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[Akhier the Dragon hearted]

As advice if the bottom buttons are cut off when you set the task bar to auto hide it may show just enough to see some of the line of buttons next in line, This means you have access to the copy design and rename design buttons so I just get it to the size to make a new class and make a ton of empty ones then close the window and open it again so that none of the stuff looks wonkey on the class ceation screen.

[Tarran]

Unfortunately, Windows 7 tries to "help" by not allowing me to move that 50ish pixel top bar above the top of the screen

Believe it or not, Vista does not have that problem.

Vista is ok after you fix a crapload of stuff, but its still is worse than XP in many ways, at-least Vista has some new features, still, if my XP's specs was better I would be using it instead of this Vista, its just Vista does not suck as much as you think once you fix Microsoft's crap.



and I feel your pain Grendus, my screen is 1440x900, I'm wider than I need, and I'm shorter than I need.

[Eduren]

Makes me glad that my screen is exactly 1280*1024.

[Tarran]

Makes me glad that my screen is exactly 1280*1024.

You're not helping.

[Eduren]

 

[Grendus]

Question: If you give civilians a ship with hyperdrive, will they use it once they get outside of the hyper limit? Would you have to set up waypoints?

[Duelmaster409]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

To make the window show all of the buttons in a lower resolution screen I have found the combined use of SDesk and ResizeEnable to work. First have both of the programs open and using SDesk go to the bottom of the area by pressing Shift + ctrl + alt + the numpads 2, now open Aurora like you normally would and when you get to a window with cut off buttons such as shown in this picture where the bottom row of buttons in the Class Design window are cut:


Now press Shift + ctrl + alt + up arrow key to gradually move up in the SDesk's bigger area, depending some of the screens in the background may or may not follow this but as along as the screen with the cut off buttons is not maximized then it should stay still as shown Here:


Next just move the screen so that it is higher on the screen then before by just about how much it is show in this picture give or take some:


Now press Shift + ctrl + alt + numpad's 2 and the screen should look like this about:


The next step is to grab the bottom of the window and drag it up a fraction so that the window changes just a little but don't let go:


Now you can drag it down to about the bottom of the screen and let go. The window will resize itself some and appear like in this image with the missing buttons visible:


As a note this may re-size it weird and can be hit or miss so if it does not quite look right(the above is the average) close the window and open it again and retry. You only have one try at the resizing unless you do close it and any resizing after the first will only change the proportions not where stuff is if you don't

This is what I do to make it work for me on my vista laptop. uses ResizeEnable and SDesk.

I am quoting my quote for you oh troubled one! It should work for sides getting cut off just as well as the bottom but maybe not, you never know with computers.

Sorry but this just horribly is unclear and doesn't make sense. I tried forcing a higher resolution on my monitor but it doesn't like that and refused to display anything for an hour until I managed to fix it.

EDIT: I actually did follow your steps as accurately as possible but I couldn't replicate what you were doing there.

[Grendus]

I know there was a window that lets you search for specific minerals in systems, but can't find it. Anyone know where it is? I'm running low on Sorium, I processed almost all of mine into fuel and now I need to make sure I have some for processing/construction. I need to find more so I can set up Alpha Centauri A-V as a refueling station.

My terraforming fleet is working wonders. Mars and Proxima Centauri A-II have both been terraformed. Mars is almost large enough to be a colonist source, and PCAII has finally begun to receive colonists. I've begun sucking the ammonia out of Alpha Centauri A-V. Once that's done I just need to pump in oxygen and some greenhouse gasses and it will be a viable colony like the others. Then I'm debating terraforming the other viable colonies in the system, might be interesting to have multiple colonies but at the same time getting the civilian companies to build civilian liners is already a nightmare, I really want to focus on getting way-colonies set up for exploring even further into deep space.

[Eduren]

I know there was a window that lets you search for specific minerals in systems, but can't find it. Anyone know where it is? I'm running low on Sorium, I processed almost all of mine into fuel and now I need to make sure I have some for processing/construction. I need to find more so I can set up Alpha Centauri A-V as a refueling station.

Economics window->Geo Status(its a button at the bottom.)

[Tarran]

Or, just select the Geological Survey button next to the Shipping Lines button next to the Sectors button.

[Peewee]

Serious question: How do you make ships USE the asteroid miner component?

The TG has "move to mineral site at Sol-A Asteroid #92" as the only plotted move.
Sol-A Asteroid #92 does have minerals on it, and the TG has been there for a while.

Spoiler: current ship and orders (click to show/hide)

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Bodie S class Asteroid Miner    13000 tons     198 Crew     1098.5 BP      TCS 260  TH 2500  EM 0
9615 km/s     Armour 1-49     Shields 0-0     Sensors 75/75/0/0     Damage Control Rating 1     PPV 0
Maint Capacity 53 MSP    Max Repair 312 MSP
Cargo 5000    Cargo Handling Multiplier 40   
Asteroid Miner: 1 module(s) producing 70 tons per mineral per annum

Photonic Drive E0.1 (2)    Power 1250    Fuel Use 1%    Signature 1250    Armour 0    Exp 1%
Fuel Capacity 50,000 Litres    Range 692.3 billion km   (833 days at full power)

Thermal Sensor TH1-75 (1)     Sensitivity 75     Detect Sig Strength 1000:  75m km
EM Detection Sensor EM1-75 (1)     Sensitivity 75     Detect Sig Strength 1000:  75m km

This design is classed as a commercial vessel for maintenance purposes

I have two Bodie S class ships in a task group.
That task group's orders:

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(default)Move to Mineral Source
(cond. A)If Fuel less than 30% then Refuel at Colony or Tanker within 4 jumps
(cond. B)If Supply Points less than 20% then Resupply at Colony or Supply Ship within 4 jumps

[forsaken1111]

I think that order is broken currently, I've never gotten it to work. I just use automated mines.

[Journier]

How do you make ships USE the asteroid miner component?

They automatically begin mining when around a asteroid/comet. So i dont follow your complaint.

I think that order is broken currently, I've never gotten it to work. I just use automated mines.

.... It definately isnt broken, I use it and my mining ships run from asteroid to asteroid all on their lonesome.

[forsaken1111]

Hm, when I set it (just tried it now) the asteroid mining TG just sits on earth and does nothing. Do you have to remove all non-miners from the TG?

[Journier]

Hm, when I set it (just tried it now) the asteroid mining TG just sits on earth and does nothing. Do you have to remove all non-miners from the TG?

That may be possible, I have built together asteroid mining ships that have 1 cargo bay. I dont bring different ships with.