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[BKL]

Is it possible to change the system name and associated planets? I looked at the editor and could change the planet names and stars, but the entire system remained the same (the original name in the box at the bottom of screen). Any way to change the name of the entire system?

Or, alternatively, have the name of your starting system pre-determined?

[KeCzajkowski]

Has anyone been able to get a ship to refuel itself with mining engines like the Hive ships do? It only ever seems to want to mine stuff and dump it off somewhere.

[zgrssd]

Has anyone been able to get a ship to refuel itself with mining engines like the Hive ships do? It only ever seems to want to mine stuff and dump it off somewhere.

Fuel Tankers do it. But they need Remote Refueling, Cargo and the Mining Engine to do it.
And this ability might actually be part of the role, rather then any component.

[KeCzajkowski]

Has anyone been able to get a ship to refuel itself with mining engines like the Hive ships do? It only ever seems to want to mine stuff and dump it off somewhere.

Fuel Tankers do it. But they need Remote Refueling, Cargo and the Mining Engine to do it.
And this ability might actually be part of the role, rather then any component.

Yeah I've been able to do like deep space refueling depots with a pair of fuel tankers but the dream would be to have a battleship or something be able to refuel itself.

[PlutDem]

How do you conduct trade with independent colony? We both are in range, have luxury resources to exchange and a free trade agreement, but freighters just won't visit.

[zgrssd]

How do you conduct trade with independent colony? We both are in range, have luxury resources to exchange and a free trade agreement, but freighters just won't visit.

Freighters will prefer internal sources to external ones.
For calculations, Private Economy never has to pay for what it mines itself.
But it does have to pay to what it buys elswhere.

I only use the agreements to give myself a decent Colonisation success Score.

[PlutDem]

Freighters will prefer internal sources to external ones.
For calculations, Private Economy never has to pay for what it mines itself.
But it does have to pay to what it buys elswhere.

So it is not possible to exchange luxury resources witch would be beneficial to both parties?

[zgrssd]

Freighters will prefer internal sources to external ones.
For calculations, Private Economy never has to pay for what it mines itself.
But it does have to pay to what it buys elswhere.

So it is not possible to exchange luxury resources witch would be beneficial to both parties?

Yes it is. At a realy low priority. Remember it is propably cheaper to ferry in those resources from the other side of the Empire.
Or to first fullfill all the other Luxury resoruce needs.

[BeefLeg]

I'm having trouble with Asteroid Fields. First - my explorers on auto always waste years and years on them (and always seem to go for them first). Second, they seem useless. Am I missing something? Should I ever build a mining station there? I've never seen a reason to.

[zgrssd]

I'm having trouble with Asteroid Fields. First - my explorers on auto always waste years and years on them (and always seem to go for them first). Second, they seem useless. Am I missing something? Should I ever build a mining station there? I've never seen a reason to.

What version are you running on? Do you have resource scanners?
Also Years? Maybe a week for me.

As for their use: Asteroids fields are the only reliably source of steel. And they are a good source, especially with high range mining stations.

[fnix]

A question regarding fuel tankers: do they require cargo bays or fuel cells to store fuel? There's nothing about it in the Galactopedia, but the automatic designer puts several cargo bays on them.

[100thMonkey]

A question regarding fuel tankers: do they require cargo bays or fuel cells to store fuel? There's nothing about it in the Galactopedia, but the automatic designer puts several cargo bays on them.

Normally, the fuel cells are for the ship itself (to feed fuel to the reactors). In DW:U, the ships that had a similar (but not identical) role as the Fuel Tankers in DW2, needed cargo bays to store and carry fuel. Even though it isn't documented, I'm pretty sure it's the same for tankers in DW2.

[RAGEXXX]

Good Day

I have a question about the message board on the right side of the screen when messages pop up

Why does it have a timer when I can't even get time to click on a message before it just disappears after a split second

Even when I have a few messages they just disappear after a split second

Is it a bug?

[Commander4X]

Hello

Got some quick questions:
1) What is "HighTech" Research? I could increase it by 20% but I cannot find anything belonging to it.
2) More than one concurrent research: I understand that this can make retrofitting more efficient. Is there something else to make use out of it?
3) All my tourists go to my homeworld (tourism flow). I built a lot of other resort bases. My question: when and where should you build resort bases?

