Posted by: sloanjh
« on: January 30, 2010, 12:06:08 PM »Moved to The Academy from FAQ
2) What does automated turns do? Someone told me if the computer wants to make several 5 second time increments, it would make them do that until the time period i wanted is up, but when i turned it on it just kept on skipping 5 minutes every second and in the event is said "last time increment 5 seconds" over and over.This is in the "Aurora's Time Increment system" tutorial. If no interrupt events happened in the last increment, it will repeatedly run another increment for you of the same size until an interrupt event happens (or you uncheck the box).
3) How do jump points work (be specific)Please read the post I made about jump ships in the FAQ, then if you're still confused please ask again in The Academy.
4) How do i build ships? I have 4 shipyards but I can't figure out how to build anything.This is discussed in the Shipyards and Shipbuilding tutorial, but it looks like Steve doesn't actually walk you through the process. First you have to design a class using the F5 screen. Then you need to retool the SY (using the "manage SY" tab of the F2 screen) for the class you want to build - the SY needs to be big enough, of course, and commercial SY can't work on military classes. This is done with the "Shipyard Complex Activity" panel. Once the SY is tooled for the class (which should happen right away if this is the first class for that SY), then select "Construction" in the Create Task panel and hit the "Create Task" button - the number of available slipways should go down and an new task should appear in the "SY tasks" tab.
Quote from: "Micro102"I read the tutorial on the wiki, so unless the tutorial on the forums is updated, the tutorial doesn't have enough information for me.
The tutorial on the wiki is almost certainly out of date. There is a board in this forum called "Tutorials".
John
I read the tutorial on the wiki, so unless the tutorial on the forums is updated, the tutorial doesn't have enough information for me.
I finished the wiki tutorial, but it just wasn't enough (surprisingly since it took me 5 days to finish). So i have a ton of questions to ask, which will double later as i play and come up with something else i cant figure out every 5 minutes.
1) I have a PDC, but made the mistake of giving it lasers....What should i do?
2) What does automated turns do? Someone told me if the computer wants to make several 5 second time increments, it would make them do that until the time period i wanted is up, but when i turned it on it just kept on skipping 5 minutes every second and in the event is said "last time increment 5 seconds" over and over.
3) How do jump points work (be specific)
4) How do i build ships? I have 4 shipyards but I can't figure out how to build anything.