Posted by: Hawkeye
« on: July 26, 2013, 08:25:08 AM »
Actually, when you establish the tractor link (Ships screen F6, Miscellaneous tab), the towed ship should be automatically be put in the tugs TG.
Be aware of the "absorb" command. Bad things can happen, when the TG that is supposed to do the absorbing no longer exists. When, for example, you order TG C to be absorbed by TG B and order TG B to be absorbed by TG A. If TG A absorbs TG B _before_ TG B has absorbed TG C, you might loose TG C.
For this, I usually use the "Join TG" command (also, no need for the "follow TG" command, as the order to join automatically makes your TG go out to the TG it is ordered to join).
Hiding TG is not possible, but you can use the "sort alphabetically" system, Aurora uses to your advantages.
First, don´t name your TGs 1st this, 2nd this; 1st that, second that because then your TGs will be listed as
1st That
1st This
2nd That
2nd This
but name them this 1, this 2, that 1 that 2 which will lead to aurora listing them as
That 1
That 2
This 1
This 2
Then you can use <Space> in front of your TG name to sort even more
The shipyard TG gets 4 x <Space> in front, so it will always be on top of the list
Main combat TGs get 3 x <Space> in front, so they are always listst right after the Shipyard TG
Minor combat TGs get 2 x <Space>
Survey TGs and TGs that I have to check only once in a while get a single <Space>
and finally, all TGs that I normaly don´t have to check ever, except I get a notification (Terraformer, Fuel Harvester,...) get no <Space> at all
That way, the TGs I have to access most often are at the very top of the list and the ones I don´t have to check at all are at the end, and don´t clutter the top of the list.