BUG: Nebula Plow

Puke · #1 December 12th, 2005, 11:56 PM

sure, the player has control. dont try to go into a nebula without building up speed, and dont go too deep into a thick one or you will get bogged down.

youve got plenty of control, the component just isnt as great as a hyperdrive.

now maybe you could mod in different levels of plow, so that better ones didnt get bogged down as easy. i dont know if thats a variable, or not.

Phoenix-D · #2 December 13th, 2005, 12:03 AM

The only relevent section in the plow's file is TYPE plow..everything else is flavor text. Not terribly encouraging.

Brainiac4 · #3 December 13th, 2005, 12:51 AM

I don't think it's a bug as such. The behavior of the plow depends on the angle you are plowing at and the amount of nebula. If the nebula is really dense, it takes time to get out of the way.

Tanelorn · #4 December 15th, 2005, 12:22 AM

well, that's all nice and all, but it is a bug. It's a bug because the plowing action acts quickly when your ship is moving quickly, and acts slowly when you're bogged down by nebula. So, when you're moving more slowly, which should be giving the plow plenty of time to divide the nebula, it instead works the worst.

The coorelation between slow move speed and slow plow action tells me that it's a bug, and the priorities of ship nebula speed and plowing calculations are the cause.

When you are crossing a nebula, and a 200 day journey becomes 2000, it makes you want to never use or depend on the plow again. So, of course, including an item that claims to do something, that is worth 5 coins, and doesn't work, is a problem.

I don't remember the plow ever having problems in the demo. Could there be a difference between the demo code and the full version?

Phoenix-D · #5 December 15th, 2005, 03:43 AM

Oh, the plow definitely has the same issue in the demo..

rocky8311 · #6 December 15th, 2005, 07:35 AM

I've only ever encountered a problem with the nebular plow if I folded to a system in the middle of a nebula and then tried to go to another system by the use of a normal stardrive.

What level do you set your nebulas at when you're starting your game? I don't care for nebulas so I keep mine set at the lowest coverage and I've never had this problem. If it's occurring at highest levels of nebula coverage, it would seem to me to be a function of the difficulty level.

Also: does anybody know if use of the nebula plow loses you points? Something about environmental destruction? If this is so, do you lose points even if you're not on a scientific mission?

Shadowcat · #7 December 15th, 2005, 09:42 AM

Yep, check out that negative value in the "bonus" section of your mission score-card. I don't know whether if there is any multiplier attached to this depending on the mission type.