Starbase Feedback

finally i can enjoy the game

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Great work with the patch Stardock,

 

for the first time i actually enjoyed the game on a larger map. However i still have minor gripes with it:

 

 

-in the starbase screen there is no shortcut to cycle to the next starbase, you always have to click the buttons at the top to cycle through starbases

-some modules are ignored in the autoupgrade queue: fighters/interceptor modules and range extension as well as morale upgrades (this could be the case because i was at max morale on most planets).

-i would like to see a shipyard order, so the shipyard is excluded from all starbase support. i have a lot of shipyards with low production and they support my starbases. however i have a few shipyards with a lot of production who build my fleets. i don't want to waste turns on those shipyards for building constructors. currently the only way to circumvent this is to throw a ton of military ships into the queue.

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Reply #1 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Can't you just remove the ship yard on the new star base SPONSER SETTINGS screen when you place the star base?  You can remove your high production military ship yards there.  That said, having a control at the ship yard itself would alleviate having to adjust sponsorship on every star base as you set it up.  But I adjust the sponsorship regardless to take off the auto upgrade if needed and and set to manually manage sponsorships so I am in that screen regardless.

Reply #2 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Quoting COSIAN, reply 1

Can't you just remove the ship yard on the new star base SPONSER SETTINGS screen when you place the star base?

Sure, but you have to manually do it for each and every Starbase.  It's a PITA.

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Reply #3 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

As an additional comment.  I'm lobbying for more control by allowing you to specify what modules get updated and which do not.  The fact the OP mentions that morale modules do not auto update is a good thing methinks until we can control which modules particpate in the auto update program.  In general I would seldom if ever want the morale modules to auto upgrade.  Just rarely need them at their highest level.

To Manni's point....  I think the feature to disallow a shipyard, at the shipyard itself, from participating in auto star base upgrade is a great idea!  My point was that the feature in itself would not alleviate the need to .... well at least for my play style .... still go into every starbase to tweak its settings anyway. 

Reply #4 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Good points.

In addition I would like an option that the sponsor-settings-screen shows up automatically when a starbase is created, just like the sponsor-screen when building a shipyard. Just because I am a control freak.

Reply #5 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Just checked in my game.  It appears morale boosting starbase modules do auto upgrade.  Yours must have been maxed out.