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RE: MicroManagement Let's Play - 3/1/2013 7:09:23 PM   
Antiscamp


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Status: offline 		I've now watched the whole series. It was a splendid ride, for sure, and it was interesting and fun all the way through. I learned a lot from you that I've noted I've been applying to my own game now too. Thanks, StarLab, for doing this LP, and I hope to see more soon, as I believe I've said.

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RE: MicroManagement Let's Play - 3/1/2013 7:22:25 PM   
StarLab


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ORIGINAL: Antiscamp

I've now watched the whole series. It was a splendid ride, for sure, and it was interesting and fun all the way through. I learned a lot from you that I've noted I've been applying to my own game now too. Thanks, StarLab, for doing this LP, and I hope to see more soon, as I believe I've said.


Good stuff! Thanks!

Admittedly, things got a little disorganized near the end as I was intent on bringing the series to a close at that point.

Doing that LP has really made me sit back and review how I'm doing things. The comments that were made were great in pointing out some of my shortcomings and have already improved my game.

I will be doing another LP but likely won't be for a bit.


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RE: MicroManagement Let's Play - 5/7/2013 9:09:06 PM   
tylertoo

 

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Status: offline 		Larry: thanks for doing this micromanagement series. I have just started working my way through it in order to learn to play with automation off. I've only played DW with high amounts of automation.

I'm currently only on part two. I'm taking detailed notes on your approach. Its a great help.

You manually turn automation off on newly-created ships. At one point you say that players can set it so new ships arrive with auto off. How do you do this? Why don't you do this, if you want to micromanage?

Also, is there a way to get a pop-up message when a ship has no mission, so they're not sitting around?

Thanks!

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RE: MicroManagement Let's Play - 5/7/2013 9:36:44 PM   
Bingeling

 

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Status: offline 		There is an option page under the menu (hit escape in game, or look for a button up left).

That is the original game options. There you have on the main page a list of events and how to display them. Look if ship complete is one you can make more noisy.

On the same option page, there is a link to "Empire Options" or similar approximately midway through. This has some nicely hidden options for default stances, attack overmatch, popup suppression, and what you ask for - newly built ships starting automated.

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RE: MicroManagement Let's Play - 5/8/2013 1:54:57 AM   
tylertoo

 

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RE: MicroManagement Let's Play - 5/8/2013 1:57:09 PM   
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ORIGINAL: tylertoo

Larry: thanks for doing this micromanagement series. I have just started working my way through it in order to learn to play with automation off. I've only played DW with high amounts of automation.

I'm currently only on part two. I'm taking detailed notes on your approach. Its a great help.

You manually turn automation off on newly-created ships. At one point you say that players can set it so new ships arrive with auto off. How do you do this? Why don't you do this, if you want to micromanage?

Also, is there a way to get a pop-up message when a ship has no mission, so they're not sitting around?

Thanks!

Thanks for watching!

I see Bingeling answered your questions. (Thanks Bing!) I did gloss over some things that I should have talked about more, I think. Although, I did get some comments from a few saying they preferred that I didn't explain every little thing.


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