Question about Mine Clearing VS Engineer Tanks

Mobhack · #1 November 14th, 2007, 07:33 AM

that is my understanding of it - both clear mines and DT but the mineclear tank is biased towards mine clearance (slow DT clearing) and the engineer vehicle towards DT clearance (thus slower mine clearance).

Cheers
Andy

Marcello · #2 November 14th, 2007, 08:48 AM

"both clear mines and DT but the mineclear tank is biased towards mine clearance (slow DT clearing)"

Last time I set up a trial my mineclear tanks did not want to have anything to do with DTs, which is exactly the way it should be.

Mobhack · #3 November 14th, 2007, 11:46 AM

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Marcello said:
"both clear mines and DT but the mineclear tank is biased towards mine clearance (slow DT clearing)"

Last time I set up a trial my mineclear tanks did not want to have anything to do with DTs, which is exactly the way it should be.

I will check the code and make sure that they can clear both types of obstacle - otherwise the AI would be snookered if it bought the wrong type!. Thus, the engineer vehicle should be capable of dealing with either, if in a limited manner.

Cheers
Andy

Suhiir · #4 November 14th, 2007, 12:59 PM

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Mobhack said:

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Marcello said:
"both clear mines and DT but the mineclear tank is biased towards mine clearance (slow DT clearing)"

Last time I set up a trial my mineclear tanks did not want to have anything to do with DTs, which is exactly the way it should be.

I will check the code and make sure that they can clear both types of obstacle - otherwise the AI would be snookered if it bought the wrong type!. Thus, the engineer vehicle should be capable of dealing with either, if in a limited manner.

Cheers
Andy

Thanks Andy.
All well and fine, but why the cost difference then?

thatguy96 · #5 November 14th, 2007, 01:42 PM

I would think it would be based on the relative danger posed by mines. If mineclear tanks are supposed to clear mines faster and engineer tanks clear DTs faster, then I would wonder if its based on the idea that clearing mines faster is worth more than clearing DTs faster.

Marcello · #6 November 14th, 2007, 02:02 PM

"otherwise the AI would be snookered if it bought the wrong type!."

I fail to see where is the big deal. Have the AI buy only engineer tanks, which can deal with both, and not the mineclear ones. The AI disadvantage would be minimal and you avoid the very unrealistic situation of tanks with KMT kits being able to clear obstacles.

Marcello · #7 November 14th, 2007, 02:10 PM

I ran another test. It seems that mineclear vehicles can clear DT. I don't know if it was a previous version, a glitch or just plain memory playing tricks with me.
I clearly remember mineclear tanks being unable to clear DT in a test several months ago. Whatever.