Autominers - show on map TO faction

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  1. Cpt_Beefheart

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    Autominers have the checkbox to allow faction access, and they have the checkbox to show on map.. however there is nothing to show on map to faction members.

    -Since you're giving the option to choose whether to allow faction access or not, making the 'show on map' hardwired to always show to faction perhaps wouldn't be desired. A third check box to show to faction seems excessive, but perhaps if the faction is allowed, it would automatically show to faction? I don't know, but currently all in faction cannot know where autominers are without having to place waypoint marker thing or be physically shown where they are.

    Thank you.
     
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    Is there some Faction Rulebook that requires sharing all information with all Faction members? If so, I missed it.

    For those who have played with me, it's not uncommon knowledge that I don't typically join factions, nor start factions of my own, but I have done some faction play, run factions of my own, and we're generally not hive-minded factions that know everything everyone else does.
     
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    This is the beauty of choice and convenience. Right now the choice aspect is incomplete, as whomever in the group places autominers the group obtained for the group to drawn on has to do an extra step outside of the autominer's menu to share the location of it.

    Rules or knowing everything everyone does is a strange extrapolation. Everyone has the default option to do nothing, for those choosing otherwise this would be a QOL improvement.
     
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    Presented as a QoL request, it would read better, potentially gain more interest, and may even get implemented - though it may be a while before that happens. It's not exactly critical at this stage. Of course, there is always the option to construct solar-powered teleport stations at or near autominer clusters. Then you need only show your Faction members where the teleporter is - or let them use their own. If you want to make things super-convenient, keep a large HV "land-train" hauler parked at the cluster. Then they can teleport there, load up on resources, drive them back to base, drop them off, take the hauler back to the cluster and teleport home.
     
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    Actually I need to amend or cancel this suggestion after tonight hitching a ride with the faction member who had been placing ours. I had gone along to place a second one at each, which aside from more ore would let me know exactly where the miners are.... However, I discovered what I did not know before, which is that the 'show on map' checkbox in the AM menu is unique to the player. Still means that the members that did not place need to be told/shown where they are, but after accessing it once, can have it appear on their own map if desired.
     
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    Good find - I was not aware of this, but then, I had never asked either. Nice to know though.
     
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