Newbie questions

[Dr_Whoopass]

I just played the demo, and am thinking about buying SEIV, but I have a couple of gameplay questions I was unable to answer.

1) Can you cross stars without a starlane?

2) On the new game screen, is there a way to make the game remember the previous settings from game to game? (Events, tech, player settings etc). If I set these, then start a new game, are the previous settings remembered?

3) How do I load previously saved players? There is a "Save to file", but I don't see a load. Is that the "Add existing" button that is grayed out in the demo?

4) In the empire set up section, what is the "Design name file" for?

5) Is there a way to turn off the "Are you sure you want to end your turn?" prompt?

Thanks folks!