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Newly captured ships dont respond to orders - 7/26/2013 9:40:36 AM

paShadoWn

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When i capture a pirate ship in over-planet skirmish, first thing it does is to go refuel on that planet. While not responding to orders. Then it gets blown up by pirates orbiting that planet. Very annoying.

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RE: Newly captured ships dont respond to orders - 7/26/2013 2:52:43 PM

Fishers of Men

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Captured ships seem to be in automation mode at the moment of your taking them over. Did you disable automation for this ship?

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RE: Newly captured ships dont respond to orders - 7/26/2013 6:59:47 PM

Starke

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Even if you do, I've also noticed that captured ships are DEAD SET on making their first mission a refuel if they have under 50% fuel, you can repeatedly order them elsewhere and they'll just override your order.

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RE: Newly captured ships dont respond to orders - 7/26/2013 11:20:20 PM

Kayoz

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ORIGINAL: Starke
you can repeatedly order them elsewhere and they'll just override your order.

I haven't noticed this. I usually manually order them to refuel at the nearest (safe) gas mining station. Have you tried ordering them to refuel at a specific place instead of just "move to X,Y"?

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RE: Newly captured ships dont respond to orders - 7/27/2013 4:59:54 AM

Starke

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quote:

ORIGINAL: Kayoz

quote:

ORIGINAL: Starke
you can repeatedly order them elsewhere and they'll just override your order.

I haven't noticed this. I usually manually order them to refuel at the nearest (safe) gas mining station. Have you tried ordering them to refuel at a specific place instead of just "move to X,Y"?

My orders have almost always been "retire at nearest spaceport" or occasionally "move to spaceport x." In most cases I don't want a fleet I'm about to scrap gulping all my fuel, I can wait an extra few months for them to arrive. Once I think I did issue a specific refuel order to a very remote fleet though... I think it did obey, but it was quite awhile ago and I'm not sure. Either way, refueling is taking priority when it should not.

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