Fleets don't "Load" right.

geoschmo · #1 January 2nd, 2003, 05:44 PM

I think it is done alphabetically by ship name (not design class name). I had the same problem once, but I got it to work the way I wanted by renaming the troop transport so they had a name that came before the carriers in an alhpabetical list. Of course it may have just been a fluke.

Geoschmo

Slick · #2 January 2nd, 2003, 05:52 PM

Alphabetically?!?! I can't believe it. That was just too hard for me to figure out with my 2 living brain cells left. Thanks.

Still, if I order "load fighters, load troops" and your carrier named AARDVARK still has room after loading fighters, it may then proceed to load troops before your troop transport named BRUNO. Correct?

Slick.

[ January 02, 2003, 15:53: Message edited by: Slick ]

geoschmo · #3 January 2nd, 2003, 06:16 PM

I don't know. I never gave my fleet multiple pickup orders like that. I was just trying to get it to pick up the troops and put them in the right ship so I had the transport named before the carriers. The fighters are recovered automatically as long as the carriers aren't shot out from under them.

Geoschmo

[ January 02, 2003, 16:17: Message edited by: geoschmo ]

Fyron · #4 January 2nd, 2003, 08:43 PM

It is also likely to be done by the order the ships were built. The order of ships in a formation is determined by when they were built, not name. So, cargo loading could be the same way.

tbontob · #5 January 2nd, 2003, 09:19 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
It is also likely to be done by the order the ships were built. The order of ships in a formation is determined by when they were built, not name. So, cargo loading could be the same way.

Thanx Fyron

I always wondered how the order of ships in a fleet was determined!

geoschmo · #6 January 2nd, 2003, 09:30 PM

I guess I was imaginging I got it switched by renaming the ship. I can't do it now when I try. Wierd.

Cirvol · #7 January 3rd, 2003, 08:00 PM

another thing that really sux...

if you have 2 ships, (in a simul game), and they are only 'crossing' each other paths and you want to load cargo from one to the other, it does not work

IE, ship a is empty, ship b is full of troops, they move at the same speed, 5 hexes away from their start point, and end up in the same hex, ship a's "load troops" command will not work

i double check the movement logs and the ships were in the same hex, and troops (or population) was not transferred.

is this one known?

when's the next gold patch coming out, there seems to be quite a few problems still