Excel Ship Designer v2024.12.17b
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IanBruntlett
Emperor Mongoose
Have you tried it on Windows and LibreOffice? As for not many Linux users out there - I am one - but intend to get hold of the next High Guard before I play around with ship design. For some years now I have been refurbishing old unwanted computers and put Linux on them. I know of another volunteer who does the same. And there's more of us, spread across the globe...
Arkathan
Emperor Mongoose
This is one reason I've been using an old version of Excel and staying away from the features like buttons (once I found out they didn't work on other systems)
I have not but sure can. I will set it up over the weekend and report.
I have been using Linux as my primary OS since about 2000. I am a programmer by trade and it fits my workflow but I am sort of used to assuming I am in the minority when it comes to non-programming tasks.
AndrewW
Emperor Mongoose
Last version of that other thing I used was 3.1. Mostly Linux, but used OS/2 before that.
to answer your question, no. if I add a "1" making the field "01" it says invalid value. If I delete the "0" and type a "1" then the field populates with the "% of Hull" automatically.
Arkathan
Emperor Mongoose
Try this:
I moved the "1% of Hull" out of that column (from the Repair Probes). Let's see if it ignores it now that it is in another column and stops trying to autofill from a previous entry. Let me know what happens, please.
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I still get the invalid value but it does not try to autofill any more.
I went ahead and filled out at least a row for each type of entry. the only ones that failed were the 2 grapples and the forced linkage apparatus. With any value other than "0" it gave me an invalid value error. for each of those three fields I tried "0", "1", "5", "0.3", and "d" I also tried "2" and "6" for the small and large grapples respectively (basically the tonnage for each)
I only did one row each of hangar bay, launch tubes, and recovery deck but put various values in all other rows.
Arkathan
Emperor Mongoose
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That worked!!! (I did not test the remainder of the fields but will plug in values to check.)
Arkathan
Emperor Mongoose
Fixed issues with the Cargo tab. The second bay's loaders were not playing well with others.
Took Spartan159's suggestion and broke out the individual bay groups rather than just reporting the total of all bays. Each group now reports on the record sheet whether it has a crane or loaders.
Also automated the reductions in required crew for large ships to be compliant with HG2022. Previously, I had relied on the Custom column for that, but now that it is no longer a flat number... and because I have forgotten to apply that reduction in a couple of designs I've posted... I idiot proofed it from myself.
Note that I did NOT apply that reductions to stations. I am assuming that the stations section was written for large structures and that Mongoose intended all of those crew to be present. I will be happy to fix that if the assumption is wrong.
Current Version: 2023.02.25
Took Spartan159's suggestion and broke out the individual bay groups rather than just reporting the total of all bays. Each group now reports on the record sheet whether it has a crane or loaders.
Also automated the reductions in required crew for large ships to be compliant with HG2022. Previously, I had relied on the Custom column for that, but now that it is no longer a flat number... and because I have forgotten to apply that reduction in a couple of designs I've posted... I idiot proofed it from myself.
Note that I did NOT apply that reductions to stations. I am assuming that the stations section was written for large structures and that Mongoose intended all of those crew to be present. I will be happy to fix that if the assumption is wrong.
Current Version: 2023.02.25
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Arkathan
Emperor Mongoose
Spartan 149 requested Traveller Companion Ship Automation.
Default is standard, which leaves everything alone, if you don't want to use that rule.
Implemented on the Ship Info Tab, since it affects several later steps.
Also tied the max Data Mining level to the main computer.
Current Version: 2023.03.14
Default is standard, which leaves everything alone, if you don't want to use that rule.
Implemented on the Ship Info Tab, since it affects several later steps.
Also tied the max Data Mining level to the main computer.
Current Version: 2023.03.14
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