How to change Ship Classification

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I recently made a ship. A very large ship (huge Hull... or so I thought) Upon finishing the design and reloading the game it was now classified as "cargo" and not  Huge.

How can I change this? Is there a file I can edit if I can't do it in-game?

I tried making every single component in the ship into one large combined custom module, but it doesn't seem that this works. I can't create any custom grouped ship modules in the designer...

 

The ship has over 11 complete rows of modules. Each one has it's own size, rotation, animation, offset etc. There is no way I can duplicate this ship, and I cannot believe that an error can fuck it up and make the entire effort useless.

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Reply #1 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

I expect after launch there will be a better method but right now ... recreate it. You can make parts out of groups of components if you want from your original design. I agree this needs to be added as an option. Don't expect it prior to release. It's that period during development that all new features are put on hold and the goal is to make sure the game doesn't break. 

Reply #2 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Quoting Illauna, reply 1

You can make parts out of groups of components if you want from your original design. I agree this needs to be added as an option.


That does sound pretty useful. GC2 you could only mark favorites.

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Reply #3 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Quoting Illauna, reply 1

I expect after launch there will be a better method but right now ... recreate it. You can make parts out of groups of components if you want from your original design. I agree this needs to be added as an option. Don't expect it prior to release. It's that period during development that all new features are put on hold and the goal is to make sure the game doesn't break. 

 

I saved modules. They do not become avail. in the building menus.

Reply #4 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Yeah it sucks but if you choose the wrong starting block it determines how much space it has and what kind of ship it is.

Reply #5 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Quoting EvilSalmon, reply 3


Quoting Illauna,
reply 1

I expect after launch there will be a better method but right now ... recreate it. You can make parts out of groups of components if you want from your original design. I agree this needs to be added as an option. Don't expect it prior to release. It's that period during development that all new features are put on hold and the goal is to make sure the game doesn't break. 



 

I saved modules. They do not become avail. in the building menus.

They might not have taken a thumb nail. Check your designs folder and you will see if your part was created. It will be in generic parts. Hover over the blank area and you might see the part that was created. 

Reply #6 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Quoting Illauna, reply 5


Quoting EvilSalmon,
reply 3






Quoting Illauna,

reply 1


I expect after launch there will be a better method but right now ... recreate it. You can make parts out of groups of components if you want from your original design. I agree this needs to be added as an option. Don't expect it prior to release. It's that period during development that all new features are put on hold and the goal is to make sure the game doesn't break. 



 

I saved modules. They do not become avail. in the building menus.



They might not have taken a thumb nail. Check your designs folder and you will see if your part was created. It will be in generic parts. Hover over the blank area and you might see the part that was created. 

 

 

I finally got the stuff to save, and it looks terrible. It can't be used. Everything is smashed up into one little box when it's saved as a module. Probably 330 modules in a single mash-up. So I tried to group in smaller chunks. Same thing. The modules all clump together into strange compact batches, and all small modules are missing but apparently are still there.

I consider the ship designer broken. The designer just can't handle more complex ship builds to be recreated or to save modules. I'd upload a screen of the ship so it is clear what I mean by complex, but I'm not about to create a URL where I upload the picture from if I can't upload directly to the forum from my computer.

 

I'll uninstall the game, and check back in a few months to see if this issue is fixed.