auto-attack

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In my current game, I'm in 3rd place. My Survey ship auto-survey into a wormhole and wound up in enemy territory. I put it on manual and started my retreat as it had 5 att/30 def rating and had 2 enemy battleships on its tail. I passed an enemy Starbase with def +19. On the next turn, to my surprise, it went from manual to auto-attacked and attacked the starbase! No more Hero. I quit the game without saving.

Perhaps a box on the ship screen: Never auto-attack.

Ships which are good for attacking freighters, should not go from auto-pilot to auto-attack and attack battleships or starbases.
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top
Hmmm...did it accidentally get switched to "Auto-Attack" somehow (had the words AutoAttack beneith it), or was the SB just in the Survey Ships' path and it got confused and attacked it?
Galactic Civilizations III
Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top
I frequently run into the problem of my ships on AutoPilot attacking something that happens to be in their way. I am playing with Beta 5C, though, so I assume this was resolved for you lucky Gamma players a while ago.

Is there anything I can do until the Release date to fix this problem (akin to the Terraformer fix)? I have no problem editing files if it pretty straightforward.

-Dave
Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top
I actually like the "attack if you're in my way" routine if a ship is on autopilot.
Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top
"I actually like the "attack if you're in my way" routine if a ship is on autopilot."

That would be fine as an option that I could select, but it is silly that a corvette or starfighter would attack a loaded starbase to get to the transport on the other side. I consider AutoPilot a utility for not micromanaging my ship movements. If I wanted to attack the starbase, I would attack the starbase.

-Dave