basic question relating DA plz...

If mining asteroids, use a space miner and move it to the asteroid field you wish to mine. The space miner will automatically begin building a mining base. As for spore ships, just select the spore ship and move it to the planet you wish to intoxify.

yea but when i move my miner to an astroid field it doesnt do anything, i left it there for half the game and it still didnt do anything...

An easy way is to click the 'Automate' tab for the miner to get it working. It will then drill an asteroid, and when finished, automatically look for the next one.

I've noticed that a Space Miner will only mine if you move it into the asteroid field yourself. This means it won't mine if the field is at the end of an automated movement (one that takes more than one turn). What I have to do is tell my Space Miner to go to a point right next to a field, and then manually move it into the field. I don't know if that is the case for everyone or if it's just a bug (or even if I'm describing things correctly), but it's no big deal once you get the hang of it.

Theres also a button if its already on the asteroid. Something like "construct", or "Do what I tell you Stupid Miner or you're fired". I think after the latest patch it just says "Build".

As for the spore ship. You do have to research it in the tech tree, and then you treat it like a transport, you have to "invade" the planet, but it will auto-convert it to your ownership with like Adam and Eve colonizing it.

Can anyone use a spore ship? I tought only the Korath had the ability. Unless they give you the tech that is. Where is the tech for getting a spore ship anyway?

Its a tech...but only the Korath have it

is there some technology that you have to research to get the miners to work? because my miners are DEF. not set for mining...

There are three mining techs (space mining I,II,III) but they should have no effect on space miners (other than upgrade mines).

It sound to me like you may have decommissioned your default mining ship somehow and that would explain why you cannot mine . If this is the case you need to build a new ship and fit it with a mining module .

If that is not the problem it might be as simple as you are not right clicking on the asteroids in order to start the mining process .

lol i think something is wrong with my game...i have no such techs as "space mining" or modules such as "mining model"...

Well, a couple questions. Are you using the latest version (1.61?) and have you tried reinstalling the game?

If you don't see a tech for space mining 1,2, & 3 there could be something very wrong with your game. Just make sure you have the button clicked in the tech screen to display all techs so that none of them are hidden.

Are you playing the campaign? If so, mining doesn't come up until a few missions in.

And space mining, other than default, is after you unlock Logistics I think? Or advanced hulls or something.

Logistics level 1 unlocks Advanced Hulls and Space Mining, IIRC.