Abandon planet!
 

Who knows if the abandon planet order is executed before or after ship movements?

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I think it happens as soon as you hit the 'abandon planet' button doesn't it? I have never noticed any time lag

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I think CW is asking about in a simultaneous turn game. There is no lag in a single-player or hotseat game. But in a simultaneous turn game you give the order and then it happens during the execution phase on the host machine.

Although I can't say exactly when it happens CW. You could give the planet something in it's queue to build, and then give it the abandon order on the same turn. Then check the construction log to see if it built the item before it executed the abandon order.

Geoschmo

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<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by geoschmo:
[QB]I think CW is asking about in a simultaneous turn game<hr></blockquote>

you are probably right, I have never played a simultaneous turn game http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon8.gif

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and you could always take control of an AI and use their ship to attck ur planet and see if it does it, or if the order is executed (as i think it is) as part of the movement phase as an order for the planet. Launching sats/etc. is an order givento the planer as a move order.

Also does anyone know if you can launch subsets of sats/mines. not all of them at once.

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<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Growltigga:


you are probably right, I have never played a simultaneous turn game http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon8.gif <hr></blockquote>

OOOOoooo, you might want to practice that a little in single player, it changes the feel of the game a little bit (ie, no tactical combat, etc). Especially since you have this big showdown coming up.... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...s/rolleyes.gif

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<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by dumbluck:


OOOOoooo, you might want to practice that a little in single player, it changes the feel of the game a little bit (ie, no tactical combat, etc). Especially since you have this big showdown coming up.... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...s/rolleyes.gif <hr></blockquote>

You are dead right dumbluck http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif , I do need to practice simultaneous games and you can be assurred will be doing so - why do you think I am asking all these questions on strategy tactics etc http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif - still the important thing is to take part, not win http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...s/confused.gif

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Reguarding the "big showdown coming up". I was wondering if a couple of players would like to help Growltigga and me by playing about 50 turns via email. This would give us a "feel" for the PBEM system. The reason for the limited number of turns is to remove the Win/Lose aspect of the trial.
Thanks

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I'd be happy to host it and process the turns once you get your players together. You guys can just send me your .plr files each turn. You can just pretend I am the PBW server. Although I am not as fast and not Online 24hrs a day. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

Geoschmo

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geoschmo,
Thank you for the offer. Growtigga and I will be doing a Play By Email game. I thought it would be useful if we did a short game against a "Mentor" to get the "feel" of how it would work. Is this viable?

Thanks agin