Planetary Assault Mod

Fyron · #1 November 28th, 2003, 04:27 AM

The problem with that is that every shot will kill at least one population, regardless of how high the setting is. So colony might take a second combat round to finish off, but that is it.

That, and I don't think that setting modifies how much damage it takes to kill facilities.

SpaceBadger · #2 November 28th, 2003, 07:04 AM

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Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
The problem with that is that every shot will kill at least one population, regardless of how high the setting is. So colony might take a second combat round to finish off, but that is it.

Ah, did not know that. Bummer.

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That, and I don't think that setting modifies how much damage it takes to kill facilities.

Yeah, to make it work you'd also need to go through the facilities data files and make them all tougher - but the "1 shot kills 1 pop" thing you mentioned above pretty much ruins that idea anyway.

SpaceBadger

Puke · #3 November 29th, 2003, 07:10 AM

all fine for small colonies and domes, with the one shot one pop kill. I like the porportions method of having shield generation for large distributed planetary facilities - homeworlds are basically immune to early game weapons, and you could combine something like this with your planetary assault mod.. of course, seekers become a problem with cultural centers, so its a trade off there.

KnidVermicious · #4 December 1st, 2003, 01:16 AM

I like Proportions, too. I think Proportions is a major departure from the original game, and I was trying to stick closer to unmodded (at least for this mod. Rather than making planets more powerful, I want to make it necessary to bring along specialized ships to take care of planets. For a planetary attack to be effective you'd have to bring troopships or planetary weapons ships. I also wanted to avoid the massive problem of conquering a Proportions homeworld.

As for the AI, I haven't run any long tests yet. I was mostly just checking for errors and bugs.

KnidVermicious · #5 December 5th, 2003, 01:22 AM

Initial testing shows the AI attacking planets and causing 0% damage. Haven't seen any troop building yet. I'm wondering how to make the AI not attack when it doesn't have the weapons/troops to do anything to a planet, or to at least try blockading for some time. The hit and run attacks won't work. Any suggestions?

Fyron · #6 December 5th, 2003, 03:19 AM

Have them include more Planetary Napalm on their ship designs, and research at least level 2 much earlier.

Oh, and make level 1 Napalm have a range of 2. There is a bug in that range 1 weapons can not hit planets from some sides...

KnidVermicious · #7 December 10th, 2003, 06:05 AM

I removed planetary napalm entirely from the game. I don't want the ships to attack the planet at all. They still do, but can't do any damage. Irritating, but I can't see how to get around it without changing the whole concept of the mod.

I'm testing a new Version that gives small troop and small fighter from the very beginning. I noticed the AI building troops, though I haven't had them trying to take planets. The AI is also having trouble differentiating anti-fighter fighters and anti-ship fighters. I was considering adding a point defense I at the beginning just to have the AI better able to combat fighters. Still testing.

I've been trying to use the TDM AIs but I keep getting errors having to do with default fleets. Anyone know how to fix this?

I may have to try tweaking AIs later on. I have no idea where to begin. Is there any sort of primer or tutorial on AI tweaking?