Drydock pre-release

[Alex Knight]

Thank you all! I will update my DryDock OpenOffice conversion to reflect these changes.

Where is such wonders found!?

[murtalianconfederacy]

Just checked and, although it is saying v1.02, the current Drydock is v1.03. I'll enter some of my ships through it and make sure they match my p+p designs

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Thanks for the help bekosh, I'd have no idea how to 'fix' it myself...

[murtalianconfederacy]

Good news: after testing it, the drydock seems okay (although I only gave it a couple ships to work through). Bad news: I realised that I'm really bad at using Directional Shielding. After first miscalculating the SU requirement (by not following all the steps listed) I then, for the re-design of the DEFSATs, instead of dividing by 6-EqSR, I divided by the EqSR, thus making a colossal error that ended up costing them 5-11 CRat more than they should. This experience has taught me to be wary when doing Directional Shielding...

[TeknoMerk]

Thank you all! I will update my DryDock OpenOffice conversion to reflect these changes.

Where is such wonders found!?

I have not released the OpenOffice version for two reasons. First, I am not done testing it with multiple ship designs. Second, I customized my DryDock, and do not have a "standard" version:

* Changed Tech Level 2 to 3
* Renamed "Screens" to "Armor"
* Added Penetrating weapon ability, like Piercing but against Armor/Screens
* Added ship primary systems for critical hit effects: Bridge, Reactor, Life Support

Once I test what I have, I plan to create the standard version. If anyone is interested, please just be a bit more patient.

[TeknoMerk]

Just checked and, although it is saying v1.02, the current Drydock is v1.03. I'll enter some of my ships through it and make sure they match my p+p designs

Thank you for confirming the DryDock version.

[madpax]

I tried the drydock and had some problems. OK, the weapons are sorted in alpha order.
But, after filling the various items, the display result is quite disappointing. I have twice the boxes for the hull and weapons, for example, other lines I don't know why there are here (from #57 to #81)
Also, whatever the weapons I install, the SU used aren't modified.

Marc

[MRCAcct]

Drydock's been working fine for me; I must have cranked out a couple hundred ships by now.

I'd simply delete and redownload the file, start with a fresh copy, see what happens.

[madpax]

Ok, will try, but my copy is fresh from this week. BTW, it seems you can't cut and paste the display to include the ship in an excel file.
(edit: Tried that and the result is identical)

I noticed that the display sheet is already wrong (two hull sections, etc.)

Marc

[mj12games]

You need to hide the unused rows using the filter in cell S1. Make sure only the "1" value is selected, and all the duplicate rows will be hidden.

[madpax]

Did this. Thanks, it works!
In the end, I use the drydock to create ships (normal) and I more or less cut and paste the ressilt on another excel sheet. I sligthly improved the reading but very slighty.

Marc