Posted by: Hawkeye
« on: August 27, 2014, 12:35:51 PM »"are there any hotkeys? (instead of using mouse to press certain buttons)"
All the menus can be opened with hotkeys. I don't know them but they're listed in that little horizontal menu when you first open Aurora.
"is there a way to automate geology team activities? it's annoying having to single pick every eligible system body, move ship, drop team and afterwards pickup team. everything else seems to be automate-able in some way (which is great)."
No. Geology teams aren't really worth sending everywhere. I check every planet, and for other bodies I only check ones that either already have lots of minerals or have low/no colony cost.
I have an interface question though too.
My task group list is getting pretty long and cluttered, mostly with freighters ferrying minerals from my outer systems to my inner systems. Is there a way to hide task groups that I don't want to see?
While you can´t make the list shorter, you can use Aurora´s sorting mechanic to your advantage.
Say, you have a couple of battle groups, some auxiliaries and then a huge number of non-essential TGs.
Name the battle groups something like this
Battlegroup 1
Battlegroup 2
Battlegroup 3
and so on.
This will put all the battle groups one after the other, so they are all together on the list.
Same for other TGs
Now put <Space> in front of the names
Personally, combat TGs will have 3 x <Space> in front of the name, so they are listed first, Auxiliaries have 2 x <Space> so they are next to the combat TGs and so on.
Hope this helps