ThePhariser Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 I have been looking on the wiki and the forums on how to set up a ship to auto mine a sector. Is there a tutorial somwhere? or how do I command my ship to do so? Thanks and sorry if this question was already answered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamais203 Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 I think it's bugged cause sometimes when I build a ship and I mine. I go out with drone and ship keeps going to mine and sometimes no Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adramos Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 You will need to hire a captain for your ship if you haven't already. Once you have a captain in the ship you can order it to mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazerious Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 You will need to hire a captain for your ship if you haven't already. Once you have a captain in the ship you can order it to mine. Yup yup! So you can either get a captain for your ship, leave the ship into the drone, click on your ship, then order it to mine. Or you can go into drone and discover a new ship. Outfit it for mining(engis/mechanics/miners), put a captain in it and send that to mine while you guard it with your original ship. In my game I have three small ships with the bare min crew requirement to mine and I just send them out while I watch for pirates. Just make sure you have a decent amount of credits, because the salaries can add up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naggerknife Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 I use a shipyard to produce a very cheap ship and you can make it hire a captain on the ship for you also. I then slap some miners on it, hire a few more workers, then I'm done! I usually rush this every single time I start out cause I personally love automating stuff xD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhariser Posted January 26, 2017 Author Share Posted January 26, 2017 Yeah, I didnt manage to get to the order part because it wasnt moving down. Thanks for the info. Also, do I need to move it to an asteroid field? Or it will automaticaly start moving around the sector? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naggerknife Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 Yeah, I didnt manage to get to the order part because it wasnt moving down. Thanks for the info. Also, do I need to move it to an asteroid field? Or it will automaticaly start moving around the sector? It will be automatic. Give it time! It will do its job just not as fast as you would! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tajin Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 Just make sure you stay in the same sector. If you leave (and there is no other player around), the sector gets unloaded and the mining stops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeatHTaX Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 So it's as simple as hiring a captain, eh? What if I don't trust him? What if he crashes my ship or sleeps with my wife? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tajin Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 Don't pay him then. Also maybe recycle the ship, while he's still on board... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurielD Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 Is there a way to tell the AI-captained ship to move to another system? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinosawer Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 Tell it to follow you and travel to another system. (Make sure you don't jump further than the jump range of the AI ship though, or it will stay behind) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenCake Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 Yeah be careful hiring too many captains, the salary really adds up. i did this last night to get some ships mining while i built a new ship, and i ended up oweing like 50k to my crew, but i used all my resources and money building the new ship (which i didnt finish but was instead attacked by pirates, so i cant finish editing it/dismantling it until its repaired, which i no longer have the resources to do.) Tl;dr salaries add up, don't get in over your head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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