Quick Questions Thread

[Pedroig]

Ok, so one MUST tool for the Colony ship to make the freighter work.   It does not work if one tools for the Freighter first (the Colony ship will not appear).   I'll go forward a bit and see if I can figure out the order on harvesters, terraformers, orbital miners, etc.

Thanks for the help. . .

[RougeNPS]

Does anyone know how to change the class design window back to the original size? The button is off screen for me and i dont know how to fix it.

[DFNewb (OP)]

Does anyone know how to change the class design window back to the original size? The button is off screen for me and i dont know how to fix it.

save game and restart

[Ri0Rdian]

The one thing that I've been struggling to find.  .  .  is it possible to actually get your event message color settings to save between save/loads? I noticed the initial starting scenario has them already set, and work when its loaded.   I can't seem to find an option to keep my selections saved, though. 

This is bugging me too.  While I did not play (nor will) the default game one of the first things I always do is when a new event pops up to get it its own color (and groups similar ones together).  It not saving is horrible, since it takes quite a bit of time and some events arent that common + the fact one has to have another window open on top of other stuff.

[Mark Yanning]

Hello guys, another simple question: how I assign fighters to PDC hangar base? How I make them land on it? Thanks in advance

[DFNewb (OP)]

Hello guys, another simple question: how I assign fighters to PDC hangar base? How I make them land on it? Thanks in advance

There are no PDC's and you don't need hangers for fighters unless you transporting

[Mark Yanning]

  So, i built a base with hangar deck, so is there no way to assign small fighters to this planet base with hangar? Where and how can I make land fighters?

[DFNewb (OP)]

So, i built a base with hangar deck, so is there no way to assign small fighters to this planet base with hangar? Where and how can I make land fighters?

Well that base you built is not a PDC.

Fighters only need to land on something to move farther than they can or to reload box launchers.

[Mark Yanning]

Ok, then how can assign them to a mothership?

[DFNewb (OP)]

Ok, then how can assign them to a mothership?

Put them in a separate fleet and order them to land on the fleet with the mothership.

[Mark Yanning]

Alright, it seems ok. But still, can't find how to assign fighters to motherships. Thanks for your help

[Jackson MacKenzie]

Possibly dumb question: how do y'all get those nice round tonnage numbers? Do you just. . .  fiddle with tiny amounts of consumable storage until you reach something with a couple zeroes on the end, or is there a trick to it?

[unkfester]

How do tankers work?

I have a 1million fuel tanker sitting in the same fleet as the empty survey vessel, set to "refuel own fleet", they have no movement orders and are just sitting there refusing to refuel the ship.

Works for me, did you pass a day to see if anything changes?

I built a fuel harvester.  In VB6  they automatically had 10% fuel.  So off I sent harvester to harvest fuel.  next thing no fuel alert.  Dam. .   so built another harvester ( no tanker designed yet) Fuelled it at colony sent it to join previous harvester, which by now is other side of Sol.  now I have two harvesters in fleet one 0% one 100% fuel, both not moving, no way to equalise or share fuel.  (If someone knows please tell) Next designed and built a tanker, with tanker checked, with refuelling system that was default.  think its 50000gph and refuelling moving researched .  off tanker went to harvesters with orders to join and refuel fleet.  Nothing waited a few days, still nothing.  tried joining fleet, tried absorb fleet.  tried refuel fleet, tried refuel sub fleet, tried refuel own fleet,  tried shouting at dog, tried shouting at wife and kids, now trying bottle of red

[YABG]

Possibly dumb question: how do y'all get those nice round tonnage numbers? Do you just. . .  fiddle with tiny amounts of consumable storage until you reach something with a couple zeroes on the end, or is there a trick to it?

I use tiny and fighter sized fuel storage on larger ships and, for fighters, I fiddle around with deployment first.

You can also learn to live with it :p There can be something comfortingly natural about ships with slightly odd sizes and speeds.

[Mark Yanning]

Hei guys, another dumb question. What's the rule that choose a commander for a fleet. I thought it was training skills, but it seems not. It depends on official rank i guess. Also, I'm really struggling to make land fighters on space station, how can I assign them to mothership? Thanks again. I'm just amazed how deep is this great game, but also a bit complicate