Is AI/ministers worthless for pop relocation?

[javaslinger]

Yep, I turned on transport ministers...

At first it seemed as if the minsister was making good use of the transports, but now it appears they're all just sitting there.

I think on occasion they pick up a bunch of population and proceed to drop it off right where they picked it up from....

hmmm

Ken

[dumbluck]

oh. never seen that before. Maybe it has the population levels right where it wants them?

[Nitram Draw]

I use Population mininster all the time and occasionally the transports get stuck in one place. Try leaving the minister on but give the transport orders to move where you want some population. This may unstick it.

[pathfinder]

I use the transport minister to move population all the time, though he/she is a bit slow some times.

[This message has been edited by pathfinder (edited 19 March 2001).]

[zen.]

Hey...I thought I was the only one with that problem! My transports stopped working around 1.27, I do believe. Even with the AI minister turned on for pop transports, they just sit there...I have tried 'goading' them on by delivering some people, but to no avail. I suspected it had something to do with my AI files (mods), but isn't transport behavior hard-coded?

I just reinstalled the entire thing and applied Patch 4 this weekend...the previous Version was patched 4(!) times, so I figured a clean install would make it happier. I haven't had a chance to test it out yet, though.

Zen

[Felan]

Is it better to use really large pop transports or smaller ones with the AI pop transport minister?

[Richard]

The minister was tweaked to not suck planets dry as the old minister had a habit of doing.

This way you do get the minister moving folks but not at the expense of your old colonies.

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