Wishlist: Idle Engineers able to start building planned structures

from AshesoftheSingularity Forums

Just a little something that could go a long way: When I select and engineer and then shift-click a certain amount of structures to build, it starts chipping away at each building one at a time. The planned buildings in that engineer's queue show up as a blue placeholder of what the building will be. However, I can't then select another idle engineer and right-click the blue (planned) buildings to start construction. Has this been brought up at all or is there an easy way around it?

I know you can select multiple engineers and they all split up when you set out a queue of planned buildings, but the flexibility of being able to add in another engineer into the building queue or maybe start building from the last building-->the first would be great.

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Reply #1 from AshesoftheSingularity Forums Top

In the short term, you can hold down shift, and right click the queued building, this will remove it from the engineers queue. Then command the new engineer to place the structure there.

 

Being able to command idle engineers to preempt the build order of another could be handy.

Reply #2 from AshesoftheSingularity Forums Top

Thanks Moomo, I didn't know that and wanted something like that in my last game, or something like the Op suggested too. The more flexibility in this area the better.

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Reply #3 from AshesoftheSingularity Forums Top

You're welcome. I am sure it will only get easier and more intuitive as development progresses. I expect things like this will eventually be covered in tutorials.

Reply #4 from AshesoftheSingularity Forums Top

Thanks Moomo! That's a good mechanic to know for getting around my problem. I agree with you in that it will almost definitely get more refined as the game progresses, just wanted to get some input as it stands now :D