Colony Ships not always responding |
Hi, Players,
I just discovered this game and have been playing the Demo for a couple of days - love it! 
Full game is ordered and should arrive Monday (day after tomorrow).
In the meanwhile, I'm learning from the Demo and have hit a small problem. Even though I have the correct colony type ship available, they sometimes do not respond to orders to colonize.
What makes it really confusing is the fact they usually do but then will stop for SEVERAL turns. For example (again, with correct ships available), I can go into the "Planet's List", select a planet, click on "Colonize" - and nothing happens. Go and physically look at my ship and it's simply sitting there AND with moves remaining (and no current orders). If I select the ship manually, click "Colonize" from the menu in the lower right screen and then click on the target planet, still nothing happens.
However, if I select the ship and click on a location a few hex away, I'll often get a message "Cannot Load Cargo" (or something similar - though I've given no cargo commands - it will usually move and THEN I can manually send it to the planet.
Anyone had this problem? (I looked through the forums and didn't see it anywhere - apologies if it's there and I missed it.)
Re: Colony Ships not always responding
The colony module is a cargo hold for people. The colony ship will load population from whatever planet it is orbiting, and then deposit the people as it turns an empty world into a colony, giving the colony its initial population.
A couple of things are necessary for the colonize order to work.
First, the colony ship must either have population in cargo already, or be orbiting a planet from which it can acquire such cargo.
Second, it cannot have orders already. If it is in Sentry mode, or under other orders already, it won't go to colonize.
colonize order automaticly
colonize order automaticly gives the ship a load population order, which is why it can't load cargo from space, and you're getting the "cannot Load Cargo".
I'm not sure why it's not working for you though.
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