MInefields?

[Longstreet]

I too would like an explanation on how mines and mine sweeping works.

Caius

[Romulus68]

I have a planet where mines were dropped during a fight. They make a line from a spot to the edge of the map (in combat). I also had a fight on a warp point where the ship ran dropping mines behind the ship as it ran. It too made a straight line off the map with mines in a long row. Apparently, the game remembers where the mines are dropped and you must pass that spot to hit them.

[Raapys]

You can move them using System View, can't you? Never actually used mines myself in SEV, but at least that's true for all other units/ships.

Thus the best solution would be to surround the warp point/planet with the mines.

[Romulus68]

Raapys said:
You can move them using System View, can't you? Never actually used mines myself in SEV, but at least that's true for all other units/ships.

Thus the best solution would be to surround the warp point/planet with the mines.

That would be the first i heard of moving them? Anyone tried this?

[se5a]

Minefields work totaly different if a ship moves into a mined sector, than if the ship is already in the sector.

[Raapys]

This is how it works: If the sector only contains friendly ships and you launch the mines, they will gather in a circular pattern around the warp-point/planet. Not exactly sure how they are placed if an enemy occupies the sector.

At any rate, mines are movable like the other units; the problem is that they have the 'Unit is invisible in combat' ability, which unfortunately makes the mines invisible even to its owner, and even outside combat( sector-view ), so they cannot be select for moving.

So I propose we bug Aaron about making the "Invisible in Combat" ability work in such a way that the units are not invisible to their owner, only to the enemy.

[BlueTemplar]

Even then, do you seriously want to waste you time moving 100 mines one by one? A box selection combined with drag and drop (andmaybe formations) would be a good addition!