Extra option not in the main menu options screen.

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Extra option not in the main menu options screen.

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Just wondered if anyone ever noticed this? There is an extra option you can click once the game has started that is not in the options screen in the main menu before starting the game. Auto convert obsolete devices on/off. Wonder why it was never included in the main menu options screen in the first place?
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Tanaka wrote: Fri Jul 17, 2026 6:07 pm Just wondered if anyone ever noticed this? There is an extra option you can click once the game has started that is not in the options screen in the main menu before starting the game. Auto convert obsolete devices on/off. Wonder why it was never included in the main menu options screen in the first place?
Most likely because the feature was added to the game in a 2012 patch almost three years after its initial release. By that point re-designing the snazzy control panel graphics of the main menu options screen to accommodate one more set of switches was probably deemed not worth the trouble or expense.

V1.01. 08r9 – January 21, 2012
Added Auto-conversion option to the in-game preferences. (PBEM assumes on for both
players - Japanese player can turn it off/on so it applies for synchronization.)
After 6 months, an expired pooled device (squad or engineer type) will slowly convert to
the upgraded version; if Japan, obsolete devices will revert to the raw materials.
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Bo Rearguard wrote: Fri Jul 17, 2026 11:03 pm
Tanaka wrote: Fri Jul 17, 2026 6:07 pm Just wondered if anyone ever noticed this? There is an extra option you can click once the game has started that is not in the options screen in the main menu before starting the game. Auto convert obsolete devices on/off. Wonder why it was never included in the main menu options screen in the first place?
Most likely because the feature was added to the game in a 2012 patch almost three years after its initial release. By that point re-designing the snazzy control panel graphics of the main menu options screen to accommodate one more set of switches was probably deemed not worth the trouble or expense.

V1.01. 08r9 – January 21, 2012
Added Auto-conversion option to the in-game preferences. (PBEM assumes on for both
players - Japanese player can turn it off/on so it applies for synchronization.)
After 6 months, an expired pooled device (squad or engineer type) will slowly convert to
the upgraded version; if Japan, obsolete devices will revert to the raw materials.
Aha! Nice catch thanks!
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