cloacking

Fyron · #1 November 28th, 2002, 08:42 AM

In the unmodded game, all scanners have hte same effects. Cloaking Devices have an equal level of cloaking in all areas. Stealth Armor only hides ships from the basic level 1 EM Active (or is it Passive?) that all ships have built in.

Krsqk · #2 November 30th, 2002, 03:16 AM

Stealth Armor gives level 1 EM Active and level 1 EM Passive cloaking. That's about the only benefit to researching one of the other techs. Tachyon Sensors (EM Active, Sensors tech area) is the most expensive; Hyper Optics is the least expensive to research (EM Passive, Adv. Mil. Sci. tech area).

freduk · #3 October 22nd, 2004, 10:14 AM

Isn't there any mod that makes the cloacking thing a bit more fair??? I mean Hyper optics is very cheap compared to the other gravitic/tachyon sensors.
It would be nice if the Hyper Optics could only go to level 1, so only are able to detect stealth-armor-cloacked ships, while for the REAL cloaking devices one should research the more expensive gravitic or tachyon sensors.
Now the cloaking devices are worthless.

Arkcon · #4 October 22nd, 2004, 10:23 AM

Many mods add interest to the cloaking types and levels. Off the top of my head, you should try Suicide Junkie's Pirates and Nomads mod.