Trade routes

[zarkwizard]

We realized the display wouldn't be right for the player at the last min, so we need to change the way it is calculated to display a correct result. We thought we would have been able to change it shortly after the servers went live, but due to obvious reasons we have had to put it as a lower priority. We are getting pretty close to having most of the issues ironed out and we'll be able to focus on some of the other server additions we wanted to get in.

Currently the actual result earned is calculated when you reach your destination, we need to move that to when you are at the source planet.

On a side note. You need to be in orbit of the other persons planet that you are trading with. When your harvester is in orbit you will see a trade icon. You will then set what world of yours you want to trade with. You can only have a 1:1 with any specific planet. So if you are trading from your homeworld to someone elses home world that connection can only exist once.

[JetJaguar2000]

On a side note. You need to be in orbit of the other persons planet that you are trading with. When your harvester is in orbit you will see a trade icon. You will then set what world of yours you want to trade with. You can only have a 1:1 with any specific planet. So if you are trading from your homeworld to someone elses home world that connection can only exist once.

This is obviously a key piece of information that is not at all clear from the tutorial ("It's just like harvesting except on a player's planet!"). I must have tried setting up a trade route like I would a harvesting route 10 times today, baffled as to why it was failing. This would explain it.

[fieryspoon]

So you can't start a trade route from your homeworld directly? You need to fly it to the destination first?

[ChickenHawk07]

^ That is correct.

[Space_Doogie]

This is obviously a key piece of information that is not at all clear from the tutorial ("It's just like harvesting except on a player's planet!").

Actually, I've found that if I set up my first route to a planet with the Trade icon, the other trade ships will not open a trade tab while in orbit. What I've done ,after the first route, is set all new routes as I would a harvesting route. I have yet to see any of those ships stop, though I haven't tried to keep an eye on how much each ship is trading(if any). I have noticed that my resources are stacking up a lot faster now!