Re: Galaxy Option Requested

From: markhof@ls12r.informatik.uni-dortmund.de (Ingolf Markhof)

Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 09:12:21 +0000

In article <1ggfruINN4gp@darkstar.UCSC.EDU>, sutin@helios.ucsc.edu (Brian Sutin) writes:
|> I would like to se the following option available in Galaxy:
|>
|> O AutoUnload
|>
|> which when set would cause groups carrying cargo to automatically unload
|> cargo upon arrival at a planet owned by the player regardless of the
|> existence of a route.
|>
|> Each turn I send each group by a separate set of orders, and create a route
|> from an arbitrary planet so that the group unloads on arrival.  This seems
|> a bit silly to me.
|>
|> This option would have no effect on play during the game, since AutoUnload
|> would have no effect at uninhabited or alien planets, and a route would then
|> be required.

So, if you want to have the "auto-unload" feature for you colonies, only, you
can simply use a route from a planet to itself, e.g.,

R Terra COL Terra

will ensure that all COLs on ships at Terra will be unloaded, automatically.
This works for CAP and MAT, too.

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References

Galaxy Option Requested
sutin@helios.ucsc.edu (Brian Sutin)
Sun, 13 Dec 1992 23:09:50 +0000