Nasty Drone Bug Reported

[LGM]

One of the players in a PBW game that I am hosting just reported this nasty bug. I suggest that people discuss whether Drones be used in games until this is fixed.

> There is a bug in the game in how it handles Drones and Minefields
> which became evident Last turn.
>
> To confirm the bug, do the following in a test game:
> 1) Put up a minefield around a planet for Player A. (I used 105
> mines in my test)
> 2) Built one small Drone for Player B.
> 3) Targeted above planet with above Drone.
> End result:
> A) Minefield 'triggered' and *all* mines went off. I.e. Minefield gone.
> B) Drone 'survives' and goes on to attack planet.
>
> End result - 1 small Drone clears entire Minefields better than a
> fleet of Minesweepers - and is one heck of a lot cheaper (although
> not reusable).


[ July 29, 2002, 06:12: Message edited by: LGM ]

[dumbluck]

This bug has already been addressed in the next patch!

The problem is that mine warhead damage doesn't stack. There is no partial damage carryover like in weapons fire. So if your unit/component (ie, colony module, Shipyard component, drone, etc.) can withstand a single warhead's damage, it goes untouched.

[ July 29, 2002, 08:18: Message edited by: dumbluck ]

[LGM]

To summarize, the minefield bug which until recently only really applied to level 1 mines, now applies to level 3 mines if a drone is big enough to take 310+ damage. Easy to do with Armor (Organic 2+ or Armor 3) on a Medium or Large drone. Hosts should either ban Drones or make people understand that minefields are next to useless until the next patch.

[capnq]

One could work around this by modding this line of Settings.txt

Drones Can Be Hit By Mines := True

to prevent drones from sweeping minefields.

[geoschmo]

Originally posted by capnq:
One could work around this by modding this line of Settings.txt

quote:

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Drones Can Be Hit By Mines := True

to prevent drones from sweeping minefields.

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Yes, but onfotunatly this allows the drones to attack the planet without seeping the mines, so the effect is pretty much the same, no?

Geoschmo

[Rollo]

Originally posted by geoschmo:

quote:

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Originally posted by capnq:
One could work around this by modding this line of Settings.txt

quote:

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Drones Can Be Hit By Mines := True

to prevent drones from sweeping minefields.

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Yes, but onfotunatly this allows the drones to attack the planet without seeping the mines, so the effect is pretty much the same, no?

Geoschmo

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hmm, close but not quite. at least the drones will not be able to clear the road for the fleet