Reaching the Maximum Number of Designs

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Playing Stars!

♦        Different ship designs per player: 16

♦        Total ships of each design in a fleet: 32,000

♦        Different starbase designs per player: 10

Although Stars! will let you know if you've reached the maximum number of designs when you try to create a new design, you're better off keeping track of the number yourself.

If you've reached the design limit of 16 and wish to create a new design, you'll have to delete an existing design first. To delete a design, use the Ship Designer dialog. Develop strategies for deciding when to create new designs and when to obsolete older designs.

Stars! will gray the Copy Selected Design button in the Ship Designer once you reach 16 designs.

Pick a design that is no longer useful (too slow, ineffective weapons). Before you delete the design, think of the most advantageous way to destroy existing ships of that design. For example:

♦        You could send each ship of the design to planets that need minerals. Set the waypoint task at each planet to Scrap Fleet. A portion of the minerals will be returned to the surface supply on that planet. If you use this method, you'll have to wait until all the affected ships reach their assigned waypoints.

♦        Delete all the ships at in one stroke using the Ship Designer dialog. You'll be warned that all the ships of that design will be destroyed. When you delete ships this way you receive NO minerals.

♦        If the ships of the type you wish to delete use any weapons, use them in a large battle as distracting cannon fodder, possibly keeping your more advanced ships safer a little longer.

Click here to learn how to count your total number of designs or all ships of a single design.