automated Tasks

[y.a.newbe]

Situation:
planet X produces satelites
I want them at wormhole Y
a transporter with sat-bays is available

Can I order the transport to:
step 1: load sats
step 2: go to wormhole Y
step 3: launch sats
step 4: go to planet X
step 5: repeat steps 1-4 automatically

possible? how?
thanks!

[ZeroAdunn]

It should be farely simple, just give the ship the following orders:

Load cargo (sats)
Launch units remotely (sats at location)
Move back to planet
Repeat orders

[dumbluck]

quote:

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Originally posted by ZeroAdunn:
It should be farely simple, just give the ship the following orders:

Load cargo (sats)
Launch units remotely (sats at location)
Move back to planet
Repeat orders

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Keep in mind that following those orders, it will do the following:

turn 1. Load up full of sats
turn 2. move to destination
turn 3. Launch max for 1 turn of sats
turn 4. return to planet WHETHER OR NOT IT HAS LAUNCHED _ALL_ THE SATS IN IT'S HOLD.

So it will attempt to launch sats on only 1 turn, then return to base without checking if there are any sats it could launch the next turn.

[y.a.newbe]

Thanks a lot for the answers!!

But I must have missed the obvious: the "Repeat order" command. I can't find it! Where is it?

quote:

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Originally posted by dumbluck:

turn 4. return to planet WHETHER OR NOT IT HAS LAUNCHED _ALL_ THE SATS IN IT'S HOLD.

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so I'd better
a) get as good a transport design i can come up with that is fit for the task
b) let it launch on 2 turns

[President_Elect_Shang]

The repeat command is on the Main Window, right menu set, 10th button, bottom row. It looks like a big red arrow curving back on itself.

[ 29 November 2001: Message edited by: President Elect Shang ]

[Will]

You must also be sure to have a Move order to the planet. If the orders are simply "Load Satellites, Move to *Enter warp sector here*, Launch Satellites, Repeat", then the ship won't pick up any satellites.