Export Ships
 

Am I the only one who misses the export ship ability.

Re: Export Ships
 

What do mean by an export ship? Ships specifically built to give to the AI?

Re: Export Ships
 

In SE III, you used to be able to export your ship designs to a file, that you could use in another game.

In SE IV, the best you can do is save your empire (and it includes designs etc) during a game and use it again in another game.

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Re: Export Ships
 

The way SE4 does it is nearly worthless.
By the end of the game, all you have are ships with maxed out tech; all of your old designs are obsolete and deleted.

So when you start a new game with the race, you have nothing but a pile of designs that you won't be able to build for half a century.

In SE3, I'd have a separate file for colony ships and transports, early warships, and Stellar Manip ships. You would load whichever file you wanted at the time.

Perhaps an alternative would be a "Auto Design" button, which will have a minister fill in the components for you?
You'd click create, give a size, name & design type, then hit auto design.
SE4 runs the AI to fill in C&C, engines, typical weapons & equipment.
A full design minister is too much for me; he throws out all of my elite designs and puts in one of every type, whether I need it or not.

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