc and yours? The game uses port 30303 TCP and 30304 UDP.

That thread is way too big to find anything. Are the guides on the wiki (https://tachyongame.miraheze.org/wiki/Guides/Add_new_Ship, https://tachyongame.miraheze.org/wiki/Guides/GenShips) still valid?

1. The server has been listed in the OP in the megathread on the FTL forums since a0.1.

2. How can you tell it to somebody that many things he wrote are wrong without being rude? I hate marketing bla bla so I had to write such a (rude) reply. I see that you modified the OP and all wrong information is gone.

3. As a server admin, you should always inform your (future) players about important things. If the server is down for more than a few minutes, you should announce that as soon as possible.

4. If you need any help hosting the server, just ask me.

5. I think the biggest problem is that the community is split into two parts: The megathread on the FTL forums and the forum here on itch.io. I didn't check this forum in the last 6 months and some / many players don't know about the megathread at all.

Unable to connect.

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Nope, the database of my server currently has 474 players.

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I played on at least 4 different servers: My old one, my current one, the CBT one and one from another player to check issues / bugs.

Server Always uses the latest version

My current server runs on a0.5.1 because that's the last one which allows players to join later. The a0.6.x / a0.7.x series is strongly story based and thus unusable for an MMO type of server.

In case somebody else finds this threads and can't connect to your server, the address to mine is "tachyonuniverse.692b8c32.de" (Port 30303). There is also a automatic launcher: https://static-692b8c32.de/tachyonuniverse/

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