Repeat orders

[Despiser]

Is it useful? Looks like some swear by it but the orders themselves are very limited, at least for 2 star pilots. The only one I often use is dock at my location, which I never repeat. Is there a minimum skill level for pilots to make use of it?

[Daleorn]

Something to keep in mind is that not all repeat orders will work with mimic commander for subordinates. Like you cant mimic a repeat trade order.

[Carlos Spicywiener]

Sometimes the repeat order can bug out. Had a trader shipping wafer chips back and forth for days. Loads from my silicone refinery and delivers to my tech station. Sometimes it will load the silicon and then just sit with the orange "cant find trade. ship inventory full" tag. Its like it loads the silicon then instead of bringing it back, it tries to grab it again and stops altogether

[conrado.lacerda]

Originally posted by Carlos Spicywiener:

Sometimes the repeat order can bug out. Had a trader shipping wafer chips back and forth for days. Loads from my silicone refinery and delivers to my tech station. Sometimes it will load the silicon and then just sit with the orange "cant find trade. ship inventory full" tag. Its like it loads the silicon then instead of bringing it back, it tries to grab it again and stops altogether

Usually that's because it can't find any buyers within the price range that you set, so it skips this step.

[trooperrob]

wierd, are you just doing one trade, because mine flips to the next order if it can't do the first

[Chico Rodriguez]

Repeat orders are nice until you need to send one of these ships in for upgrades or repairs. The option simply does not exist for such a chore when repeat orders are enabled, anymore. :( You have to completely remove repeat orders to do so, first. Then set them up all over again, afterwards.

[Despiser]

Originally posted by Prayermat Landmine:

Repeat orders are nice until you need to send one of these ships in for upgrades or repairs. The option simply does not exist for such a chore when repeat orders are enabled, anymore. :( You have to completely remove repeat orders to do so, first. Then set them up all over again, afterwards.

That's a good point. For me it's more important to automating trade than extra cash. I pull in sufficient cash using the random mod supply line series that keeps me busy. Guess I'm just a lazy spacefarer, no meta in my bloodlines.

[Chico Rodriguez]

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Originally posted by Despiser:

Originally posted by Prayermat Landmine:

Repeat orders are nice until you need to send one of these ships in for upgrades or repairs. The option simply does not exist for such a chore when repeat orders are enabled, anymore. :( You have to completely remove repeat orders to do so, first. Then set them up all over again, afterwards.

That's a good point. For me it's more important to automating trade than extra cash. I pull in sufficient cash using the random mod supply line series that keeps me busy. Guess I'm just a lazy spacefarer, no meta in my bloodlines.

I mostly have my station managers direct goods distribution nowadays, unless I need to run a supply line to a distant station without access to resources. For that I'll use repeat orders on a few ships.

[seePyou]

Originally posted by Carlos Spicywiener:

Sometimes the repeat order can bug out. Had a trader shipping wafer chips back and forth for days. Loads from my silicone refinery and delivers to my tech station. Sometimes it will load the silicon and then just sit with the orange "cant find trade. ship inventory full" tag. Its like it loads the silicon then instead of bringing it back, it tries to grab it again and stops altogether

Several reasons for that:
a) you have told it to sell at your station at a price that is managed automatically and that price has now been undercut by the manager. It no longer can sell at this price or higher, so it cannot do anythihng, so it sits there with a cargo full
b) your factory is full so there is nothing it can sell to it anymore, so it sits there with its cargo full
c) the station has run out of operating money so it cannot be "paid" for the trade.

[Despiser]

Originally posted by Prayermat Landmine:

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Originally posted by Despiser:

That's a good point. For me it's more important to automating trade than extra cash. I pull in sufficient cash using the random mod supply line series that keeps me busy. Guess I'm just a lazy spacefarer, no meta in my bloodlines.

I mostly have my station managers direct goods distribution nowadays, unless I need to run a supply line to a distant station without access to resources. For that I'll use repeat orders on a few ships.

I finally figured out what most people are talking about with using repeat orders to buy and sell. By highlighting a ship and right clicking on a station you set up a trade route which in turn goes into the repeat orders queue. What an awkward patched together routine. I should (or someone with better knowledge) make a youtube video outlining the process. I just assumed that the orders would be in the, you know, orders tab? (They also go into the queue but mostly useless)
Now that I know it's uses, I will probably use them in the same capacity as you are like supplying stations with critical parts with a few ships.

[trooperrob]

It does (almost )make sense. The confusing bit is that you have to select repeat orders which removes the queue, rather than enter the repeat items, then select repeat orders.
I suppose it is because only certain tasks can be in repeat orders, and it would be more confusing to just delete half the queue then find the remaining orders don't make sense.

You have to understand how the programmers think, Which might not be the way you think....

[Despiser]

Originally posted by trooperrob:

It does (almost )make sense. The confusing bit is that you have to select repeat orders which removes the queue, rather than enter the repeat items, then select repeat orders.
I suppose it is because only certain tasks can be in repeat orders, and it would be more confusing to just delete half the queue then find the remaining orders don't make sense.

You have to understand how the programmers think, Which might not be the way you think....

I was a programmer in C, C++, assembly, basic and familiar with prologue, dbase and logo. That was back in the day when IT managers wrote much of the business software. My preferred way to organize is to avoid coding that you may regret later on when troubleshooting bugs. Don't get me wrong, I love the game and figuring out it's quirky ui is actually fun.

[seePyou]

Originally posted by Despiser:

Originally posted by Prayermat Landmine:

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I mostly have my station managers direct goods distribution nowadays, unless I need to run a supply line to a distant station without access to resources. For that I'll use repeat orders on a few ships.

I finally figured out what most people are talking about with using repeat orders to buy and sell. By highlighting a ship and right clicking on a station you set up a trade route which in turn goes into the repeat orders queue. What an awkward patched together routine. I should (or someone with better knowledge) make a youtube video outlining the process. I just assumed that the orders would be in the, you know, orders tab? (They also go into the queue but mostly useless)
Now that I know it's uses, I will probably use them in the same capacity as you are like supplying stations with critical parts with a few ships.

Ask and you shall receive:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RWFXUW_qWA

[Despiser]

Originally posted by seePyou:

Originally posted by Despiser:

I finally figured out what most people are talking about with using repeat orders to buy and sell. By highlighting a ship and right clicking on a station you set up a trade route which in turn goes into the repeat orders queue. What an awkward patched together routine. I should (or someone with better knowledge) make a youtube video outlining the process. I just assumed that the orders would be in the, you know, orders tab? (They also go into the queue but mostly useless)
Now that I know it's uses, I will probably use them in the same capacity as you are like supplying stations with critical parts with a few ships.

Ask and you shall receive:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RWFXUW_qWA

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