Did you know this was possible?

DavidG · #1 June 3rd, 2003, 02:14 AM

That you can have a ship fly through a system and yet it is still unexplored?

Using the trick I saw in another thread wereby if you enter an unexplored system you can click a random sector and then you can continue to move into the system instead of stopping at the warp.
Well if that sector you pick happens to be a another warp point you fly through the sector into the next without seeing it.

narf poit chez BOOM · #2 June 3rd, 2003, 02:51 AM

Baron Munchausen · #3 June 3rd, 2003, 04:46 AM

There's a similar bug with race 'contact'. If you hide in a sight-obscuring storm (and get there while cloaked or before any other race is present) you can attack any 'unknown' race from within it and it will not trigger 'first contact'! They will not even know you exist as long as you return to the storm or recloak before the turn is over. The 'recognition' check only occurs with warp points, it seems. I've used this to keep neutrals and even rival AI empires from growing too fast...

[ June 03, 2003, 03:47: Message edited by: Baron Munchausen ]

trooper · #4 June 4th, 2003, 01:48 AM

Funny, but rather useless, indeed.
Have you ever visited a place for the first time with your eyes closed and saying : "No, I don't wanna know anything about this place, I'll keep my eyes closed until I'm out ! looks like an insane behaviour, doesn't it ?

Aloofi · #5 June 4th, 2003, 02:58 PM

Lol, blind explorers at work.

oleg · #6 June 4th, 2003, 03:50 PM

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Originally posted by trooper:
Funny, but rather useless, indeed.
Have you ever visited a place for the first time with your eyes closed and saying : "No, I don't wanna know anything about this place, I'll keep my eyes closed until I'm out ! looks like an insane behaviour, doesn't it ?

I did. Two weeks ago. It was a necessarily visit to dantist.

Stone Mill · #7 June 4th, 2003, 05:03 PM

Funny... That explains it. I did have this happen to me, but I pretty much ignored it. Thought something funky happened?!?

Narrew · #8 June 4th, 2003, 07:03 PM

HEY!! Those Captains that are vision challenged need a job also!

Ruatha · #9 June 4th, 2003, 07:08 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by DavidG:
That you can have a ship fly through a system and yet it is still unexplored?

Using the trick I saw in another thread wereby if you enter an unexplored system you can click a random sector and then you can continue to move into the system instead of stopping at the warp.
Well if that sector you pick happens to be a another warp point you fly through the sector into the next without seeing it.

Do you mean it warped wiothout having been ordered to warp?
I thought if you happened to aim at a warppoint it would go to that location and wait there.

I have done this plenty o ftimes and never accidently warped.

Lisif Deoral · #10 June 4th, 2003, 09:12 PM

I suppose it happened in a simmove game...
what if you play the replay clip? does the system get explored (visible) and then becomes unknown again when the ship warps out?