Optimal positions for Sending Distribution Sliders

That's a hard to answer ?. Most of the game I keep research higher than the others, but I change them every few turns for max efficiency depending on the situation. I guess if i had to keep them in one spot the entire game it would be something like Mil 25%; Soc 25% ; res 50% , but thats just a rough estimate. If it was set the whole game I'd have to experiment for optimal configuration though. Just my 2bc.   

Military: 30%
Social: 30%
Research: 40%

At some point in the midgame, I'd drop social spending while building up my fleets. I'm the sort of person that likes to sit and wait a long time before going to war, and I usually find myself building my military in earnest after my planets are developed. So then I need little social spending.

Aside from that, I will change them to fit what I need. If I'm researching a tech I really need immediately, research will get a boost. If I'm building 10 large vessels that cost 2000 BC, military expenditures will increase.

Hi!

If you had to set the Spending Distribution sliders at one position for the entire game what would it be?

My research slider is at max position 95% of the game. Only at the start of the game is it in lower position. Other two are 1% mil /49% social (when I'm building or upgrading installations), or 1% mil X% soc when I'm in a hurry to get some important tech. Since unused soc spending goes into military queue, that allows me to deal only minimal with slidder settings.
BTW my production planets usually have focus on mil or soc production, depending on what I need.

BR, Iztok

If you had to set the Spending Distribution sliders at one position for the entire game what would it be? What's the maximum you can set the military slider to and still keep up with technology and social projects?

If the AI also had to get by with its initial spending slider settings too, I'ld take my chances with 100%MP and just use focus for SP and RP as needed. Would be interesting.

If you had to set the Spending Distribution sliders at one position for the entire game what would it be? What's the maximum you can set the military slider to and still keep up with technology and social projects?

Kblore beat me to it. I would do the same as him:-

I'ld take my chances with 100%MP and just use focus for SP and RP as needed. Would be interesting.

If i was not allowed to use focus probably:- Mil:60% Soc:20% Res:20%.

I do very little research in my games I either trade for tech, conquer for tech or steal tech via espionage.

Here's mine although I haven't tried it past the Normal diff setting. In the beginning, I purchase colony ships until I am almost out of money, usually only after three ships. Then I finance a few more. I set my research to 100% and go on a learning spree. After a couple dozen turns I buy whatever improvements I may need to make a given planet more effective. During this time I find that I usually have to finance quite a bit, but then I refuse to trade for techs or ships (just my preference). By now, I am ahead of the curve in tech but I keep pushing research at 100% just to grab a few more techs. At about the midway point I switch over to add some social to the mix, maybe 20% or so. Still not too worried about invasions from enemys so my military is almost non existent, save for maybe a defender or two on key planets. The social increase is just to help out a few planets with building since by now, I have most tiles developed with what I want on them, so anything above and beyond can be built instead of bought. To pass some time I start designing a few specialized ships with the techs I've researched. It's when I just about have all the techs researched. Now I can back it off even more (I usually have all I want on the tech tree at that point)and crank up the military slider to start building my death fleets! But again, this is on easier levels.