They have to pick up the required materials first, so they go somewhere that has them.

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Volcano Look at your expansion planner screen, and check if there is any demand for the marble. I may be wrong, but I bet there isn't any... <e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE>

I don't know about right now, but there certainly was demand at some point. Anyway, why would ...

Yeah OK, I'll try building a small one at the colony.&nbsp; I'll be sure to report back.

Thanks for all the suggestions!

Yeah...well, actually I'm using the beta 1.02 patch but Erik said there was no functional difference between beta and release.

This is pretty much a known bug now. Please consider capturing the issue in a save game so that Erik can look at it.

It's been there at least a couple of years now, and again, freighters have been picking up the other goods quite happily. They simply don't touch the marble, which is the one thing I really need from the colony (and is most abundant according to the info panel).

Yeah, I really think that constructors' base speed should be increased. Chasing an orbiting planet is pretty silly. Perhaps they were deliberately made slow to prevent rapid expansion but I think they already cost plenty in terms of maintenance so I try to keep their numbers low.

Thanks for the reply. However I was given to understand that one space port per system was enough, and besides, plenty of steel is being picked up from the colony.

<t> I have a colony which produces, among other things, marble and steel. It doesn't have a space port but there's one in the system. The marble is a high priority for my empire, but freighters are simply not picking it up. They are quite happy to pick up steel (we already have plenty, well in ...

Thanks Erik (and Elliott), it's appreciated.

When zoomed out to at least (I think) sector view, you'll see + signs on the map.&nbsp; Those are gas clouds.

<t> Gertjan, supply ships are deployable. Think of them as mobile bases rather than ships. You have to deploy them at a suitable location (gas giant or gas cloud that has the required fuel supplies). It takes 30 seconds for them to deploy and there they remain until you order them to undeploy. Once ...

<t> Personally I think automation is very clever. With regard to your fleet running out of fuel, is it possible you missed the message at the top of the screen? When a lot of things are happening it can be very easy to miss stuff. In the options screen you can set the "out of fuel" message to appear ...

<t> I have witnessed this resupply bug too, exactly as described; my resupply ship gets all the way to the gas giant, then decides it needs to go somewhere else to refuel. Telling it to deploy again results in the ship once again turning around after about two seconds. Very frustrating. I'll capture ...

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<r> Hmmmm...you know what? I don't think I've actually tried. Given that we always carry missiles, the engagement range (or what I consider to be the engagement range, at least) is considerably greater than 5K.<br/>
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Having said that, if they do attack of their own volition without having ...

For the luvva god! Can anyone at least tell me if they have the same issue, or maybe I just have a bad install?!

<r> Nobody has any comments on this? It's easily reproducable:<br/>

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<LI><s>[*]</s> Get into any fight</LI>
<LI><s>[*]</s> Order "break and attack"</LI>
<LI><s>[*]</s> Watch your wingmen fly around without firing a single shot</LI>
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Ordering my element ...

<r> Just bought this game last night, and I'm <I><s>[i]</s>very<e>[/i]</e></I> impressed with it. Having a blast.<br/>
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Just one thing, however - my wingmen never seem to attack. I order "break and attack" and then after fighting for my life and promptly dying, I check the board afterwards ...

Never mind, closing a few programs did it.