Breaking the ship designer

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I think I might have somehow overloaded the ship designer but I'm not sure if I really have or it's just a bug. Basically I designed a ship from a blank huge hull and it ended up with seven rows of components. Yes I have too much time on my hands. Not the best design I've done, this is what it looks like without any modules:

http://img24.imageshack.us/i/85805637.png/

 

http://img96.imageshack.us/i/ok2q.png/

 

And this is what happens when I try to fully kit it out:

 

http://img257.imageshack.us/i/notok.png/

 

http://img834.imageshack.us/i/notok2.png/

 

EDIT: Why the fuck aren't these images uploading? They're only 300x300px...

EDIT2: Links'll have to do...

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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

Cool ship.

There is a limit to the complexity of a ship, always has been. I doubt it is any different in the ship designer than it is in the game.

I don't know the exact number of jewelry pieces that a single ship can have, but I think it was mentioned once or twice in other threads. But if you have seven rows of components I guess you reached that limit.  :'(

(How many in one row, by the way? Because, it scrolls and I don't think I ever went beyond a single row.)

Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

Each row is 25 pieces and the design above has 176. Shame, I'll have to neuter it.

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Reply #3 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

I've tried compressing the design to as fwe pieces as possible whilst keeping the general shape but as soon as I reach the 7 row limit again I get the same problem. I understand now that this is a limitation not a bug, but I want to find a way psat it. Is there any way of expanding the pieces limit? I mean my computer handles the design as it is anyway.