<t> Well, I did the next test. Started a game, same auto settings as before except that research is manual in the new game. I immediately made a couple of custom designs, verified that my custom designs were the "latest buildable", and waited for stuff to happen. Once Enhanced Construction (ship ...

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The AI never changes a design, apart from toggling the obsolete status. It makes a new one. The old is obsoleted, a new is made. The old one is still around (at least until no ship uses ...

<t> Thanks for the replies, guys. My original concern was that maybe I'd overlooked the obvious. I think it's clear now that I did not. Complex software becomes a "complex system", meaning that it's difficult or impossible to accurately predict. That said, automated cars will be prevalent in the ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Tophat1812<br/>
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Read through the thread and not at all clear what happened either. Do you have a "save game"showing this situation? Are you using any mods and if so which? Is the problem ongong? By that I mean if you start another game of DW does the ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Bingeling<br/>
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The only link between design updates and retrofit is that the AI will suggest to retrofit after it does the design pass following new technology.<br/>
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I almost never accept this suggestion (if I got that suggest choice on), since it ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Bingeling<br/>
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Not sure what happened in your game.<br/>
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Having retrofit on/off is just a way to preserve special ships. If you have "My special cruiser" alongside the "AI cruiser" you may want to turn retrofit off on your own to avoid it being ...

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I am not sure what was going on before size 400. Automation is either on or off, but you may still have your own designs alongside the AI design of the same class. Only one of them will be "latest buildable design", though.<br/>
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<t> Looking for some insight into the ship design process.<br/>
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I started my current game with most things automated, including ship design. Plus, I left everything on auto/auto for upgrade/retrofit. I immediately did a manual upgrade of all the military ship designs, making them all orange ...