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Designs don't show up in new games... - 4/29/2015 1:52:43 AM

mordachai

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Often - I find that a ship just either isn't designed at all, or is goofy in the extreme.

When I investigate, it always comes down to the ship design having been set to "manual" in the previous game I was playing (since the game seems to remember this across games).

It seems to never fail to screw me up. Either by leaving me with a ton of un-upgraded bases, or idiotic designed ships, or missing designs entirely (my current game as Zenox has no carrier design - not obsolete, not un-buildable - just... no design at all).

I started a new game - and forced the technology to level 4 (high enough to get carriers) - and sure enough - I got one - but it was marked "manual" --- the only design to be such (at this time).

So... some prior game I obviously had to switch to manual designs for the carrier, and now my new game is messed up (initially) because of that.

Please, please, please: _reset_ the manual/automatic ship designs upon starting a new game.

What is the possible down-side of that? If I hate the automatic ones, I'll design my own anyway - so zero. If I love the automatic ones, but have to switch to manual sometimes, I'm all set for the next game I start = zero. If I only want automatic, then I continue to get automatic = zero. There are NO down-sides, and plenty of up-sides.

So, please, please, please

reset the ship designs to automatic for new games (don't change them for existing games, for obvious reasons).

NOTE: This problem also screws up manually designed maps with events & a huge amount of work put into it. The Star Trek NG mod has a whole litany of complaints from new players which boil down to: some designs were left on Manual by the modder - and new players are missing them until they figure that out - and manually design something - and set it to automatic - and wait for the AI to kick in and make the right design.

This.. just doesn't need to exist. There is nothing beneficial gained from carrying the manual over to new games. None. So ... please. please. Please!

< Message edited by mordachai -- 4/29/2015 2:55:49 AM >

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RE: Designs don't show up in new games... - 4/29/2015 4:49:22 AM

Siddham

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Is what you refer to affected by the Empire settings available from the Main Menu?

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RE: Designs don't show up in new games... - 4/29/2015 6:34:54 AM

Bingeling

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There is no right/wrong choice for any automatic setting. I may actually like that automatic settings are remembered, even if it can be confusing at times.

Is there a "reset to default" in empire policies?

My own frustration when starting a new game is usually that I can not access the empire policy options without actually advancing the time. I think this may actually interfere with my intended AI boys, since the game may start with construction AI off, and the first "build cycle" passes before I am able to modify automation settings - making the AI spend some time before actually building anything. I am not sure this is what happens, though, just that the AI seems very slack at the start of some pre-warp games (like 2-3 months with no spaceport build).

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RE: Designs don't show up in new games... - 4/29/2015 1:46:42 PM

mordachai

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Okay - you claim you "may like ... settings remembered". Can you name why? Name one advantage - one savings of effort, one benefit of having a new game start with some of your ship-designs set to "manual"?

If there is an advantage - or conversely, some down-side to always starting automatic - then I'll grant you there is no right/wrong - it's just preference.

But: I challenge you to come up with a single advantage / disadvantage remediated viz a viz starting manual on ship designs. And if you cannot, then I say that you must agree that it is not equal, that there are multiple - clearly delineated (see above) reasons that starting automated is - at worst no better, and at best, much better than starting manual.

As to "reset" - the only reset is to reset ALL automation settings - not just ship-designs. So - no, there is no "reset" button.

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