SEV discussion: Mines

Sinapus · #1 January 23rd, 2004, 11:54 PM

I would keep the part where a ship running into an unknown minefield doesn't get to raise shields before the hits come in, but change the mechanics so that ships going into a known minefield should be able to raise shields.

primitive · #2 January 24th, 2004, 12:27 AM

Features adding strategic options is cool, but features that justs adds micromanagement (like the decaying field) is not cool.

Whatever Aaron chooses for plain SEV, I hope he don't forget its a game, not a simulator

Of course, I don't mind him keeping as many options as possible available for the modders. I can always choose not to play their mods.

Fyron · #3 January 24th, 2004, 12:33 AM

Decaying units of any sort is no fun. I am with Primitive on this one.

Stars! had a lot of horrible features that just drove up the micromanagement without making the game any more fun. Sure, they were realistic, but ALWAYS gameplay over realism. And that is not a blanket statement I have problems making.

Captain Kwok · #4 January 24th, 2004, 01:26 AM

Here is an idea for a mine engine:

You take the number of mines in the minefield and place them in a "x-y grid" based on some setting in a data file. Say approx. 25% of the sectors are occupied with mines by default.

The ships that enter the minefield each have a random path through the grid. If they hit a mine then they take damage, if they make it through then great.

Of course, this would be a cpu process and not an actual graphic sequence in the game.

tesco samoa · #5 January 27th, 2004, 01:59 AM

I think mines should slow your ships down based on the denisty... ( due to sweeping ) and if you wish to plow though damage will happen.

So you could set your minimal sweep for the fleet / ships and say you say sweep 50 mines a movement and the minefield had 100 mines it would take 2 movement points to sweep it.. If it had a 1000 mines then it would take a while longer...

If your fleet is cloaked then the sweepers would be halfed... Uncloaked to sweep sucks...

Cloaking is bad as it is... this just ruins it.

I would also like to see differnent styles of mines... Yea STars had a good minesystem... it was good but not quite there.

narf poit chez BOOM · #6 January 27th, 2004, 02:22 AM

what was missing from stars!'s mining system?

Fyron · #7 January 27th, 2004, 02:23 AM

Not having the pointless micromanagement of having to continuously replaced degraded fields for one.