x3tc . need help with tl working for my hub
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x3tc . need help with tl working for my hub
Hi, this is my first post ( just registered) so im sorry if this is the wrong section of the site, and im sorry for this crappy name figured no one would have taken it ... so pls call me Dan . my problem is the following:
i have a ore mine, a silicon mine and a hub with a crystal fab,cahoona bakery (x2) ,cattle ranch (x2),solar powerplant L and a lasertower factory (for now just for personal use).
i use 4 tl , 1 each for the silicon and ore mine an and 2 for the hub. all set to the appropriat homebase, i set them all to manual trade run because when i tried buy for best price , the two mining tl started going for other sectors , although i have all prices set to the lowest and my solar fac. makes enough Ecells for everything i have built so far. problem with manual trade is, that they stop trading once the hub is filled with ore etc. and it is quite annoying to restart manual trading all the time, while i hunt some m6 etc.
thanks in advance.
Dan
i have a ore mine, a silicon mine and a hub with a crystal fab,cahoona bakery (x2) ,cattle ranch (x2),solar powerplant L and a lasertower factory (for now just for personal use).
i use 4 tl , 1 each for the silicon and ore mine an and 2 for the hub. all set to the appropriat homebase, i set them all to manual trade run because when i tried buy for best price , the two mining tl started going for other sectors , although i have all prices set to the lowest and my solar fac. makes enough Ecells for everything i have built so far. problem with manual trade is, that they stop trading once the hub is filled with ore etc. and it is quite annoying to restart manual trading all the time, while i hunt some m6 etc.
thanks in advance.
Dan
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Welcome!
Welcome to TC, Dan!! It sounds like you mean TS, or freighter.
Manual trade means that you do each trade run yourself. The
TS stops after each assigned mission.
You are doing well to have a hub for your personal use. But a lot of us get more out of our first hub. We put a nice little hub into the Unknown between New Income and Montelaar, and put a Spacefuel or Spaceweed Complex, selling to all and make a lot of $, in addition to having our own little personal base. All the things you have in yours you can get easily outside.
To get more out of your TS, you can put Trade 3 software on it and make it an independant trader. Trade 1 and 2 gives you trading choices under your own control.
You can get Commodity software and create traders that work from your own complex.
When you have questions, come on back and ask here. It's a complex game, and we all started where you are, so we know how confusing it can be.
Welcome, Dan!
Manual trade means that you do each trade run yourself. The
TS stops after each assigned mission.
You are doing well to have a hub for your personal use. But a lot of us get more out of our first hub. We put a nice little hub into the Unknown between New Income and Montelaar, and put a Spacefuel or Spaceweed Complex, selling to all and make a lot of $, in addition to having our own little personal base. All the things you have in yours you can get easily outside.
To get more out of your TS, you can put Trade 3 software on it and make it an independant trader. Trade 1 and 2 gives you trading choices under your own control.
You can get Commodity software and create traders that work from your own complex.
When you have questions, come on back and ask here. It's a complex game, and we all started where you are, so we know how confusing it can be.
Welcome, Dan!
Bill in S.F., enjoying the game
thanks for the quick replies and the welcome
yeah i have my hub set up in that unknown sector. and my intention for this first hub,was to make my own Ecells , my main intention is to make space fuel/weed fac. next, this way they will have the Ecells they need in the same sector
and i already have trading software mk3 on all of my freightors (sorry for the tl missunderstanding )
Thanks for the tip with the sector jump setting, working fine so far
Dan
Edit: can i acually rename the sector?
cheers.
Dan
yeah i have my hub set up in that unknown sector. and my intention for this first hub,was to make my own Ecells , my main intention is to make space fuel/weed fac. next, this way they will have the Ecells they need in the same sector
and i already have trading software mk3 on all of my freightors (sorry for the tl missunderstanding )
Thanks for the tip with the sector jump setting, working fine so far
Dan
Edit: can i acually rename the sector?
cheers.
Dan
I have not heard of a way to rename sectors.
Do not put trading software MK 3 on all of your traders. Just the ones you want to act independently. It is too expensive.
A better choice is the Commodity Logistics Software 1 and 2. Setting the TS up as a Commercial Representitive(sp) will allow the ship to collect all of the wares the station needs with a single ship, and after it levels a few times, the ship will also sell wares for the best price.
Look in the stickies at the top of the forum for a guide on how to use the software.
http://forum.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php? ... 8c7f67a9c5
Do not put trading software MK 3 on all of your traders. Just the ones you want to act independently. It is too expensive.
A better choice is the Commodity Logistics Software 1 and 2. Setting the TS up as a Commercial Representitive(sp) will allow the ship to collect all of the wares the station needs with a single ship, and after it levels a few times, the ship will also sell wares for the best price.
Look in the stickies at the top of the forum for a guide on how to use the software.
http://forum.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php? ... 8c7f67a9c5
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Best Steam DiD death: Fly into a TL repeatatly while repairing it
Best Steam DiD death: Fly into a TL repeatatly while repairing it
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Don't worry about that one. They will find you. Besides the $, this will help improve your standing with the pirates, since there is a very small rep boost with every transaction.
Bill in S.F., enjoying the game
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