Questions Not Worth Their Own Thread: C# Edition

[Froggiest1982]

Is there a way to have new ship class names selected in a random order instead of alphabetical?

No. I remember it was asked to have random names and I am not sure if Steve fixed that for 1.13 as he did fix it for NPRs which were suffering the same issue.

[vorpal+5]

The DIY way is to open the DB, extract the values, put them in excel, use the RAND function, place them back. For a single list it can be done in 3 mn top I would say (I did it for all my starting 14 NPRs!).

[Borealis4x]

Does the accuracy of beam weapons increase if the target is moving slower than its tracking speed?

For instance, would a 25% accuracy gauss turret have a higher chance of hitting a missile moving at 20k km if its tracking speed is 30k km?

[db48x]

The DIY way is to open the DB, extract the values, put them in excel, use the RAND function, place them back. For a single list it can be done in 3 mn top I would say (I did it for all my starting 14 NPRs!).

The way I do it is just to make a dozen new classes at the start of the game, and then pick and choose the names that I like best.

But I suppose that doesn't help the names given to ships of other races.

[Droll]

Does the accuracy of beam weapons increase if the target is moving slower than its tracking speed?

For instance, would a 25% accuracy gauss turret have a higher chance of hitting a missile moving at 20k km if its tracking speed is 30k km?

No

[vorpal+5]

The DIY way is to open the DB, extract the values, put them in excel, use the RAND function, place them back. For a single list it can be done in 3 mn top I would say (I did it for all my starting 14 NPRs!).

The way I do it is just to make a dozen new classes at the start of the game, and then pick and choose the names that I like best.

But I suppose that doesn't help the names given to ships of other races.

No ... I eat my vegetables before my game, I set the race names for all my NPR in accordance to their theme, scrambled all their lists, and injected them back. Now, I can play without retouching any class name to any of the Earth NPR :-)

[vorpal+5]

Question, do I need a refueling system to refuel fighters within a carrier? Or the hangar provides everything needed (including transferring MSP and ordnance)

[Droll]

Question, do I need a refueling system to refuel fighters within a carrier? Or the hangar provides everything needed (including transferring MSP and ordnance)

Military hangars provide all services - from refueling to maintenance to rearming to (in 1.13) armor repairs. So the answer is no you do not need anything beyond the hangar space and and available missiles in the magazine.

[TheTalkingMeowth]

Question, do I need a refueling system to refuel fighters within a carrier? Or the hangar provides everything needed (including transferring MSP and ordnance)

Military hangars provide all services - from refueling to maintenance to rearming to (in 1.13) armor repairs. So the answer is no you do not need anything beyond the hangar space and and available missiles in the magazine.

I didn't think they transferred MSP.

[Froggiest1982]

Do Replacement really work?

I have tried to use them but so far not even a single unit has moved from their formation to another.

[nuclearslurpee]

Do Replacement really work?

I have tried to use them but so far not even a single unit has moved from their formation to another.

I tested it when 1.12 came out and it worked. You do have to use unit series to make it work, and it won't swap a unit out for an updated unit in the same series, it will only replace losses based on the formation template.

[Ostar]

I'm stumped getting Supply Ships to work. I have a Commercial vessel designated as a Supply Ship (SS), with 20K MSP, set to Resupply own Fleet (also tried sub-fleet).
Same location with a Military Ship (MS) down to 8% MSP. Nothing I seem to try transfers any MSP from the SS to the MS.
Joining the SS fleet/MS fleet/subfleets using all three resupply options in the Movement Orders, etc.

Can someone give me a step-by-step, please?

[Froggiest1982]

Do Replacement really work?

I have tried to use them but so far not even a single unit has moved from their formation to another.

I tested it when 1.12 came out and it worked. You do have to use unit series to make it work, and it won't swap a unit out for an updated unit in the same series, it will only replace losses based on the formation template.

I kind did it, but still cannot manage. I have stopped my AAR because it's driving me nuts so now it is a principle matter! Day number 3, everything ready to be published only missing part is my ground units to replenish. Funny thing is that by now I would have manually finished to update them all!

 

I thought unit series could be needed even if it wasn't said, but what if I have only 1 per kind as I have not researched any update yet?

I tried just with the infantry and despite having the series still does not work. I refuse to believe Steve wants us to get a series for every single unit or at least this is not what it was advertised here: http://aurora2.pentarch.org/index.php?topic=11593.msg140370#msg140370

[Froggiest1982]

I'm stumped getting Supply Ships to work. I have a Commercial vessel designated as a Supply Ship (SS), with 20K MSP, set to Resupply own Fleet (also tried sub-fleet).
Same location with a Military Ship (MS) down to 8% MSP. Nothing I seem to try transfers any MSP from the SS to the MS.
Joining the SS fleet/MS fleet/subfleets using all three resupply options in the Movement Orders, etc.

Can someone give me a step-by-step, please?

Cargo Shuttles?

[nuclearslurpee]

Do Replacement really work?

I have tried to use them but so far not even a single unit has moved from their formation to another.

I tested it when 1.12 came out and it worked. You do have to use unit series to make it work, and it won't swap a unit out for an updated unit in the same series, it will only replace losses based on the formation template.

I kind did it, but still cannot manage. I have stopped my AAR because it's driving me nuts so now it is a principle matter! Day number 3, everything ready to be published only missing part is my ground units to replenish. Funny thing is that by now I would have manually finished to update them all!

 

I thought unit series could be needed even if it wasn't said, but what if I have only 1 per kind as I have not researched any update yet?

I tried just with the infantry and despite having the series still does not work. I refuse to believe Steve wants us to get a series for every single unit or at least this is not what it was advertised here: http://aurora2.pentarch.org/index.php?topic=11593.msg140370#msg140370

You must have a unit series for every "kind" of unit or element, not for every individual unit. For example I can have a "Rifleman" series with elements Rifleman Mk I, Rifleman Mk II, and so on. This is the configuration I have tested and it works for me at least.

Make sure that you have designated a formation template for the unit you want to reinforce (I can't recall if in your game you started on 1.11, if so then old units may lack a template) and that the replacement formation has the "Use for Replacements" checkbox marked.

Also note that this replacement only happens after a construction increment, not any arbitrary game time increment. If you are not seeing the reinforcement behavior immediately try advancing time 5 days or however long.