FIND should not select a ship that is on autopilot.

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After colonizing a planet if there are no more ships with moves left except for those on
autopilot the "FIND" function will select a ship that is on autopilot. For many weeks now
I thought the ship had dropped out of autopilot some how, but it turns out that if I just
leave it alone it continues on autopilot.

This causes lots of confusion. I have tried to move the ship manually only to have it
follow its programmed course. I have tried to resolve the confusion by re-designating
its target. I have done many things to such a ship to try to regain control of it.

Would it be possible to have "find" not do this? Perhaps a popup that said something
about no ships with moves left except for those on autopilot? Or worst case just leave no
ships selected?

Cheers,
Jack
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top
In playing further with more ships I have developed a refined impression of what is going on.

Observaton: The ships not on autopilot do not have to have made their allotted moves. I have
seen a ship on autopilot selected after the colonize+find sequence, then done another find and
had a ship not on autopilot selected that still had moves left.

Sometimes you just have to play large enough games to get a truer impression of shat the symptoms
are. Sorry for any confusion the first discription may have caused.

Cheers,
Jack