07-13-2013, 03:47 PM
When you get an e-mail from Vern announcing that the new Turn (or re-run Turn) is available for download, he will usually include the due data in that message UNLESS he forgets. 
You can send ships out without food, they will eventually starve though. I suspect the rerun is to trap some of the errors evident in the current turn. This is NOT unusual with this "TEST" game process. If you have an issue, it is good to discuss it here but everyone really needs to file a Help Desk Ticket.
I am the editor for the manual and I have to file tickets quite often just to get clarifications of some questions I have when attempting to correctly update the document. Being a technical writer by profession, I think I am doing a good job. I also realize that the people with a long history in the game have tunnel vision and sometimes can't keep track of what is a new rule or function and what worked in a game years ago. It is complicated.
Yes, the interface software (Central Command) needs to be completely revamped and I have made suggestions along those lines as I see some of them repeated in the commentary from the newer players. I understand that Vern is involved in a long process to get that done too. It's not like he's a full time dedicated to this task. What I am doing is just for fun and because I can.
You can send ships out without food, they will eventually starve though. I suspect the rerun is to trap some of the errors evident in the current turn. This is NOT unusual with this "TEST" game process. If you have an issue, it is good to discuss it here but everyone really needs to file a Help Desk Ticket.
I am the editor for the manual and I have to file tickets quite often just to get clarifications of some questions I have when attempting to correctly update the document. Being a technical writer by profession, I think I am doing a good job. I also realize that the people with a long history in the game have tunnel vision and sometimes can't keep track of what is a new rule or function and what worked in a game years ago. It is complicated.
Yes, the interface software (Central Command) needs to be completely revamped and I have made suggestions along those lines as I see some of them repeated in the commentary from the newer players. I understand that Vern is involved in a long process to get that done too. It's not like he's a full time dedicated to this task. What I am doing is just for fun and because I can.