.TH Command UPDATE
.SY "update <SECTS> [quiet | verbose]"
The update command causes all your sectors to be brought more up to date
in terms of digging up ore, building efficiency, generating mobility
units, etc.
It also defines the coordinates associated with"realm 0" ("#" or "#0").
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If no <SECTS> argument is supplied the entire world will be scanned
for sectors of yours that need updating, and realm 0 ("#") will be set to
include all of your sectors.
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If the <SECTS> argument is supplied only the area
specified would be scanned and "#" would be set to encompass all
sectors of yours in that area.
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For example:
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[37:105] Command : update -1:1,-1:1
Production bottleneck in 0,-1
guns built in 0,1
Your "realm 0"(#0) is -1:1,-1:1 and consists of 7 sectors.

[37:105] Command : update
Your "realm 0"(#0) is -3:1,-1:1 and consists of 9 sectors.
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Note that the first time through only the sectors in the area specified
were counted and that some of them produced messages when they were
updated, while the second time through caught all the sectors, (and took
2 minutes) but the middle sectors had already been updated so they did not
produce further messages.
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An additional argument to update allows you to control the printing
of the update messages.  If the argument "quiet" is specified,
(e.g. "update 12:15,-3:4 quiet"),
NO update messages will be printed except the "realm" message and certain
emergency messages.
If, on the other hand "verbose" is specified not only will
the standard messages be printed but also messages describing
attempts to deliver blivets to sectors that are already full of
blivets and so forth will be printed.
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It's important to be aware that the update command does not necessarily
make all the sectors it touches completely up-to-date.  If there are
sectors that have not been updated directly or indirectly for more than
127 Empire time units they will be updated for only 127 time units worth.
This limit is imposed to avoid updating a sector for a huge time amount
before its neighbors have been similarly updated, (food delivery is one
obvious problem).  If you have been away for a long time or want to be
sure that all the sectors are really up to date you should run the update
command repeatedly until you get no further messages indicating activity.
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See also : innards, syntax, realm
