Guide - Sector Building Index

[Darius Dornwell]

Abstract

This is a small guide on the in-game building index. It covers the idea and usage of the index including benefits and risks.


Contents

• What is the sector building index?
• How to access the index?
• How/When does the index get an update?
• How to put a building on the index?
• Benefits
• Risks

What is the sector building index?

• Public list of buildings within a sector
• Owners have to manually put their buildings to be listed
• Shows location and owner of a building
• Optionally shows a custom building message specified by the owner
• Optionally shows additional automatic information (value/amount of commodities, free capacity and ticks supplied)

How to access the index?

• Using the link View Sector Building Index in the Cargo box on the Nav screen to access the building index of the current sector
• Using a Map Pack (I or II; see Ship Equipment Reference) to access all sectors of the current cluster by following the links on the Map tab on the Overview screen

How/When does the index get an update?

• The index gets an update when it is accessed, but only...
  
  • One hour after the last update
  • Or after a building tick

How to put a building on the index?

• Go to Overview - Buildings
• Follow the link Building index on the left side under your building
• Check the box labelled Show building including custom info in sector-wide building index
• Press the Set button
• Optionally provide...
  
  • Custom building message
  • Additional automatic information by checking the box labelled Additionally display automatic info about your current prices and amount of resources

Benefits

• Helps traders a lot
• Providing additional automatic information increases the chance a building is supplied regularly and helps with (inter) sector needs
• Custom message to further advertise a building or to provide addtional information like production level or required upkeep

Risks

• Pirates can pre-check a cluster for big amounts of valuable goods

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