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A Couple of Dumb Questions
« on: March 19, 2012, 03:40:38 PM »
Hello.  I have to say that I find your game fascinating.  However, being a complete noob here, there are a couple things I am having trouble figuring out. 
First, I am trying to load some automated mines onto a freighter, but I cannot figure out how. 
Second, I got my naval and land officers assigned ok, but I cannot seem to assign a governor to earth neither can I assign a sector admin.  I have 1 A6 and 3 A5 admins.   
Third, I cannot seem to give orders to my freighter at all.  I cannot even seem to figure out how to assign it to a task force. 

Thanks in advance for helping the total noob.
 

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Re: A Couple of Dumb Questions
« Reply #1 on: March 19, 2012, 03:50:59 PM »
1. Highlight the task force with the freighter in it and issue an order to pickup automated mines. Some orders only appear with specific ship types. Load/Unload colonists won't appear without a ship capable of storing said colonists.

2. In the center section of the officer screen is a drop list. Check the various entries in there. One of them should bring up the governor slots.

3. From the F12 screen, go to the rightmost tab. You need to create a task force here. The game should start with 4 preset task forces (Combat, Cargo, Survey and Shipyard). You can transfer between those by using the tools on the third tab.

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Re: A Couple of Dumb Questions
« Reply #2 on: March 19, 2012, 04:07:50 PM »
The governor slots come up, but when I choose an admin he does not take office even after 5 days.   The naval officers did take command of their ships, that is why I am confused.   



When I hit "Assign" he remains unassigned
« Last Edit: March 19, 2012, 04:16:25 PM by sonofliberty »
 

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Re: A Couple of Dumb Questions
« Reply #3 on: March 19, 2012, 04:11:53 PM »
Did you click Assign in the lower right corner?

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Re: A Couple of Dumb Questions
« Reply #4 on: March 19, 2012, 04:17:16 PM »
Yes, I was going to put in a screen shot, but it didn't work.  



Ok, next dumb question.  How does you post screen shots here?
« Last Edit: March 19, 2012, 04:26:20 PM by Erik Luken »
 

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Re: A Couple of Dumb Questions
« Reply #5 on: March 19, 2012, 04:26:55 PM »

Ok, next dumb question.  How does you post screen shots here?
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Have more than 10 posts ;) I fixed the link for you too. So don't edit that post. :)

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Re: A Couple of Dumb Questions
« Reply #6 on: March 19, 2012, 04:27:46 PM »
Yes, I was going to put in a screen shot, but it didn't work.  



Ok, next dumb question.  How does you post screen shots here?

You did click the governorship slot before clicking assign?

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Re: A Couple of Dumb Questions
« Reply #7 on: March 19, 2012, 04:42:14 PM »
You mean where it currently says "unassigned" in the center? Or was there something else to click on that I missed?
 

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Re: A Couple of Dumb Questions
« Reply #8 on: March 19, 2012, 06:57:50 PM »
Yes the order you click is important, you need to first select the administrator you want, then select the colony for him to administer then hit assign. If you click on another administrator after selecting a colony, it will move back to unassigned in the center.
 

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Re: A Couple of Dumb Questions
« Reply #9 on: March 19, 2012, 07:48:20 PM »
Ok, thanks.  I will try to be more careful about the order.  Hopefully that will do it.
 

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Re: A Couple of Dumb Questions
« Reply #10 on: March 20, 2012, 03:44:41 PM »
If you guys don't mind, I have another question.  Once you get a geology team onsite, how do you order them to do their survey? Also, is it common to transit a jump point and find nothing but comets? No planets, asteroids, or moons at all? I got 2 out of 6 sites from SOL with that. 
 

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Re: A Couple of Dumb Questions
« Reply #11 on: March 20, 2012, 03:51:29 PM »
If you guys don't mind, I have another question.  Once you get a geology team onsite, how do you order them to do their survey? Also, is it common to transit a jump point and find nothing but comets? No planets, asteroids, or moons at all? I got 2 out of 6 sites from SOL with that. 
Geology teams try to survey the body they're on by themselves. Just make sure the team has 5 members. If the body has already been completely surveyed, there should be a message in the event screen about it.

As for empty systems, or systems with comets only, from my experience it's pretty random. Even with a minimum comet number set, it's possible to have comets only, and it's possible to get entirely empty systems.
 

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Re: A Couple of Dumb Questions
« Reply #12 on: March 20, 2012, 03:51:46 PM »
If you guys don't mind, I have another question.  Once you get a geology team onsite, how do you order them to do their survey? Also, is it common to transit a jump point and find nothing but comets? No planets, asteroids, or moons at all? I got 2 out of 6 sites from SOL with that. 

Geo teams work automatically. Just drop them onto a colony and let them play in the dirt.

The RNG work in mysterious ways :) What you find on the other side of a JP is totally random and will never look the same twice.

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Re: A Couple of Dumb Questions
« Reply #13 on: March 20, 2012, 03:56:08 PM »
Thanks a lot Erik.  I can see that I will be wasting a bunch of time on this game. 
 

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Re: A Couple of Dumb Questions
« Reply #14 on: March 21, 2012, 02:26:33 PM »
Ok, I have 2 terraformer ships parked in orbit around Mars.  How do I get them to start terraforming?