Question time.......

Ragnarok · #1 July 14th, 2002, 12:34 AM

Ok, I'm currently playing a game against the AI, it's me against 3 AI, and 4 Neutral AI's. Was 4 regulars but the computer took out one of the other empires before I met them. Come to think of it I've only met one race so far, and I'm 7 years into the game. I'm at war with them as we speak. But the question... I'm trying to block them off, well it's working actually so no trying involved, but I put some mines in a system of theirs just so I could monitor their activity for awhile. But the mines don't monitor anything. I don't see nothing but what planets are in the system and my mines, when I take a ship in there all the planets in there show up as theirs. Why is this? In a previous game I had going I used this tactic and it worked fine, mines acted as scanners. Which to me makes no sense in the first place since mines don't got scanners on them. I was just wondering why it's not working in this game and it did in the other one. Yes I used to same Version in both.

But again... haha... If you don't understand my question in all my rambling there, I'll put it in simple terms... Are mines supposed to be able to see what's going on in an enemy system?

It's probably a simple answer as always. Thanks for any help though.

Baron Munchausen · #2 July 14th, 2002, 12:37 AM

Nope, mines are the one unit that cannot give you 'vision' in a system. The reason is obvious. In the default game they are cloaked so that NOTHING can detect them. It would be very unfair to have an undetectable spy unit. You'll have to drop a satellite or fighter in the system to get a full view of what's going on.

Ragnarok · #3 July 14th, 2002, 02:22 AM

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Originally posted by Baron Munchausen:
Nope, mines are the one unit that cannot give you 'vision' in a system. The reason is obvious. In the default game they are cloaked so that NOTHING can detect them. It would be very unfair to have an undetectable spy unit. You'll have to drop a satellite or fighter in the system to get a full view of what's going on.

Ok thanks, that's what I thought. But I wasn't sure cause they worked as a 'viewer' in my Last game so that threw me off.

capnq · #4 July 14th, 2002, 02:39 AM

Were you in a Partnership in the previous game, with some of your partner's stuff in the mined system? That's the only other thing that would let you see a system; your mines shouldn't have.

Ragnarok · #5 July 14th, 2002, 05:23 AM

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Originally posted by capnq:
Were you in a Partnership in the previous game, with some of your partner's stuff in the mined system? That's the only other thing that would let you see a system; your mines shouldn't have.

No, no partnerships or nothing like that. That's what confused me this time about it all. I was at war with the empire in my Last game. Which makes no sense at all.

Pax · #6 July 14th, 2002, 05:27 AM

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Originally posted by Ragnarok:
No, no partnerships or nothing like that. That's what confused me this time about it all. I was at war with the empire in my Last game. Which makes no sense at all.

Are you sure the prior game was solely a MINEfield, and not a SATTELITE group?

A cloaked, sensor-equipped sattelite in an out-of-the-way corner is a good way to keep track of a star system you're not going to be colonising in anytime soon ...

Or just a cloaked -remote mining- sattelite, in MODs that allow miniaturised components ... 8)