New player struggling

rand029 · #1 March 21st, 2002, 09:23 PM

Guess I'll add my newbie question to this thread for convenience...

Is there any way to make the Ministers automatically pick what type of colony to make?

I set my ministers for Facility Construction on, and they take care of building, but no matter what I try, it still asks for what type of colony it is. I know the AI have a file that determines planet type... I just want it to work for me, so I don't have to worry about it.

Thanks in advance!

Also - is there a way to thread Messages in the board to put the newest at the end instead of the beginning? Reading whole threads involves a LOT of scrolling for longer Messages....

Alpha Kodiak · #2 March 21st, 2002, 09:40 PM

quote:
Originally posted by rand029:
Guess I'll add my newbie question to this thread for convenience...

Is there any way to make the Ministers automatically pick what type of colony to make?

I set my ministers for Facility Construction on, and they take care of building, but no matter what I try, it still asks for what type of colony it is. I know the AI have a file that determines planet type... I just want it to work for me, so I don't have to worry about it.

Thanks in advance!

Also - is there a way to thread Messages in the board to put the newest at the end instead of the beginning? Reading whole threads involves a LOT of scrolling for longer Messages....

It took me forever to figure it out, but there is a setting under Empire Options (I think) that allows you to turn that off. I'm at work, so I can't tell you exactly what it says, but I believe that it is toward the bottom of the first group of options.

rand029 · #3 March 22nd, 2002, 12:50 AM

Ah, I found it...
"Display select colony type dialog when colonizing planet."

Thanks. Much better now!

PsychoTechFreak · #4 March 22nd, 2002, 12:57 AM

"display confirmation dialog when ending turn" -off, saves a lot of clicks, too.

Andy Watkins · #5 March 22nd, 2002, 10:40 AM

Hi all,

Doing better now, one more question though.

When you are picking up or dropping off cargo, it always drops off or picks up EVERYTHING.

How can I select the amount??

Andy

Andy Watkins · #6 March 22nd, 2002, 10:40 AM

Hi all,

Doing better now, one more question though.

When you are picking up or dropping off cargo, it always drops off or picks up EVERYTHING.

How can I select the amount??

Andy

PvK · #7 March 22nd, 2002, 10:43 AM

End your orders at the transfer location. Then you can use the transfer button to shuffle units as you please. Once satisfied, you can proceed with more orders. In simultanous mode games, this will require you to lose a partial turn's movement (unless your ships ends the turn there exactly at turn end) in order to do the transfer manually.

PvK