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Question about ship versus fleet retrofits
Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2022 7:14 pm
by 100thMonkey
I don’t want to have to manage all the not-in-fleet ships retrofits manually. But I DO want to manage and have control on when (and to what design) the ships in fleets are retrofited.
So, is it possible in DW2 to have the individual not-in-fleet ships on automatic retrofit, but not those in fleets? If so: how?
Re: Question about ship versus fleet retrofits
Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2022 7:21 pm
by BTAxis
Yep, can be done. In the automation settings, there are separate settings for automatically retrofitting both manually controlled and automated fleets. By default, automated fleets automatically retrofit while manually controlled fleets don't.
Another way you can control this is by using the fleet templates. In the template you can select which specific design each role should use. If you select a specific design, fleets will not retrofit unless you update the template.
Re: Question about ship versus fleet retrofits
Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2022 9:47 pm
by HateVagueManuals
BTAxis wrote: Fri Mar 11, 2022 7:21 pm
Yep, can be done. In the automation settings, there are separate settings for automatically retrofitting both manually controlled and automated fleets. By default, automated fleets automatically retrofit while manually controlled fleets don't.
Another way you can control this is by using the fleet templates. In the template you can select which specific design each role should use. If you select a specific design, fleets will not retrofit unless you update the template.
Quick question: How do you automate fleets? I can't find that anywhere, finally gave up looking, all my fleets are manual. It's getting to be to be much micromanaging. I want my fleets to retrofit, doing it manually is getting time consuming.
Re: Question about ship versus fleet retrofits
Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2022 10:02 pm
by BTAxis
Click on the automation button. If the fleet is on manual, it'll be a yellow M. Click on it and it'll change into a blue A.
Re: Question about ship versus fleet retrofits
Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2022 1:10 am
by 100thMonkey
HateVagueManuals wrote: Mon Mar 21, 2022 9:47 pm
BTAxis wrote: Fri Mar 11, 2022 7:21 pm
Yep, can be done. In the automation settings, there are separate settings for automatically retrofitting both manually controlled and automated fleets. By default, automated fleets automatically retrofit while manually controlled fleets don't.
Another way you can control this is by using the fleet templates. In the template you can select which specific design each role should use. If you select a specific design, fleets will not retrofit unless you update the template.
Quick question: How do you automate fleets? I can't find that anywhere, finally gave up looking, all my fleets are manual. It's getting to be to be much micromanaging. I want my fleets to retrofit, doing it manually is getting time consuming.
To automate all you fleets, go in your empire policies (shortcut "P"), in the "Fleets" section, and click on the 3 buttons in the green circle (see screenshot below).
- Fleet automation.png (126.63 KiB) Viewed 904 times
After that, if you want to put a specific fleet on manual, you do that from the selection panel while the fleet is selected. Click on the "Fleet Role" button (second one starting from the bottom-right of the panel), and click on "Manual".
But be warned that the ships and fleets tactics affect your fleets behaviors, whether they are on auto or manual. And I'm still trying to figure out how these work exactly...
Re: Question about ship versus fleet retrofits
Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2022 5:30 pm
by HateVagueManuals
100thMonkey wrote: Thu Mar 24, 2022 1:10 am
HateVagueManuals wrote: Mon Mar 21, 2022 9:47 pm
BTAxis wrote: Fri Mar 11, 2022 7:21 pm
Yep, can be done. In the automation settings, there are separate settings for automatically retrofitting both manually controlled and automated fleets. By default, automated fleets automatically retrofit while manually controlled fleets don't.
Another way you can control this is by using the fleet templates. In the template you can select which specific design each role should use. If you select a specific design, fleets will not retrofit unless you update the template.
Quick question: How do you automate fleets? I can't find that anywhere, finally gave up looking, all my fleets are manual. It's getting to be to be much micromanaging. I want my fleets to retrofit, doing it manually is getting time consuming.
To automate all you fleets, go in your empire policies (shortcut "P"), in the "Fleets" section, and click on the 3 buttons in the green circle (see screenshot below).
Fleet automation.png
After that, if you want to put a specific fleet on manual, you do that from the selection panel while the fleet is selected. Click on the "Fleet Role" button (second one starting from the bottom-right of the panel), and click on "Manual".
But be warned that the ships and fleets tactics affect your fleets behaviors, whether they are on auto or manual. And I'm still trying to figure out how these work exactly...
Thanks.
The all or nothing approach is tough. I like having a fleet to use as my personal fleet for important missions I want to do. Oh well, manual it is. It's gotten better by having the Fleet menu open most of the time. I can pick a fleet from the list and send it.
Re: Question about ship versus fleet retrofits
Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2022 5:43 pm
by WingedIncubus
My settings are at Manual and my fleets automatically retrofit when they are without orders - as long as it is set to the latest design at each role inside the Fleet Template.
Re: Question about ship versus fleet retrofits
Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2022 8:12 pm
by 100thMonkey
WingedIncubus wrote: Fri Mar 25, 2022 5:43 pm
My settings are at Manual and my fleets automatically retrofit when they are without orders - as long as it is set to the latest design at each role inside the Fleet Template.
Are you saying you've observed that a manual fleet using a specific design (instead of "Latest Active Design for Role")
never retrofited by itself? (I'm not saying that they do; I'm asking).