Mining ships problem and holding position

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Hello all,

I'm pretty new to this game...way behind the times I know!

I've actually got to the point where I'm starting to win games now though, so I'm really enjoying it!

There are a couple of things that I find annoying though:

1) I send a miner to an asteroid field to mine, but when it's finished it doesn't prompt me to send it to another one and just sits there doing nothing until I notice it. This happens usually after I've upgraded the mining tech...when the game first begins it's OK.

2) Is there a way to tell ships to 'hold position' or "stand guard' because sometimes I send a fleet to stand guard over a space station, but then the game will keep prompting me to do something with it and the camera will keep flying all over the map.

Thanks!

**Edit**

p.s. I have the Ultimate edition of the game.

 

 

 

 

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

1) Not a problem I seem to have.  One of the options (right-click the ship) will be auto-something, and for me, the miners will go to the closest, build, go on to the next closest, etc.

 

2) 'S' for Sentry, or 'G' for Guard.  One 'comes alive for enemy ships in the area ('G', I think) and the other for all non-your-ships.  Try them both.

Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

Thanks for your quick reply! Will try them out now.

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