Preparations for the gateway release continued this week.
You can find the full issue of the development log here.
It came up in the Discord, so here again: the new upkeep is:
4 POW, 10 SOL, 40 SPT, 40 SEA, 10 ALR, 4 WRH
I have lots of questions about the process of constructing a GTW that the wiki doesn’t explain. Where is the best place to ask those questions?
The forums are probably the best place. You can either ask them here, or create a new topic for it.
Ok, here goes:
What happens to the store for gateway construction if the contracted constructor stops playing? Can others contribute to the store to complete the project? Can the material in the store be recovered?
Would it be possible to get some more information in the GTW view - name of the player contracted to construct it / completion progress (at least a percentage but preferably a list of materials that have been added)?
I asked the governor at Gasworld to start a GTW construction contract for me with a 365 day deadline. He claims it will not let him do anything above 99 days. Is that a bug or is he somehow not interacting with that field correctly? Also, can these contracts be extended if they are about to breach?
If an infrastructure contract is breached or terminated during construction, the player responsible for the construction remains access to the store. Once the store is empty it is being removed.
In case a player gets inactive during construction, the situation is more complicated. It is not possible to let another player continue the construction process. This was a deliberate decision to reduce the scope a bit. We assumed that gateways are such important projects that the possibility that one of their constructors stops playing would be rather small. If that happens anyways, please contact us, and we’ll find a solution.
Do you want to see that information as a member of parliament, or in general?
That seems to be a bug. We’ll change the max allowed days to 365. Yes these contracts can be extended.
…If that happens anyways, please contact us, and we’ll find a solution.
Yes, it should be a rare occurrence. It just seems wrong to me that the fix for this (or any issue that might come up during normal gameplay) is “the devs will manually correct it”. It’s better for the players if we can self-correct and better for you guys if there isn’t extra work popping up.
Do you want to see that information as a member of parliament, or in general?
Unless there is a rationale for keeping it private, I would prefer that it is publicly viewable. It would be nice to know when a GTW is close to completion so I can start planning to include it in my flights or maybe contact the constructor with an offer to help finish it off.
That seems to be a bug. We’ll change the max allowed days to 365…
Thanks. I’ll let him know. BTW, I don’t know if that issue was specific to him or certain planets. I had tried creating a constructor contract on a planet where I am governor and that let me do 365 days.