Things I don't like in Space Empires 4

Master Belisarius · #1 September 7th, 2000, 12:56 AM

Wingte: are you using a Space Yard component, or the Repair Bay?
I'm using ships with Space Yard component, and have not problems...

My complaint with the Space Yard, it's that the Space Yard component have a great size, and also, I don't like the limit of only ONE Space Yard per Ship/Base...
In SE4 I can not build a lot of ships at the same time, like I did in SE3: now is very costly to create 10 Space Stations with one Space Yard each one...

Darwin · #2 September 7th, 2000, 02:03 AM

Every time MM does another SE the ship yards get worse and worse.

I loved SE2's build method.

wingte · #3 September 7th, 2000, 03:03 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Master Belisarius:
Wingte: are you using a Space Yard component, or the Repair Bay?
I'm using ships with Space Yard component, and have not problems...

I am sure that I am using the Shipyard. It is 400kts and barely fits in a cruiser.. I have determined that it will complete a build project that was started befor I added it to a fleet. But when it gose into the fleet, I can't add anything to the build que.

My complaint with the Space Yard, it's that the Space Yard component have a great size, and also, I don't like the limit of only ONE Space Yard per Ship/Base...
In SE4 I can not build a lot of ships at the same time, like I did in SE3: now is very costly to create 10 Space Stations with one Space Yard each one...

YEP!!!!! That was what prompted me to start looking at the Vehical Size File since that is where the other limits are set.

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Wingte

Noble713 · #4 September 7th, 2000, 05:46 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Master Belisarius:

In SE4 I can not build a lot of ships at the same time, like I did in SE3: now is very costly to create 10 Space Stations with one Space Yard each one...

Unfortunately SE4 can't support the SE3 method of ship construction queues (which was superior), however, it one can revert to the SE2 method, but I find that to be high on the cheese meter. Building 10 dreadnoughts in 1 turn isn't realistic, but building 10 of them at once and taking forever makes sense. In the Starfire gaming material there are space stations with 50+ space yards, each building a separate ship, and there is no way I can recreate that in SE4.

Mephisto · #5 September 7th, 2000, 02:54 PM

I hope that MM will some day get back to the good old space yards as in SE3.
I loved the space yards, I loved to move the ships to build around and making plans what would be better, repair this ship or that and don't build this because of the repairs or build the new one and repair later...
You got the point. Well, this is now missing, very much to my regret and I don't see why this was done. At least bring back the repair queues, I want to choose which ship is repaired first. Please!

And for the rest... good job, MM!

Master Belisarius · #6 September 7th, 2000, 03:24 PM

Wingte: I think that you have a bug in your hands!

Report it to MM.

Mephisto and Noble: I must concur with you 100%.
The old SE3 shipyard queue was much better than SE4. Really I would like to know, why MM have changed it... Was one of the better SE3 features!
Also, I don't know anybody, who believe that the SE4 shipyard system is better than the SE3 shipyard system!

Master Belisarius · #7 September 7th, 2000, 03:57 PM

Wingte: I think that you have a bug in your hands!

Report it to MM.

Mephisto and Noble: I must concur with you 100%.
The old SE3 shipyard queue was much better than SE4. Really I would like to know, why MM have changed it... Was one of the better SE3 features!
Also, I don't know anybody, who believe that the SE4 shipyard system is better than the SE3 shipyard system!