They dropped as a cloud of satellites. It would be nice if satellites counted as "wares", but maybe there's a reason not to do this. The reason not to treat them that way is because dropping a satellite from your cargo bay is how you deploy them--if it just dropped as a crate containing a satellite...

They dropped as a cloud of satellites. It would be nice if satellites counted as "wares", but maybe there's a reason not to do this. I attempted to fly the TS through the cloud while OOS, but this didn't do anything. (I didn't really expect it to.) So I flew to the system, switched into the TS, and ...

So... I accidentally ejected a whole load of satellites instead of just one. Is there a way I can order my TS to pick them back up? Sigh.

Hello, I've got CLS1 ships set up to collect energy cells from 4 sources and deliver them to 1 consumer. Many of the CLS1 ships are level FP. The problem is this: the ships always go to the same source, their home base, instead of to any of the other 3 sources. The other three sources are full of en...

i would try to avoid this thou. If you build the stations so close together. Then the stations will be inside each others collosion bubble. Which forces the game to do much more intensive collosion checks all the time. have too many of these and its a sure way of rapidily reducing your performance ...

Well I tested it first with a couple stations and saw that they didn't take damage. They didn't flash or take shield damage or anything. But apparently when I hooked enough up into a complex things started to go wrong

It's a great space-saving trick though

Nope, not at 0,0,0. It appears that the ARES station building scripts will disable collision detection: http://forum.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=203215&highlight=ares Here's what I think is happening. My smaller complexes have few enough stations that the collisions don't burn through the shields ev...

However, there is a script which disabled collision detection for stations within a complex, which will increase performance as well as save your stations. It does mean a modified tag though. I'm not sure if its been released for TC yet, but check the S&M forum. I'm playing X3R still. I'm searching...

Thanks, guess I'll have to try that

ALL my complexes have overlapping stations, but none of the others have exploded. Before I link them with construction kits I always check to make sure they aren't taking any damage. It therefore appeared to me that you were allowed to overlap stations. Am I wrong? Does no one else overlap the stati...

1) X3R 2) Five large wheats, and three large SFDs. @Carlos: the stations that make up the complex are all overlapping somewhat, but I've never had problems doing that with any of my other complexes. Is there a limit to how much they can overlap? The shields of the complex aren't taking damage like t...

Game: X3R I'm building a space fuel complex in Elena's Fortune, and everything was going fine for a while. But now, for some reason, the complex hub has begun to explode for no apparent reason. It almost always happens if I engage in combat with pirates in the sector, even if we're nowhere near the ...

Ok, good to know. If I build my own equipment docks will they consume the high-end goods?

So I'm finally earning enough money to buy enough stations that I need an actual economic strategy. Here's what I've come up with. Suggestions welcome. 1. There appears to be a severe lack of energy cells in the galaxy, made worse in my game due to an early KM1 incursion into Ore Mine. There's enoug...

I use AHEPTs or BPACs to remove the shields, and then AIREs to cap. I get 50%+ bails this way. So many, that I'm getting picky on what I'd even bother sending back to sell.

Once upon a time an Argon Complex owner attempted to be clever -- both maximize sales and ensure access to resources needed by his complex -- and had two prices for ECells. Along came a nearly penniless Teladi, who did buy one ECell for 12 credits and immediately sold it back for 20 credits. Not on...

Sorry I wasn't clear. I want my CAGs to sell the energy. They're high enough level to supposedly do so, but I haven't seen it happen yet. (And how would I set the selling price?)

I've got a complex with wheat and a medium SPP. I've got lots of extra energy to sell, but on the complex "parameters" screen energy is only listed as a "resource" and there's a "resource buying price limit". There's no obvious way to select a selling price for energy, even when I set "intermediate ...

So I may need to add a crystal fab in order to sell energy from my SPP? Argh, that would be lame.

I've got a max level CAG, so hopefully he'll sell some energy to the starving Argons. Unfortunately for them, some KM2s destroyed all the nearby SPPs

I've got a complex with wheat and a medium SPP. I've got lots of extra energy to sell, but on the complex "parameters" screen energy is only listed as a "resource" and there's a "resource buying price limit". There's no obvious way to select a selling price for energy, even when I set "intermediate ...