[Suicide Junkie]

Hey... at least both Word and SEIV are software programs. I dare you to find something so specific in your apple/mattress example.

Common items in a household? Not that that really helps

Things to consider with the analogy:
- Repeat build does NOT cause an infinite loop to crash your computer
- Repeat build USUALLY is very helpful.
- You can turn it on and off anytime you feel like it, and it is never toggled without your knowledge.
- There is absolutely no problem until you forget about the system long enough for it to start repeating.

How does this sound?

There is an autosave feature (repeat build) on a generic graphics editing program. It saves (builds) to a new file (facility) each time, so as not to lose any work.
However, you are currently working on a special project (facility). It happens to be a huge map of Canada at military spy satellite resolution (spaceport - something you only want one of).
You accidentally forget to turn off the autosave(repeat build).

You work along happily, and then it autosaves a second copy, your harddrive runs out of space, and you waste time cleaning up the mess it makes(you get too many spaceports and wasted game time on them).

...

I think it would also be appropriate to note that to my knowledge nobody else here has a problem with repeat build.
That means either:
a) When they ran into the same problem as you, they said "oops. Note to self; don't do that next time" and stopped having a problem
b) They hit the problem, failed to complain at all, and tossed the game (or demo).
c) My memory is bad, or they complained when I wasn't here.

Wait! I see Nodachi mentioning just such a thing in this thread:
http://www.shrapnelgames.com/cgi-bin...3;t=005677;p=2

It's been a very long time since I uploaded a file. Can someone help me upload a savegame so I can get others to take a look and see if it's using resources?

File uploads can be made here:
http://www.shrapnelgames.com/cgi-bin...;f=50;t=000002

Fyron: That's news to me! And, it does indeed make it a bug (if it uses resources when trying to repeat build a facility and the planet is already filled with facilities). The best solution would be to clear the build queue (and not the Repeat Build) if it is set to repeat build a facility, and the planet is full.

I have used repeat build to finish filling a planet with facilities and then start repeat building troops.
That was at least a patch ago, and I wasn't repeat building spaceyards or anything like that.
In any case, it should just clear the offending item, not the entire queue.

[ February 23, 2003, 02:58: Message edited by: Suicide Junkie ]