Auto Design bug?

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Hi Guys,

I'm just easing myself back into GalCiv 2 and I'm unsure if this is a bug or not. Basically I was working my way up the Laser tech tree and I opended the Battle Axe M4 which had a lot of firepower for its class. When I built one, it had 12 lasers mounted on it. The thing is, when I try and replicate this by building my own version of the Battle Axe I can only fit 10 lasers on it.

I just upgraded to the M5 and it has 7 Particle beams(III) and two shields(I) yet when I try and build it manually I can only fit 6 beams on it.

Any ideas?  :)

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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Its a known bug since at least two partches but stardock didnt managed to fix it yet.

The designer sometimes puts more compenents on a ship than allowed. if you upgrade such ships you should see at the upper right that the ship is oversized.
Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I thought it was being a bit tricksy ;)
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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top
You should stick to the auto-designed ships since I think the same bugs affect the AI and thus they would have much more powerful ships than you if you design your own.
Reply #4 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
You know how, as you use larger and larger hulls, the components take up slightly more space?

Autodesigned ships aren't affected by that. All their components take up as much space as they would on a self-designed tiny ship.
Reply #5 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
You know how, as you use larger and larger hulls, the components take up slightly more space?

Autodesigned ships aren't affected by that. All their components take up as much space as they would on a self-designed tiny ship.
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That may be an explanation, since the bug mostly happens to bigger hulls.

You should stick to the auto-designed ships since I think the same bugs affect the AI and thus they would have much more powerful ships than you if you design your own.
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Are you sure about that? i never saw the ai use overpowered designs. but they start with an minutarization bonus on higher difficult levels.
Reply #6 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
So does anyone know if this happens in every game? Doesnt the AI get uber designs?
Seeing as how theres very little complaining about this bug on the forum, I wonder, do people just settle for the core designs and dont design their own ships?
Designing your own must surely make em ~50% less efficient when compared to the crazy designs the auto-designer pumps out (+50-70% more efficient)?