Remains Rebuilder BUG

[Ragnarok]

When you order the construction of a remains rebuilder and shift shift/strg+v in order to get it into autoassist right from the beginning, it will not work.
Basicly, you have to FRD him again once he is constructed. This must be a bug, because it works with stock engineers. Its really really annoying. Please fix.

[Diazo]

This does not match what I'm seeing, at least as I understand your issue.

I do not know of a way to build a remains rebuilder in FRD but I will begin construction and then select the rebuilders while under construction and I am able to FRD them even though they are still under construction and they will be in FRD mode once built.

D.

[Cinth]

Same here D.

Even on an AI planet, I could pause place and set FRD then let it construct and have the builders be in FRD mode.

[TechSY730]

Can you try this with "Make Multi-Planet FRD Patrol" in the controls menu off (or if you have it off, turn it on)?

I have encountered behavior like this from normal engineers when this control was turned on.

[Ragnarok]

Sorry, If you dont know how to build in FRD mode, why bother posting on this issue -_-


I will tell you how to construct in FRD.

Select your command station.
Select engineer.
Hold SHIFT CTRL and V and left click.
THe game will build 5 (CTRL) Engineers. When they are constructed, they will FRD immediatly. Because they were ordered construction while holding V.



Do the same with Remains Rebuilder.
They will Idle once constructed, unlik Engineers.
I havent tried Tech's suggestion yet.

[Minotaar]

Not sure where you got the idea that holding V while building does anything, because I just tried it and it doesn't. You probably just have the engi auto-frd toggle on, but that includes rebuilders. That said, I think from time to time I had problems with rebuilders not being on FRD when I thought they were supposed to be, so maybe there is something going on.

[Draco18s]

Yeah, V doesn't do anything.

[Hearteater]

Yeah, that's just Auto-FRD Engineers in the CTRLS menu under Galaxy Settings.  Constructing with V doesn't do anything.

[Ragnarok]

This is not correct.
When i issue a single or a stack of engineers without holding V, they will idle / aid only stuff in range without moving, but they will not roam around the system, unlike holding V while issueing the construction.

[Hearteater]

Are you talking about building the engineers themselves?  Or when you order the engineers to do something (like assist a Space Dock)?  Giving an engineer orders and holding down V does put them into FRD mode.  As does just holding down V and clicking on empty space.  But when you first place engineers, they should be in normal (non-pink) mode regardless of what you did with the V key.  Although if I recall you might be able to give engineers currently being built orders that put them into FRD mode.

But for most people, just turning on Auto-FRD Engineers is far easier.  Its rare when you don't want them in FRD.

[Draco18s]

Its rare when you don't want them in FRD.

Playstyle.  I almost never put my engineers in FRD.

[Hearteater]

That's why I said most people .

[Cinth]

Although if I recall you might be able to give engineers currently being built orders that put them into FRD mode.

This is true. And helpful when you have engineers supporting a beachhead.

[Diazo]

Heh.

Another for the Non-FRD crowd here.

I would love a per-system setting for this. I want engineers and remains rebuilders in my homeworld to FRD but I don't want them on FRD in my captured systems.

I end up leaving it off and just manually FRDing the engineers in my homworld when I notice they've been destroying and then rebuilt by the "keep X engineers in system" setting.

D.

[TechSY730]

Heh.

Another for the Non-FRD crowd here.

I would love a per-system setting for this. I want engineers and remains rebuilders in my homeworld to FRD but I don't want them on FRD in my captured systems.

I end up leaving it off and just manually FRDing the engineers in my homworld when I notice they've been destroying and then rebuilt by the "keep X engineers in system" setting.

D.

I'm in the auto-FRD crowd, and I would also like a per-planet override for this. Most of the time, I want auto-FRD, but occasionally, due to strange circumstances, I will want some of my planets not to auto-FRD.