A poll on three components

[bbq]

geoschmo said:

Whether or not aux control is worth using is a debatable. Answers will vary form person to person and situation to situation. But if you decide it's worth using, The point of aux control is that you can't "just as easily use two bridges". You cannot put more then one bridge on a ship. Can't remember if that's moddable, but in the stock game you can only put one bridge on a ship.

I just discovered a problem based on what you told me. I have been putting BOTH a Master Computer as well as a set of Bridge/LifeSupport/CrewQuarter on most of my newer ships to help against ComputerVirus and the Allegiance Subverter (which I don't even know if this strategy will work at all).

Normally, when you try to add two bridges to a design you get an error. But, if there is a Master Computer there you don't get that error message.

Btw, I'd love to hear if it does any good at all to have both a 'manned' crew as well as a master computer on board at the same time.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

If you have a MC, you can't be affected by psychic crew takeover. If you have a B/LS/CQ, you can't be affected by computer virus. Put all four on and your immune to both. Or so I've heard, I don't PBW much.

[Fyron]

bbq said:
I just discovered a problem based on what you told me. I have been putting BOTH a Master Computer as well as a set of Bridge/LifeSupport/CrewQuarter on most of my newer ships to help against ComputerVirus and the Allegiance Subverter (which I don't even know if this strategy will work at all).

Normally, when you try to add two bridges to a design you get an error. But, if there is a Master Computer there you don't get that error message.

Btw, I'd love to hear if it does any good at all to have both a 'manned' crew as well as a master computer on board at the same time.

This is indeed a good strategy against Psychic races. See my post in the sticked Tips and Tricks thread which covers this issue.

[Alneyan]

The only point of using both a Master Computer (which is not a Bridge component incidentally, and has a separate ability from Bridge/Life Support/Crew Quarter) and the regular components is if you are wary of Computer Viruses. Otherwise a simple Master Computer will do the trick.

Adding a Master Computer instead of only Bridge/Life Supports/Crew Quarters helps to reduce the space taken by such components, and to protect you from the Psychic special weapons. Having both the Master Computer and a set of B/LS/CQ is as expensive as having only a living crew for Baseships, and more costly for smaller ships, but it will save you some space on your ships.

[Arkcon]

Careful guys, bbq is still using pre-Gold. Destroyed MC doesn't protect against the Alliegence Subverter in his Version, IIRC

[Atrocities]

I believe Arkcon is correct.

[Ragnarok]

Actually that is the case in Gold as well. It was fixed in Version 1.81 and released in the 1.84 patch. So pre-gold and also gold Version 1.60 up to 1.80 a destroyed MC does not protect against the AS.

[Arkcon]

Ragnarok said:
Actually that is the case in Gold as well. It was fixed in Version 1.81 and released in the 1.84 patch. So pre-gold and also gold Version 1.60 up to 1.80 a destroyed MC does not protect against the AS.

Yehabut...

Who went Gold and hasn't kept up with patches. I mean. Seriously. Why whould you do that?

[Ragnarok]

Arkcon said:
Yehabut...

Who went Gold and hasn't kept up with patches. I mean. Seriously. Why whould you do that?

I didn't say anyone does that. I am sure that everyone that has Gold has kept up with the patches just fine. I was just pointing out another fact regarding that issue.

[Fyron]

Arkcon said:
Who went Gold and hasn't kept up with patches. I mean. Seriously. Why whould you do that?

You would be surprised... A lot of people either never bother looking for game patches, or are even afraid of installing them...