Frequently Asked Questions for Newbies

[Ruatha]

Hi, great to see ya again Slick.
Good work as always.
Will incorporate in the future (Going away on christmas)

[Stone Mill]

Nice work Slick! You da man!

[Atrocities]

QUESTION

Is there a way to Save a Que and then Load it for another Planet?

ANSWER

1. Open either the Planet Que (Recommended) or the Construction Que.
2. If you opened the Construction Que, then select the desired Planet.
3. Fill the Planets Que with whatever you desire.
4. Then Click on the FILL QUE button fourth up from the bottom of the menu to the right.
5. Click ADD
6. Name your new Que and save it. (Good idea to include Facility number, ie 18 Storage, Or 20 Blattle Ship, etc)
7. Click Cancle to exit.
8. Next time you open the Planet Que of a new planet, Click on FILL QUE and choose the Que (you named them) that you desire.
9. Presto Your Planet Que is full.

[Slick]

Originally posted by Atrocities:
QUESTION

Is there a way to Save a Que and then Load it for another Planet?

ANSWER

1. Open either the Planet Que (Recommended) or the Construction Que.
2. If you opened the Construction Que, then select the desired Planet.
3. Fill the Planets Que with whatever you desire.
4. Then Click on the FILL QUE button fourth up from the bottom of the menu to the right.
5. Click ADD
6. Name your new Que and save it. (Good idea to include Facility number, ie 18 Storage, Or 20 Blattle Ship, etc)
7. Click Cancle to exit.
8. Next time you open the Planet Que of a new planet, Click on FILL QUE and choose the Que (you named them) that you desire.
9. Presto Your Planet Que is full.

Great info. I keep telling myself that I need to start doing this. A Few follow ups:

- Is the list saved globally to be able to be used in any/all games or is it just for the current game?

- Is the list static or dynamic regarding upgrades? i.e. Do I have to make another list when I research another facility upgrade or is the queue updated automatically?

- Can I add ships or is it limited to facilities? If possible, what happens if an obsolete ship is called?

- Is there error checking if I try to build too many facilities?

[Slick]

Originally posted by Quikngruvn:
Since I wasn't sure how the game handled fractions either, I decided to find out when the game moved each speed. In a simultaneous game, I took Propulsion Expert, then created a ship of each speed from 2 to 13, lined them up, moved them as far as each could go in one month, and then watched the movement log. Here are my results. (The 'movement day' is the day that the ship ends up in a new sector.)

code:

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Spd  Movement Days

02:  15, 30

03:  10, 20, 30

04:   7, 15, 22, 30

05:   6, 12, 18, 24, 30

06:   5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30

07:   4,  8, 12, 17, 21, 25, 30

08:   3,  7, 11, 14, 18, 22, 26, 29,

09:   3,  6, 10, 13, 16, 20, 23, 26, 30

10:   2,  5,  8, 11, 14, 17, 20, 23, 26, 29,

11:   2,  5,  8, 10, 13, 16, 19, 21, 24, 27, 30

12:   2,  4,  7,  9, 12, 14, 17, 19, 22, 24, 27, 29

13:   2,  4,  6,  9, 11, 13, 16, 18, 20, 23, 25, 27, 29

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Or, for the visually-inclined amongst us:

code:

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Mvmt --Speed--1111

Day  1234567890123

01   .............

02   .........XXXX

03   .......XX....

04   ......X....XX

05   .....X...XX..

06   ....X...X...X

07   ...X...X...X.

08   ......X..XX..

09   ...........XX

10   ..X..X..X.X..

11   .......X.X..X

12   ....X.X....X.

13   ........X.X.X

14   .......X.X.X.

15   .X.X.X.......

16   ........X.X.X

17   ......X..X.X.

18   ....X..X....X

19   ..........XX.

20   ..X..X..XX..X

21   ......X...X..

22   ...X...X...X.

23   ........XX..X

24   ....X.....XX.

25   .....XX.....X

26   .......XXX...

27   ..........XXX

28   .............

29   .......X.X.XX

30   XXXXXXX.X.X..

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Realize that I whipped this up from just one test on Gold, so your results may vary.

Quikngruvn

From another thread. Needs to be formatted for the FAQ and added as paragraph 6.8.3

[ December 20, 2002, 15:35: Message edited by: Slick ]

[capnq]

Is there a way to Save a Que and then Load it for another Planet?

This is already in the FAQ, under Construction (section 4.4.6). It's spelled queue.

Is the list saved globally to be able to be used in any/all games or is it just for the current game?

Current game only. [Edit] Correction: Geo reports that (F2) Game Menu/Save Empire saves the queues as well.

Is the list static or dynamic regarding upgrades? i.e. Do I have to make another list when I research another facility upgrade or is the queue updated automatically?

Static, at least for ships and units; I'm not sure about facilities. Upgraded ships/units need a new saved queue.

Can I add ships or is it limited to facilities?

If you can build it, it can go in a saved queue.

If possible, what happens if an obsolete ship is called?

If the ship or unit is still shown on (F3) Designs when you turn off "Hide Obsolete", it will be inserted normally; if the obsolete design has already been purged, you get an error message: "We don't have the design for &ltitemName&gt."

Is there error checking if I try to build too many facilities?

Yes.

[ December 21, 2002, 20:54: Message edited by: capnq ]

[Quikngruvn]

Thanks, Slick!

Quikngruvn