Modders. RE: Sats with Combat movement.

Atraikius · #1 July 20th, 2001, 06:12 PM

It will get loaded on carriers and used as though it were a fighter.

geoschmo · #2 July 20th, 2001, 06:41 PM

That's true.

DirectorTsaarx · #3 July 30th, 2001, 03:14 PM

Not only would these "mobile satellites" get loaded on carriers, that's the ONLY way you could deploy them from a ship. The standard satellite bays wouldn't be able to launch the mobile satellites...

Suicide Junkie · #4 July 30th, 2001, 04:40 PM

Once you have discarded the distinction between sats and fighters, you could simply give both your components the ability to launch both vehicles equally.

capnq · #5 July 31st, 2001, 02:55 AM

"Code" is the two letter abbreviation for the ship type: ES = Escort, FG = Frigate, etc. FS is the code for a small fighter. I don't know whether this info is used for anything other than informational displays, such as the combat summaries in the Log.

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Baron Munchausen · #6 July 31st, 2001, 03:15 AM

The question that I have is if the AI would use these properly. In all likelyhood your "satellite group" would run out to meet an attacking fleet instead of staying near the planet. So, it would just get killed and not help to defend your planet anymore than if it had been stationary and left on the wrong side by the 'random' placement routine.

[This message has been edited by Baron Munchausen (edited 31 July 2001).]