Thank you guys!

[Iam5not8]

Are there some pre-requesite to load colonist onto a a colony ship?

If the colony ship is on automated, the ship wait for ever to load colonist.
If the colony ship is on manual, when right clicking on the home world, the mission is aborted in a few secs. ( there is no info or explanation at all in the game...)

When looking at details, the ship can "escape the Extravagant Dream", which is an independant freigher.

Any clue on what to do ?

[zgrssd]

A question regarding fuel tankers: do they require cargo bays or fuel cells to store fuel? There's nothing about it in the Galactopedia, but the automatic designer puts several cargo bays on them.

They need 1 fuel cell and cargo bay.
They can move fuel from bays to tanks, but only do so around 50%.

However, the cargo bays contents are ignroed for range prediction, so multiple fuel cells help it better calculate how far it can jump.

Good Day

I have a question about the message board on the right side of the screen when messages pop up

Why does it have a timer when I can't even get time to click on a message before it just disappears after a split second

Even when I have a few messages they just disappear after a split second

Is it a bug?

Message should only vanish if they are:
a) No longer valid
b) The message space overflows

Hello

Got some quick questions:
1) What is "HighTech" Research? I could increase it by 20% but I cannot find anything belonging to it.
2) More than one concurrent research: I understand that this can make retrofitting more efficient. Is there something else to make use out of it?
3) All my tourists go to my homeworld (tourism flow). I built a lot of other resort bases. My question: when and where should you build resort bases?

Thank you guys!

1. I think that is the old name. Look in the "Research" part of the tree for what they are tagged as.
2. It slows you down. Avoid it. You only need it if you have a crash programm but need something else to finish too.
3. It is possible the tourist target selection or display have a bug.

Are there some pre-requesite to load colonist onto a a colony ship?

If the colony ship is on automated, the ship wait for ever to load colonist.
If the colony ship is on manual, when right clicking on the home world, the mission is aborted in a few secs. ( there is no info or explanation at all in the game...)

When looking at details, the ship can "escape the Extravagant Dream", which is an independant freigher.

Any clue on what to do ?

Better do a Steam gamefile verrification. What you describ is very far off normal.

[HateVagueManuals]

How do I get Fleets/Fleet to actually do what I ordered it to? I have a fleet (very early game set to manual) that I keep trying to have it "defend" the planet/system. Every time I check it, it's not doing anything (No Mission). I thought defending was a mission, why does it not do that? I have had a few pirate attacks, and it's not doing anything. Also, is there a way to set the fleet back to "Automated," I basically gave up trying to get to defend and want it to do something besides sit there. Thanks in advance.

[Miletkir]

How do I get Fleets/Fleet to actually do what I ordered it to? I have a fleet (very early game set to manual) that I keep trying to have it "defend" the planet/system. Every time I check it, it's not doing anything (No Mission). I thought defending was a mission, why does it not do that? I have had a few pirate attacks, and it's not doing anything. Also, is there a way to set the fleet back to "Automated," I basically gave up trying to get to defend and want it to do something besides sit there. Thanks in advance.

There is no "defend" order, so I am not sure what you mean. There is a "guard" order, but that's for specific assets, like stations. Selecting a "defense" type of fleet might not achieve what you want. To make sure your fleet defends your system:
- Assign a right-click "Patrol" command for that system;
- Make sure you have the adequate fleet settings: "aggressive" behaviour and "same system" range of attack.
If after doing this your ships still don't intercept enemies inside the system, post a bug report.

[fnix]

A question regarding fuel tankers: do they require cargo bays or fuel cells to store fuel? There's nothing about it in the Galactopedia, but the automatic designer puts several cargo bays on them.

They need 1 fuel cell and cargo bay.
They can move fuel from bays to tanks, but only do so around 50%.

However, the cargo bays contents are ignroed for range prediction, so multiple fuel cells help it better calculate how far it can jump.

But they cannot use the fuel stored in fuel cells for refueling other ships (or moving fuel from cells to bays)?

[DrSun]

so i started like third time and once again i got abandoned spaceport in my home system.

and again after rebuild it doesnt work - cant get Steel and Membar on it, saying "mined here", aha, without any mining equipment.

please help, i dont get it.