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Offline Ramsar

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Load fleet into transports evenly
« on: February 25, 2011, 05:18:06 pm »
Is there a way to order a fleet to load up into a group of transports automatically (and even better, also evenly)?

Edit: Apparently it can be done using auto-load in the alt-right click context menu (by coincidence this mantis issue was posted today: http://www.arcengames.com/mantisbt/view.php?id=2957)
« Last Edit: February 25, 2011, 05:21:00 pm by Ramsar »

Offline BobTheJanitor

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Re: Load fleet into transports evenly
« Reply #1 on: February 25, 2011, 05:20:07 pm »
1. Select fleet.

2. Ctrl + right click blank space

3. Select 'auto load' (or something like that, I forget the exact command but it's pretty obvious.)

4. ???

5. Profit

6. Make fun of me for using tired internet memes.

Offline Ramsar

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Re: Load fleet into transports evenly
« Reply #2 on: February 25, 2011, 05:22:59 pm »
Does this auto-load split the fleet evenly, or is it first come first serve (so the fast ships get loaded en masse in the first couple of transports)?

And a related question: can you cancel the unloading of a transport while there are still units unloading?
« Last Edit: February 25, 2011, 05:24:50 pm by Ramsar »

Offline BobTheJanitor

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Re: Load fleet into transports evenly
« Reply #3 on: February 25, 2011, 06:14:10 pm »
I think it splits them pretty evenly, but I'm not where I can test it out just now. I also don't think you can cancel unloading until it's done, but I'm not entirely sure on that either. I do have painful memories of unloading transports on hostile worlds and realizing suddenly that that was a bad idea and desperately trying to load everything back in while the transport keeps unloading. Feels like bailing water out of a sinking ship. Eventually all the ships die, though, so the problem solves itself.  :-[

Offline Ramsar

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Re: Load fleet into transports evenly
« Reply #4 on: February 25, 2011, 06:18:34 pm »
I also don't think you can cancel unloading until it's done, but I'm not entirely sure on that either. I do have painful memories of unloading transports on hostile worlds and realizing suddenly that that was a bad idea and desperately trying to load everything back in while the transport keeps unloading. Feels like bailing water out of a sinking ship. Eventually all the ships die, though, so the problem solves itself.  :-[
I've faced that situation when I overdid a raiding strikeforce and the raiding target was already destroyed while not even half of my units left the transport => chaotic right clicking followed, not helped by the fact that on these moments the transport's 'right click loading sweet spot' seemed unfindable  :)
« Last Edit: February 25, 2011, 06:22:52 pm by Ramsar »