Upgrading durring production?Did I miss a chapter?

[Cipher7071]

I'd like to modify Ed's statement just a little. While you cannot selectively upgrade facilities, you can hit the upgrade button, then go through the individual queues and remove the upgrades you don't want to follow through with. Yes, it can be tedious, but I've done it under circumstances where the budget was tight.

[Fyron]

Long ago, you used to be able to edit ship designs while they were in build queues IF the design was still a prototype (no full ships completed yet). This was patched out in one of the SE4 Classic patches, presumably after the Dubious Strategy Guide was completed.

[Slick]

You can upgrade facilities on a planet in small batches if you want.

To do this, you must first save the upgrades as saved queues. Upgrade facilities at planets with 1, 2, 3 or more facilites and save each as a saved queue. Then you can upgrade 1, 2, 3, or more facilities at a time on planets with large numbers of facilities by using the saved queues.

[Cipher7071]

What's the procedure for saving (and using) those queues?

[Kamog]

To save construction queue:
1) Open the "Set Construction Queue" window by clicking the Build Queue button (or key Q).
2) Click the "Upgrade" button and add the desired upgrades to the queue.
3) Click the "Fill Queue" button and then "Add Type".
4) Type in a name and click "OK".

To use a previously saved queue:
1) Open the "Set Construction Queue" window by clicking the Build Queue button (or key Q).
2) Click the "Fill Queue" button and then click on the name of a previously saved queue.

[StarShadow]

Imperator Fyron said:
Long ago, you used to be able to edit ship designs while they were in build queues IF the design was still a prototype (no full ships completed yet). This was patched out in one of the SE4 Classic patches, presumably after the Dubious Strategy Guide was completed.

Really?! Why was that patched out? I would absolutely LOVE to be able to do that!

[SilverRat]

Yes, I wondered about the 'Prototype' classification shown on the design new ship screen, it is a shame that it has been patched out - it would be a great thing to be able to do.

[Fyron]

It was exploitative; you could build ships with technology you do not have at the beginning of the consturction cycle just by editing the design after the new item is researched and before the ship is completed. To do that legitimately, you have to expend more resources on maintenance and retrofit costs after the ship with old tech is built. When you could edit unbuilt designs in queues, this legitimate mechanism was subverted.

[StarShadow]

Hmm..I suppose I can understand that. Still a bit of a shame though.