Questions Not Worth Their Own Thread: C# Edition

[xenoscepter (OP)]

The original by Drgong - http://aurora2.pentarch.org/index.php?topic=9805.0

I wanted a version of this thread for the C# Section, so I made one!

 - I'll start. Do tractor beams work if I place them on Space Stations, then use the Space Station to attach to a ship, then use that ship to tug. In other words, can I use tractor beams on the things I want to tug rather than make dedicated tugs. I usually have at least a couple of fast gunboats / corvettes / frigates lying around, and usually many of them; so I want to have a use for them. Also, that would make Fighter-Sized shunts a reality. So, can it be done?

[Migi]

Are financial centres affected by manufacturing efficiency?

[SpikeTheHobbitMage]

The original by Drgong - http://aurora2.pentarch.org/index.php?topic=9805.0

I wanted a version of this thread for the C# Section, so I made one!

 - I'll start. Do tractor beams work if I place them on Space Stations, then use the Space Station to attach to a ship, then use that ship to tug. In other words, can I use tractor beams on the things I want to tug rather than make dedicated tugs. I usually have at least a couple of fast gunboats / corvettes / frigates lying around, and usually many of them; so I want to have a use for them. Also, that would make Fighter-Sized shunts a reality. So, can it be done?

Technically a station can tow a tug but it will be limited to 1km/s.  In C# the towed vessel's engines are powered down.  This allows you to efficiently tow high power ships as well as ships that are out of fuel, both of which were problems in VB.

Are financial centres affected by manufacturing efficiency?

Financial centres are affected by the Wealth Generation tech.

[xenoscepter (OP)]

No No, I want the tug to be a fast ship that doesn't have a tractor beam. I want to put the tractor on the station, move the ship I want to use as a tug to the station I want to tug, the attach that ship to the station using a tractor beam mounted on the station and tug the station with the ship I just flew over to it for that exact purpose.

Can I do that?

[SpikeTheHobbitMage]

No No, I want the tug to be  a fast ship that doesn't have a tractor beam. I want to put the tractor on the station, move the ship I want to use as a tug to the station I want to tug, the attach that ship to the station using a tractor beam mounted on the station and tug the station with the ship I just flew over to it for that exact purpose.

Can I do that?

No.  Sorry for not being clear.  Only a hull with a tractor beam can act as a tug.  The connected ship is dead-weight.  What you are asking for worked in VB but was considered a bug due to causing the other problems I mentioned above.

[vorpal+5]

Can you sleeve the tractor beam? i.e put it into a fighter itself in a bay?

[Droll]

Can you sleeve the tractor beam? i.e put it into a fighter itself in a bay?

I think that doesn't work. Your tug would just rip the fighter out of the hangar and tow it instead of your station.

Unless you mean put the tractor on the fighter then tug the tug while docked to the station. Also doesn't work because what happens is that the fighter will start dragging your tug, which will power down its engines because its being tugged.

[Migi]

Are financial centres affected by manufacturing efficiency?

Financial centres are affected by the Wealth Generation tech.

You didn't answer my question. Wealth generation is not what I was asking about.

On a planet with financial centres which also has a worker shortage, do I get 100% of the wealth bonus from them or does it get modified by the manufacturing efficiency factor?

I'm asking due to this situation: if I have a worker shortage and an income shortage, will building more financial centres help or will the increasing penalties from lack of workers make the financial centres provide diminishing returns?

In C# the towed vessel's engines are powered down.  This allows you to efficiently tow high power ships as well as ships that are out of fuel, both of which were problems in VB.

That's huge, was that in the changelog somewhere or did you find out by testing? I assumed that both ships would run their engines.

[Borealis4x]

I want to use playoon-sized Marines for boarding but I dont want majors to command them. I could just change the name of their rank, but then I'd have captains commanding battalions. Is there anything I can do to get around this?

PS: Similarly, is there a way to put Marine boarding squads stationed  inside drop ships under the command of a Marine company HQ stationed on the mothership?

[Black]

I want to use playoon-sized Marines for boarding but I dont want majors to command them. I could just change the name of their rank, but then I'd have captains commanding battalions. Is there anything I can do to get around this?

PS: Similarly, is there a way to put Marine boarding squads stationed  inside drop ships under the command of a Marine company HQ stationed on the mothership?

You can add new rank, it will be put at the top, so you need to rename all the ranks.

As for the HQ, you can prepare HQ with several squads under its command on planet and then load them, game will remember that they are subordinates, but there will be no bonus from the HQ.

I believe that there is no bonus from superior HQs at all, but that is most likely bug.

[smoelf]

Are financial centres affected by manufacturing efficiency?

Financial centres are affected by the Wealth Generation tech.

You didn't answer my question. Wealth generation is not what I was asking about.

On a planet with financial centres which also has a worker shortage, do I get 100% of the wealth bonus from them or does it get modified by the manufacturing efficiency factor?

I'm asking due to this situation: if I have a worker shortage and an income shortage, will building more financial centres help or will the increasing penalties from lack of workers make the financial centres provide diminishing returns?

Yes, they are affected by manufactoring efficiency, so you will get diminishing returns.

[SpikeTheHobbitMage]

Are financial centres affected by manufacturing efficiency?

Financial centres are affected by the Wealth Generation tech.

You didn't answer my question. Wealth generation is not what I was asking about.

On a planet with financial centres which also has a worker shortage, do I get 100% of the wealth bonus from them or does it get modified by the manufacturing efficiency factor?

I'm asking due to this situation: if I have a worker shortage and an income shortage, will building more financial centres help or will the increasing penalties from lack of workers make the financial centres provide diminishing returns?

In C# the towed vessel's engines are powered down.  This allows you to efficiently tow high power ships as well as ships that are out of fuel, both of which were problems in VB.

That's huge, was that in the changelog somewhere or did you find out by testing? I assumed that both ships would run their engines.

I hadn't understood your question.  Sorry.

I think there was somewhere in the change logs, but I can't find it right now.  There was a bug report about the towed ship still using fuel around version 1.9.5 or so, which has since been fixed.

[Borealis4x]

I was trying to figure out why civilian mining colonies were spawning so slowly and came across this explanation:

"A suitable location is a system body with at least 10,000 tons of Duranium that has an accessibility of at least 0.7."

From:
http://aurorawiki.pentarch.org/index.php?title=C-Civilian_Economy#Civilian_Mining_Colonies

Am I reading that correctly? Civilian mines can only be built in places that are a good source of Duranium, nothing else?

I was hoping I could rely on civilians to handle all the little asteroids with minerals while I focused on moon and planets, but it seems I have to micro-manage every little rock without some duranium as well...

EDIT:
Also, how can I see the Total Maintenance Capacity for my colonies?

[SpikeTheHobbitMage]

Also, how can I see the Total Maintenance Capacity for my colonies?

Economics window, Summary tab, middle column, top section between Commercial Shipyard Capacity and Military Academy.  It won't be listed if it is 0.

[serger]

Am I reading that correctly? Civilian mines can only be built in places that are a good source of Duranium, nothing else?

I was hoping I could rely on civilians to handle all the little asteroids with minerals while I focused on moon and planets, but it seems I have to micro-manage every little rock without some duranium as well...

Yep.
Though you can use mining ships with Standing Order "Move to Asteroid Mineral Source", than you still have to load and deliver mined TNMs with manual orders, and so it's easier to do it fully manually.