Description
| This window allows you to configure a construction queue. A construction queue is a list of items that you want to have a planet or ship construct. These items can be ships, facilities, units, or upgrades to existing facilities. The items in the list will be constructed in order from top to bottom. The time it takes to construct each item is based on the rate of the construction queue. | ||
Controls
| Construction Items | Lists the items that you can add to your construction queue. The items displayed are dependent on the tab button selection on the right. Left-click on an item in this list to add it to the Construction Queue List. Different types of items are separated in the list by headers. You can move your pointer over items in the list to see a mini-report on the item displayed below. You can use this mini-report to get an idea of how long it will take to construct something. | |
| Construction Queue |
This section displays information about the current ship or planet which has the construction queue. All planets have a construction queue by default, and ships can have a construction queue if they have a space yard component. This section displays a picture of the ship or planet, its name, the amount of cargo space available, the number of facilities present (only valid for planets), and the current rate of this construction queue. The rate of the construction queue determines how many resources per month (turn) can be used to build new items. For example, if the construction queue has a rate of 2000, and an item costs 6000, then it will take approximately 3 turns to complete the item. This also depends that your empire has the resources available to supply the construction queue each turn. |
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| Construction Queue List | This is the actual list portion of the construction queue. It lists all of the items which are currently "queued" up to be constructed. The item at the top of the list is the one currently being worked on. You can have as many items in your construction queue as you want. If however, you try to add more facilities into the list then the planet can support, you will get a warning message. If you left-click on an item in this list, it will be removed from the construction queue. You can also move your pointer over items to see a mini-report on the item displayed below. | |
| Item Details | This section shows a mini-report about the items above as you move your pointer over them. It lists the name of the item, a brief description, the total cost of the item, and the total time it will take to construct at this location (based on the rate of the construction queue). If this is the first item in the Construction Queue List, then the actual time remaining will be shown in parenthesis. |
| Ships | This selection will cause the Construction Items list to display all of your current ship designs. This tab button is only available if you have a space yard on this ship or planet. | |
| Facilities | This selection will cause the Construction Items list to display all of the facilities that your empire can build. This tab button is only available if this is a planet. | |
| Units | This selection will cause the Construction Items list to display all of your current unit designs. When you add a unit design to your construction queue, you will be prompted to select how many units you would like to construct. | |
| Upgrades | This selection will cause the Construction Items list to display all of the possible upgrades for this construction queue. Upgrades are only available if you have a facility on this planet which is older than your current technology. In the Construction Items list, the newer facility will be displayed. Adding an upgrade will cost a percentage of the total cost of all of the new facilities, and when completed, will automatically change all of the old facilities to the new facilities. | |
| Only Latest | This option will restrict the Construction Items list to only display the most advanced version of each item. So for example, if you have research and discovered the Mineral Miner Facility I, and the Mineral Miner Facility II, then with this option on, you will only see the Mineral Miner Facility II in the list. | |
| Emergency Build | This option will put your construction queue into an "emergency build mode". While in "emergency build mode", your construction queue will produce at double its normal rate. You can leave this option on for up to 10 turns. When you turn it off, or the 10 turns are reached, your construction queue will go into "slow mode" for the same number of turns that is was in "emergency mode". While in "slow mode" the construction queue will produce at half of its normal rate. | |
| Repeat Build | This option causes your construction queue to repeat the top item in the list. The top item will be repeated indefinitely. | |
| Queue On Hold | This option puts your construction queue on hold. The item currently under construction will be paused until you turn this option off. This is typically used when you want to lower your overall costs, but don't want to actually delete the items in your construction queues. You can just put them on hold to stop your costs, and them start them up again when you have the resources. | |
| Set Move To | Selecting this button will display the Select Waypoint Window. If you select a waypoint, all new constructions made at this construction queue will automatically move towards that waypoint. | |
| Clear Move To | This button will clear any Move To orders you have for this Construction Queue. | |
| Fill Queue | This button will display the Select Queue Type Window. If you select a queue type, your construction queue will have the items from this queue type added to it. You can also use this window to define a new queue type based on your current construction queue. | |
| Clear Queue | Pressing this button will remove all of the items from your construction queue. | |
| Reorder Queue | This button will display the Reorder Window. You can use this window to change the order of the items in your construction queue. | |
| Close | Closes this window and returns you to either the Main Window or the Construction Queues Window. |
| See Construction Queues for more details. |