Re: Routes in standard Galaxy

From: Jim Woodward <jimw@wt.net>

Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 00:00:00 +0000

I just wanted to clarify this with the earlier mail I sent - The Nope
answer Steve gives below is true as long as no route at all is ever set to
the planet the haulers arrive at after the route is turned off from the
originating planet.  If however you set a route to the planet just before
the hauler arrives from any planet you own it will autounload.  I believe
what happens is that the game engine just checks when a hauler arrives to
see if any route is set to that palnet for the cargo type it is carrying -
it does not care if it is set from the planet the hauling ship arrives from
at all.

Steve Pritchard wrote:

> Brian Greenfield <$980329$@dtseven.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
> <897513933.29922.0.nnrp-02.9e98f345@news.demon.co.uk>...
> >If I ROUTE a ship loaded with COL to an empty planet, and it takes
> >many turns to get there, will the ship auto-unload if I change the
> >originating planets ROUTE before the ship arrives?
>
> Nope.
>
> >Supplemental question, or, another way of asking the same thing: If I
> >SEND a loaded colony ship to the same planet, and later (but before
> >the ship arrives) set a COL route from the correct planet, will the
> >ship auto-unload.
>
> Yep.
>
> >Basically, does a ship "know" that it's been sent on a route, or is it
> >just that the route has to exist when the ship arrives?
>
> It checks on arrival.

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References

Routes in standard Galaxy
$980329$@dtseven.demon.co.uk (Brian Greenfield)
Wed, 10 Jun 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Routes in standard Galaxy
"Steve Pritchard" <steve@spelbind.demon.co.uk>
Thu, 11 Jun 1998 00:00:00 +0000

Referenced By

Routes in standard Galaxy
$980329$@dtseven.demon.co.uk (Brian Greenfield)
Wed, 10 Jun 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Routes in standard Galaxy
"Steve Pritchard" <steve@spelbind.demon.co.uk>
Thu, 11 Jun 1998 00:00:00 +0000