Paths Menu

The Paths Menu allows you to place waypoints on the map. When a unit is assigned to move along a path, the unit will move from one waypoint to the next. Units may not follow the path exactly, but they will move within a couple of tiles of each waypoint.

Note that the game makes paths for you automatically for your Freighters to follow. Thus, when you start editing paths, you will likely see the harvesting paths pop up as well.

Editing Waypoints

The “Add Waypoints” button is a toggle. While it is depressed, clicking on the game screen will add a waypoint to the current path, or create a new path if there is no current path selected. Note that holding down the Tab key is the same as toggling on the “Add Waypoints” button.

If you click on a waypoint of the path that you are currently editing, you can drag it to move it to a new location. (Since saved paths cannot be edited, trying to move the waypoint of a saved path will actually create a new path.)

The “Delete” button deletes the currently-selected waypoint (or the last one that was put down, if no waypoint is selected).

“Clear All” clears all waypoints of your current path.

The “Go” button assigns your selected units to the currently-selected path.

Path Direction

Each path has a direction, which is one of:

• One way: The unit goes from waypoint number 1 to the end, following the waypoints in numerical order, and stops at the end.
• Patrol: The unit travels from waypoint number 1 to end in numerical order, and then returns backwards through the numbers back to 1 again, and repeats.
• Loop: The unit travels from waypoint number 1 to end in numerical order, and then goes directly from the last waypoint to waypoint number 1 (drawing an invisible path between the two), and repeats starting at 1 again.

The path’s direction only takes effect at the moment that you select one or more units and press “Go” to send them on the path. The units will remember the previous path direction even if you try to change the path later. To reassign the units to a new path direction, select them again and hit “Go” again.

Saved Paths

It is possible to save a path that will persist for the current mission. Set up the path just as you like it, and then click “Save Path.” The path will then appear in the list to the right to show that it is saved.

A path cannot be edited once it is saved. However, you can rename saved paths.

The “Current Path” box shows which saved path, if any, that you have selected. This is the path that units will be sent along if you press the “Go” button. You can rename a saved path by clicking on the name in this box and then typing. Press Enter to keep the new name or Esc to cancel editing.

“De-Select” will shift the “Current Path” listing back to “None Selected.” You can also click on the name of a saved path in the list of saved paths to toggle it. One click puts it into the “Current Path” box and a second click removes it.