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Shipyard on startup

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not sure if it would be hard to do, but I know a lot of people are having fun just making ships and adding all the extras to them. and I look at the file with all the ships I've designed so far and its really accumulating. So maybe it would be possible to add the shipyard as a choice on the main menu at start up so people could just design a ship without getting into a game, and it could have every ship design, so that old models or designs you dont like can be permanently deleted. Then also, maybe a check box to save certain base, blinged out hulls that will be present at the start of every new game, that way you can just add weapons or anything else to that design, saving time and designs you like to use. just an idea, if anyone likes it let me know, maybe stardock will read this.

by the way. great game.
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top
I like you ideas, but there are some workarounds you can use till when/if your suggestions are every implemented.

You can start the Battle of Gods Scenario and have all techs available right away. You can then create and save designs for other games.

You can already save the base blinged hulls as you suggest. Call the prototype something like Frigate I, or Frigate Prototype or whatever, then when you add weapons and so on in the game, call them Frigate Ia or whatever.

Tony
Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top
how do you save hulls ?@?@
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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top
alright well I'll keep that in mind. I didnt know the battle of the gods scenario gave you all the tech. I'll have to try that. But still I'm hoping stardock will say something. a base shipyard would make things easier, for designing and deleting old designs that pile up. It would also open the ship designing up without having to open a game.
Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top
Great idea Josh. I had mentioned the same before I learned about the BOG scenario.

If possible I would also like to have the ability to delete and add hardpoints when designing with the basic design always reverting to default. Some of the current hardpoints are faulty.

Like you I would still like to see a shipyard option. Seems like it would be easy, but what do I know.
Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top
I like the idea stated previously.

It would be great to be able to save a ship's base hull (Bling and basic Hull design) but it would remove all the modules. So no matter what game you were in, you could just open up your saved ship, throw on your current tech, and bam your good to go.
Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top
Here's a way you can save a basic hull. In this example we will use the Terrans and just do a couple of tiny and small hulls:

Open a new game and pass up all the preliminaries to go directly to the ship yard. Click on new and choose one of the tiny hulls. There will be no weapons but all the attachments are there. Design the hull as you wish and save it as "tiny hull 1" do the same with the other tiny hull and the 3 small hulls available giving each a unique name. Quit the game.

When you start a new game the hulls you designed will be immediately available since they have no weapons that require more tech. When the first weapons tech becomes available (lets say it's laser) go to the ship yard select the "tiny hull 1" design and click upgrade. The hull will appear in the design window and you can put weapons on it. Give it a new name (laser fighter MK 1) and save it.

As long as you like the original design you made, you can add weapons and defense as it becomes available and as long as you use a new name your original basic will remain. If you decide later that you want to change the basic design make a complketely new design and give it the same name as your basic ("tiny hull 1") and the computer will overwrite it and you will have a new basic design.
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