0021798: Suggestion: Queue Load/Unload order with shift-L and shift-U - Arcen Idea Tracker (Bugs and Features)

ID	Project	Category		Date Submitted	Last Update

0021798	AI War 2	GUI		Oct 13, 2019 2:00 am	Jan 11, 2021 5:11 pm

Reporter	Asteroid	Assigned To	Chris_McElligottPark
Status	resolved	Resolution	fixed
Product Version	0.900 Custom Fleets With Empty Slots
Fixed in Version	2.715 Unload Queuing

Summary	0021798: Suggestion: Queue Load/Unload order with shift-L and shift-U
Description	All that's missing to make cross-planet orders perfect is to be able to plan in advance where your fleet will unload and load. As in "go to this specific point in this system, then unload, then destroy the warp gate, then load, then come back to this other system".
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Chris_McElligottPark Oct 14, 2019 1:16 pm administrator ~0053650	Originally I was thinking this wasn't possible, same with queuing up going into pursuit mode. But now I think I have a good idea on how to handle this.

Bummeri Oct 23, 2019 2:40 pm reporter ~0053866	This would be great!

Asteroid Oct 23, 2019 6:23 pm reporter ~0053900	I guess that if we add the ability to queue a load, what we really want is that the fleet waits until it's fully loaded before proceeding on to the next order, otherwise a ton of ships might be left behind in a long trail that tries to catch up and get slaughtered. Queuing unload is likely easier to implement because it's instant.

Chris_McElligottPark Jan 11, 2021 5:11 pm administrator ~0060282	Thanks! * Something we had thought was not really going to be possible in the game, now is implemented: the queuing of some certain kinds of orders after movement, attack, traverse-wormhole, or whatever. The new commands that are supported basically use any of the existing buttons or hotkeys as usual, but you hold shift to append them to the end of the commands you already have in place. If you have no commands queued up already, then it will just do the thing immediately. Unload Transport * So for instance, give a some move orders to a distant planet, and at the end of that keep holding shift and press U (or click the interface button. The transport will unload when it gets there. * Note that Load Transport is NOT supported. This requires all of the ships to actually get loaded properly in, potentially from other planets, and the checking for that is both really complicated and also hopefully a far less common case. Set Pursuit Mode on or off Set Attack-Move Mode on or off Set Stop-To-Shoot Mode on or of So, for instance you can give some regular move orders to one side of a planet, then give a regular attack order, then have it turn on (or off) attack-move mode. * We can't think of any use cases for turning off a mode like this at a destination, but it is possible. * We also can't really think of any use cases for turning ON a mode like this at a destination, because ships will follow your direct move and attack orders even when in attack-move mode, which is functionally identical to the use case here. But it does exist now, in cases it's useful. ** The ability to unload transports at the destination is a big deal, at any rate, since there was no way to have that happen in an automated fashion before.

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
Oct 13, 2019 2:00 am	Asteroid	New Issue
Oct 14, 2019 1:16 pm	Chris_McElligottPark	Note Added: 0053650
Oct 23, 2019 2:40 pm	Bummeri	Note Added: 0053866
Oct 23, 2019 6:23 pm	Asteroid	Note Added: 0053900
Dec 17, 2019 9:44 am	RocketAssistedPuffin	Relationship added	related to 0022375
Jan 11, 2021 5:11 pm	Chris_McElligottPark	Assigned To	=> Chris_McElligottPark
Jan 11, 2021 5:11 pm	Chris_McElligottPark	Status	new => resolved
Jan 11, 2021 5:11 pm	Chris_McElligottPark	Resolution	open => fixed
Jan 11, 2021 5:11 pm	Chris_McElligottPark	Fixed in Version	=> 2.715 Unload Queuing
Jan 11, 2021 5:11 pm	Chris_McElligottPark	Note Added: 0060282