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Re: Don't Let the Stars Fade Away Wed, 30 May 2007 06:46 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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m.a@stars wrote on Wed, 30 May 2007 04:39

Deal use the same freighter(s) for several related runs. Build more freighters if needed

I found the last point to be somewhat elusive, and planning for more than one turn requires the assumption that building Qs/priorities won't change too much. Whip


I envisaged some kind of tick box mechanism. You check the box if the planet is to be a production centre. You put what you want in the production queue and flag the intention for it to be a long term plan.

Regardless of whether such a mechanism is in place, I'd also really like to be able to update multiple production queues at once.

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Well, once setup, routing works pretty well. Allowing for "routes" to use the necessary intermediate stops, for refueling or to avoid overgating, would be nice, although perhaps not worth the hassle. Teleport


Again, I'd be happy with something coarse I could adjust. As long as the majority of the links in the network are reasonable, you'd only have to change a relatively small number. I envisage the route lines appearing after the application of some heuristic algorithm and me being able to shift and adjust them.

Would something similar work for mineral movement management? You run your mouse pointer/double click over the transport routes for that turn and a little pop up message tells you it's routing such and such minerals to such and such place for such and such production and you can delete/modify them. So it would be more of a mineral management tool/reminder/prompt rather than an actual automated system.

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But you pointed out something that's been lurking on my mind since forever, and that Stars partially does already when "merging" with a planet:

Deal create a new "merge" flavor such as "merge with possible identical tokens" on arrival or perhaps "merge with any fleets carrying the same merge flag AND route"... Cool


On reflection, it's the little things such as that, along with being able to do various kinds of multiple changes that would make the biggest difference to my enjoyment of the game and reflects something Innocence was saying about the UI. I don't want, where possible, to be doing the same tasks, over and over again each turn, when a change to the UI would make it a straightforward one time command/update for that turn.



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