[capnq]

If you have a direct fire weapon and it is in range of the planet (99%) but the whole planet is not in the view box, the guns fire but have NO effect. (no sound either, they all just instantly show as fired)

This is a well known artifact of the damage system. You don't get the explosion until something on the planet accumulates enough damage to be destroyed. When something does blow, the total accumulated damage will display*, rather than the damage from the Last shot.

[Edit] Oops, I misread what you were describing. Any shot that "lands" offscreen has no sound effect; neither does a shot that's launched from offscreen. I think they still record the damage against the target, though.

*(This is assuming you're running the game at 1024x768; the range and damage indicators don't display in 800x600.)

[ January 10, 2003, 22:38: Message edited by: capnq ]