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IDProjectCategoryLast Update
0001378AI War 1 / ClassicSuggestion - New FeaturesJan 9, 2013 7:55 pm
ReporterWinter Born Assigned To 
Status consideringResolutionopen 
Summary0001378: priority control for engineer work
DescriptionIt would be nice to have some more granular system for prioritizing engineer tasks, sliders or a numbered list in the CTRLS tab, even a txt or ini file.
I would like minefield repair to be lowest and comstation and FF repair highest. there have been threads on this in the past with different people having different top priorities.

http://arcengames.com/forums/index.php/topic,4371.0.html
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related to 0001367 considering Engineers - econ vs. military work 
related to 0000313 resolvedkeith.lamothe New Control Node -- engineers not auto-assist Zenith Trader purchased items 

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ArcDM

Nov 24, 2010 9:47 am

reporter   ~0004381

Perhaps a priority number on every buildable/repairable ship in the game (I'm thinking ranging 1-10 and defaulting at 5), the engineers will pick the highest first and work their way down.

Winter Born

Dec 8, 2010 8:39 am

reporter   ~0005593

Last edited: Dec 8, 2010 8:56 am

Make the priority range 0-9, with 9 being highest priority and zero meaning don't assist unless assigned.


Having a "do not assist value (0) available would be very cool and solve my 313 request if everything from the trader was automatically assigned a priority of zero.


To be really useful there would need to be some way to save a players preferences from game to game.

SerthVarnee

Jan 9, 2013 7:54 pm

reporter   ~0029698

perhaps a button that enables engineer "focus fire" so to speak.
Intented result would be engineers trying to build as many turrets possible before that nasty incoming wave arrives, as opposed to the current situation where they usually get most of the turrets 80% done, but not a single one is actually complete/worth a damn.

i've played 793 hours of ai wars so far (according to steam) and the current engineer behaviour has been a source of personal frustration since i started my first game.

also i'd love a button that makes the engineers focus on the cheapest building first instead of the most expensive as well as an option to make my engineers drop whatever they are doing in order to fix a friendly champion in the same system and then return to their previous work schedule or FRD order

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
Nov 15, 2010 2:02 pm Winter Born New Issue
Nov 15, 2010 2:03 pm Winter Born Relationship added related to 0001367
Nov 24, 2010 9:47 am ArcDM Note Added: 0004381
Dec 4, 2010 10:41 pm Chris_McElligottPark Status new => considering
Dec 8, 2010 8:30 am Winter Born Relationship added related to 0000313
Dec 8, 2010 8:39 am Winter Born Note Added: 0005593
Dec 8, 2010 8:52 am Winter Born Note Edited: 0005593
Dec 8, 2010 8:56 am Winter Born Note Edited: 0005593
Jan 9, 2013 7:54 pm SerthVarnee Note Added: 0029698