How to use Robo's?

[MorituriMax]

Hi

Just started playing game, and my god does the manual suck.. grin

Good game though.. but I made a transport with robofarmers and moved it to an asteroid field.. they dont' seem to do anything though.. at least the cargo bays i installed don't seem to be taking on any cargo..

Does anyone have simple step by step as to what you do to get them to work?

Thanks

[dogscoff]

They are doing something - resources (minerals, organics, radioactives) aren't stored as cargo. Go to your economy screen (the crown) and you will see there that you are recieving resources from remote mining,

[Baron Munchausen]

Originally posted by MorituriMax:
Hi

Just started playing game, and my god does the manual suck.. grin

Good game though.. but I made a transport with robofarmers and moved it to an asteroid field.. they dont' seem to do anything though.. at least the cargo bays i installed don't seem to be taking on any cargo..

Does anyone have simple step by step as to what you do to get them to work?

Thanks<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Resources are not visible in transit. It's automatic. If you click on the ship in the system window, then left-click on the ship displayed in the 'info box' on the upper right you'll get a detailed information screen for that ship. The amount of resources it is contributing to your empire will be visible near the bottom of that screen.

[ May 26, 2002, 15:24: Message edited by: Baron Munchausen ]

[MorituriMax]

Roger that!!

Grin.. there is so much information that I didn't realize what I was seeing..

Thanks!

[Fyron]

Just to make sure you know, you do not need any cargo bays on ships that have remote miners.

[Skulky]

while we're on remote miners, does anyone find them useful? Cause i sure don't. what exactly are htey good for, if you want to win that is. in a RP game i definately see the value for a race that has that in its description. So any thoughts?

[ May 29, 2002, 05:46: Message edited by: Skulky ]

[Gandalph]

Originally posted by Skulky:
while we're on remote miners, does anyone find them useful? <font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">There is another thread (click here) (http://www.shrapnelgames.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=23;t=005589#000010) about this very subject that contains some useful info and many opinions.