Outposts on hostile planets

[gvdm]

Hostile planets can not support a colony yet do not qualify as suitable for outposts (which require an inhospitable environment).

Is this correct? Is it expected/wanted?

[Geoff the Medio]

Outposts can be placed on habitable planets, including hostile, with an outpost ship in the same system. Doing this requires selecting the ship in the Fleets window, however.

[gvdm]

Ah, you are correct and I was incorrect.

It was the inconsistency in the UI between colonise and placing an outpost that caught me. Is there a reason why you have to select outpost ships but not colony ships?

[Geoff the Medio]

The one-click outposting and colonizing work without selecting ships. If you want to do something different from the automatic choice of one click, you select a ship.

Further details are discussed on the forums; search for it.

[gvdm]

I take it you mean viewtopic.php?f=2&t=7103&hilit=outpost+select&start=15 and viewtopic.php?f=25&t=7182&hilit=outpost+select

As long as it's a known thing.

[eleazar]

I don't understand the logic by which the auto-outpost button appears for some planets and not others.

[Geoff the Medio]

viewtopic.php?p=57410#p57410