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JoeStracke -> RE: Manual Station Positioning? (11/17/2013 12:54:39 AM)
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Thanks for the feedback [;)]
While handy (if somewhat cumbersome) for colonies... what about remote resource locations? Specifically, Nekros Stone and fuel locations, which to me with my limited game experience seem critical for expansion.
I've been playing around with starbase-sized gas mining facilities that offer additional protection for fuel depots off the beaten path and... and that level of construction investment often has me building research bases on the same gas giant... which in turn has me wanting a defensive ring around the whole shebang; a triangle of defensive bases in orbit around the gas giant would give my fleet the time it needs to respond.
Anyone know of a mod that might allow for such specific construction placement? It seems odd to me that with all the customization allowed in Distant Worlds, something so basic as aesthetic choice could be completely overlooked. [8|]
On a related side note (hoping to avoid a second topic post); I can't seem to get a handle on how caslon and hydrogen translate to ship fuel; my fuel storage for above-mentioned mining starbases do not consistently replenish, despite my being careful to only build on gas giants with both types of fuel elements. Sometimes the fuel storage fills immediately, while other times all I get is a small initial amount that gradually drops as the starbase uses fuel.
This is what my pre-warp fuel depot looks like:
1 Command Center
6 Small Cargo Bay
2 Docking Bay
30 Small Fuel Cell
4 Basic Space Reactor
10 Long Range Gun
6 Seeking Missile
3 Pulse Blaster
5 Hab Module
5 Life Support
2 Gas Extractor
So, for clarification, when a ship docks at a gas mining facility, does said ship take on the 'fuel' resource... or do they merely take on stored elements (i.e., either hydrogen or caslon, depending on the ships reactor type)? If the latter is the case, then I need to change starbase focus from fuel cells to cargo bays...
Note to the developers: This is the sort us useful information the Galactopedia should include... as a sort of practical counterpoint to the current staggeringly obvious observational text that explains how ships need fuel to move, and that when they run out of fuel they need to get more.
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