06-14-2020, 02:44 PM
While I'm on the subject of the order of your actions, do pay attention to the order in which you do things, in general. The game will process your actions strictly in the order in which you enter them. As long as you're dealing with different ships on each action (the usual case) then you shouldn't have much trouble. But occasionally you'll want to do something tricky by processing multiple "before-group" actions in a particular sequence. These will typically involve actions such as Join, Assign, Load, Unload, and Detach, so just keep an eye out whenever you try something tricky.
For those of you using GTac, there is a menu choice under <Actions> that allows you to <Sort Actions>. This does NOT just alphabetize them. Instead it sorts them into a logical sequence so that if you've got something out of order it should put it in the right place. For instance, it makes sure that your Classify actions happen before the Builds that try to use those designs. It also groups all of the same action types together, so all your Builds are in one place and all your Scouts are together, etc. Those of you with OCD issues will love this but many other players also find it helpful to see things laid out very neatly (and easier to spot things you didn't mean to do) and know that there won't be any problems with things being out of place.
(BTW, this sorting process has never yet produced an ordering that didn't do exactly as a player intended, but if you ever run across such a situation please send me an example.)
For those of you using GTac, there is a menu choice under <Actions> that allows you to <Sort Actions>. This does NOT just alphabetize them. Instead it sorts them into a logical sequence so that if you've got something out of order it should put it in the right place. For instance, it makes sure that your Classify actions happen before the Builds that try to use those designs. It also groups all of the same action types together, so all your Builds are in one place and all your Scouts are together, etc. Those of you with OCD issues will love this but many other players also find it helpful to see things laid out very neatly (and easier to spot things you didn't mean to do) and know that there won't be any problems with things being out of place.
(BTW, this sorting process has never yet produced an ordering that didn't do exactly as a player intended, but if you ever run across such a situation please send me an example.)