It just stores objects in space.

Click homeworld, hit Ctrl 1, now hitting 1 selects your homeworld, hitting 1 again zooms the camera to it.

Works, for ships, suns, etc.  Objects.

ORIGINAL: Canute

A(utomated) don't toggle, it's just enable it.

A *should* toggle it.

I just tell them to explore sector at the start, working outward.  After they're out 2 or 3 sectors I automate them.

Go back to 1.03.  Doing that has its own problems, but at least the ships do what you tell them to.

I'm hoping 1.05 is going to finally fix a lot of this.  (The changelog looks quite promising.)

<t> I can't bear those Paradox games (downloaded a demo, fired it up, went through the tutorial, had no idea what to do, uninstalled) but I like DW.<br/>
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I really can't compare DW to any other game really.&nbsp; It's in a class by itself.&nbsp; Now, that may be a good class or a bad class ...

I reported this a while ago, even uploaded a save game...

...until I realized a reload fixed it.

Have a feeling they're having a hard time locating that bug, seems random.

<t> Pardon the interruption, I'll just stick my 2c in, and leave you all to it.<br/>
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I came here from the Distant Worlds forum.&nbsp; Distant Worlds is a game much like this one, in that the game runs along, and you stick your nose in from time to time and tweak things here and there.&nbsp ...

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Everything I could think of that I would want.

Awesome.

Those sound like some great changes!

<t> Total noob here. Could not find this question answered anywhere, which makes me feel even dumber.<br/>
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So, I want this Btn to sneak around the enemy, form up in the woods, then assault a position. I click the HQ, hold shift, click Move, and click on the map. I set everything to avoidance ...

<t> For some reason, I just thought of an old game, I think it was Dark Reign, which was one of the first RTS's.&nbsp; They had just implemented control groups for the first time ever in an RTS, you could bandbox some units, hit Ctrl-1, from then on you hit 1 to select those units.&nbsp; Great idea ...

Like I said in the original thread, they can make this ungodly complicated game, then they mess up on the little stuff.

I can't believe that the people beta testing this game didn't notice this.&nbsp; It truly is unbearable.

<t> I wonder why devs do this, make games that are so big and complex, if you max out everything, they are too big to run properly.&nbsp; Armada 2526 was the same way, I seem to remember from the forums.<br/>
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Put another way, if the max size galaxy was 700 stars, would anyone really say, 'I ...

<t> Thanks for the reply, Fishman.&nbsp; I understand your points.&nbsp; It's almost like the tech tree has been relegated to supporting role status, and exploration is the new star.<br/>
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To tell the truth, I didn't know that only 'they' can colonize those planets, so thanks for that info ...

<t> 1. This is gonna sound juvenile, but I don't care. I want to see the little guys shooting at each other. As it stands, ground combat consists of watching little pastries (that's what they look like, shrunk down so small, the default icons) fill up a bar, then disappear one by one. A dryer affair ...

<t> Speaking generally about 'way way way too easy':<br/>
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1. I'm always finding advanced capital ships and cruisers everywhere, basically giving advanced tech and/or power to the player right from the getgo.&nbsp; Just one of these ships can crush a 'starter ship' fleet, immediately making ...

<t> This sounds like just what the doctor ordered re automation.<br/>
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If I can make a suggestion: To my way of thinking, you only need 2 stances: Engage when attacked, and engage targets in same system.&nbsp; It seems that Engage when attacked would have basically the same effect as Engage ...

<r> Taltamir, all those solutions to the problem I encountered (which ruins the game for me) are <I><s>[i]</s>not in the game yet<e>[/i]</e></I>.&nbsp; The fact that you are proposing solutions indicates that even you, who likes the new automation, have issues with it.&nbsp; Now, those solutions you ...

<t> Funnily enough, I have no slowdowns, except when I zoom in to the closest possible zoom.&nbsp; The game takes a second or two to react, and my framerate drops.&nbsp; Strange that the closest zoom does this, and no other.&nbsp; Fortunately, the closest zoom in unavailable from the mousewheel zoom ...

<t> Hi Erik,<br/>
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I don't design ships in this game, and the distance to the planet I was attacking was near the limit of (but did not exceed) the fuel tank's capacity.&nbsp; Of course, before attacking, I insured that all ships were at max fuel.<br/>
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My main problem with the ...

<t> Well, I just quit the game in frustration.&nbsp; I absolutely cannot bear the new auto-refuel and auto-attack any more.&nbsp; Just had 2 troop transports show up at a planet without the fleet (which bopped off to refuel, and thus are no longer where I need them) and got wiped out because they ...