I would like to be able to select multiple drones, or perhaps even all drones assigned to a given controller, in order to assign them to a different controller.
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I would like an option to choose a number to transfer. I might only want to move 7 or some other number.
Dammit i was hoping i was just missing something and couldn't see where you select more than 1.
Just brought in 40 drones and now i have the fun task of assigning them 1 by 1.....
Just brought in 40 drones and now i have the fun task of assigning them 1 by 1.....
Why not implement rubberband box selection like in an RTS? It would be slick and intuitive and require no extra UI or graphics.
Yes please! I was honestly sure that this was already a feature and pretty shocked to find out that it wasn't. It's very tedious to transfer drones around anywhere in quantities greater than one or two.
Oh God, yes. Later in the game, the fiddly click-click repeated over and over again becomes quite boring, though I prefer @Gandamir's solution.
Better yet, a purpose-built interface window for managing drone balance between all controllers in an easy and intuitive manner, like a bar graph where each line is a controller, and the bar is a bunch of drone icons. If you click and drag the last drone in the bar, you just move the one. Half the bar, you move half. The last three, you move three.
Or... for less UI programming an even simpler way would be to set an ideal number for each controller using simple up and down carats, then the controllers use an algorithm to determine who gets how many. The algorithm would be the most complex part of this solution, as it should be something other than just linear... you would want higher number controllers (relative to their possible max so you don't totally hose RC controllers, or just keep them separate) to get closer to their set point, but also not totally devastate low priority ones.
Or... for less UI programming an even simpler way would be to set an ideal number for each controller using simple up and down carats, then the controllers use an algorithm to determine who gets how many. The algorithm would be the most complex part of this solution, as it should be something other than just linear... you would want higher number controllers (relative to their possible max so you don't totally hose RC controllers, or just keep them separate) to get closer to their set point, but also not totally devastate low priority ones.
So many answers and no one noticed that the more-or-less suitable way is already in the game. There is a button on each drone hub which allows you to deconstruct a drone into a prefab. Then you can immediately construct a drone using that prefab in another drone hub. It is very easy to transfer multiple drones between hubs through this way.
as it relates to getting drones over cargo ship you -can- land the drones near the hub you want to assign them to, and just lift off once you have fuel and all the drones associated to that cargo ship -will - re-attach to the closest option, which in this case would be the drone hub you wanted to assign them to in the firs t place
i use this strategy/concept when attaching 80 drones at a time (in the beginning before figuring this out i was manually clicking one by one, which WAS a pain)
hope that helps
i use this strategy/concept when attaching 80 drones at a time (in the beginning before figuring this out i was manually clicking one by one, which WAS a pain)
hope that helps
I was about to make the same suggestion as the op.
I'm often using rockets leading drones before i'm building drone hubs and i'm switching the drones between two rockets to get the fuel/metal loaded one back to earth asap. It's a pain going from one drone to the other to relocate them all once you start to have 15-20 or more of them, a switch all drone button on rockets/drones/hubs/rover would be nice or choose the number you wanna switch like i've seen here.
Thank you!
I'm often using rockets leading drones before i'm building drone hubs and i'm switching the drones between two rockets to get the fuel/metal loaded one back to earth asap. It's a pain going from one drone to the other to relocate them all once you start to have 15-20 or more of them, a switch all drone button on rockets/drones/hubs/rover would be nice or choose the number you wanna switch like i've seen here.
Thank you!