Perhaps the best option would be a button on the actual stockpile section to consolidate identical tech system. That would then be optional for players who want to make use of it.
Steve
It's because they are components designed by an alien empire that happen to have the same name or the same stats as one of your components. They are still identified separately in the database so they show up as different components. Perhaps what I need to do is check existing components for matches when you salvage alien components and convert them at that point.You will also need to do a check when the player designs a new system. Especially with low tech starts I have found enough of a system, ie 20cm/c4 uv laser to be able to make my own that are an exact match. If I have any left over after the dissasembly process I can't use them and my own matching design without having two different designs. If instead you did this check to see if any salvaged components were an identical match to a new design when it is finished being prototyped then it would get around the problem.
Steve
They are still identified separately in the database so they show up as different components. Perhaps what I need to do is check existing components for matches when you salvage alien components and convert them at that point.
It's because they are components designed by an alien empire that happen to have the same name or the same stats as one of your components. They are still identified separately in the database so they show up as different components. Perhaps what I need to do is check existing components for matches when you salvage alien components and convert them at that point.Quote from: "Steve Walmsley"(D) indicates a component that you have available but can't build yourself. This is usually from salvage, scrapping or ruins.Huh. While I *have* seen things like that, I've also seen items marked with (D) that duplicate things I already have. (Sensors, mostly.)
(D) indicates a component that you have available but can't build yourself. This is usually from salvage, scrapping or ruins.
They will use them automatically. This is a good way to reduce the build times of large, expensive ships. For example, if need terraformers quickly, build the terraforming modules using planetary industry so the shipyards don't have to build that portion of the ship.Quote from: "Hawkeye"On the economics screen, industry tab, you can select "ship components" and start prefabricating parts for your ships, that your shipyards will use when building ships (and thus speed up construction). I usually build engines in large numbers because, for one, most ships use quite a few of them and two, tech advances not as fast as with other stuff, and I´d hate being stuck with a lot of outdated parts, that I can scrap for only 30% returnI keep finding out new things about this game.Do the shipyards automatically use the built parts, or do you have to tell them somehow?
I've also noticed (having salvaged a number of wrecks) that I end up in the Class Design screen with parts with a (D) in front of them. Are these parts from the wrecks? If so, doesn't that mean that if I design a class with them, that I can only build so many ships of that class?(D) indicates a component that you have available but can't build yourself. This is usually from salvage, scrapping or ruins. You can design classes using this component but can only build ships of that design as long as you have the components in your stockpile. For example, if you found six advanced gravitational sensors, you could design ships using those components but once the six components had been used by your shipyards, you couldn't build any more ships of that design until you found more of the component. A big decision you may have to make when you find advanced components is whether to incorporate them in your ships or disaasmble them for potential tech knowledge.
I've also noticed (having salvaged a number of wrecks) that I end up in the Class Design screen with parts with a (D) in front of them. Are these parts from the wrecks? If so, doesn't that mean that if I design a class with them, that I can only build so many ships of that class?
On the economics screen, industry tab, you can select "ship components" and start prefabricating parts for your ships, that your shipyards will use when building ships (and thus speed up construction). I usually build enignes in large numbers because, for one, most ships use quite a few of them and two, tech advances not as fast as with other stuff, and I´d hate being stuck with a lot of outdated parts, that I can scrap for only 30% return
Do the shipyards automatically use the built parts, or do you have to tell them somehow?Perhaps this is me being noobish and mistaken, but you could have those large sensors build by your planetary construction facilities and then the shipyards are merely installing the super expensive electronics onto what may otherwise be a typical ship. I think that's how it works now, or at least that seems like the way it logically should.
On that note, I think it would be neat if you could earmark a portion of your planetary construction capacity for "shipyard assist," and they will then set about producing the most expensive ship components for ships currently under construction.
