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New Players => The Academy => Topic started by: glawen on September 27, 2012, 10:59:08 AM

Title: maintenance for commercial ships
Post by: glawen on September 27, 2012, 10:59:08 AM
Hi,

I think i've understood now how the maintenance system for military ships works (and the necessity to put maintenance bays on your ship designs ;D), but how does it work for commercial ships.  I've got a few commercial designs (freighter, colonist, geo survey) and they don't have the failure percentages, and although they have a Max repair value, you can't add maintenance bays to them.  Do they also suffer from maintenance problems, if yes, how do i tackle them ?

TIA
Title: Re: maintenance for commercial ships
Post by: glawen on September 27, 2012, 11:19:34 AM
Ok, i think i found it in the tutorial about commercial shipping.  Commercial ships don't get maintenance failures, good to know  ;)
Title: Re: maintenance for commercial ships
Post by: Zook on September 27, 2012, 12:14:16 PM
... you can't add maintenance bays to them

*Engineering spaces* do the actual work and prevent failures, maintenance bays just store additional supplies. At least I think that's how it works.
Title: Re: maintenance for commercial ships
Post by: Jikor on September 28, 2012, 02:47:17 PM
That's correct. The engineering spaces are like workshops where things are maintained / repaired on the go on ships. The storage bays are like cargo spaces where spare parts are kept.
Title: Re: maintenance for commercial ships
Post by: Nathan_ on September 28, 2012, 09:52:10 PM
Commercial ships can still carry/transfer spare parts with engineering spaces.