Another possible combat bug in v1.35 (weapon platforms)

HreDaak · #5 May 14th, 2001, 02:08 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Will:
Hmmm... and the WP's to-hit is lower than 99% without any other units on the planet?[quote]

Yes.. weapon platforms should use same to hit mechanism as every other unit in the game...

For example: You have 1 weapon platform (race that owns it has no racial modifiers or racial traits) with combat sensors III (+65% to hit) on a planet and its target is battlecruiser which has no experience, is not part of any fleet and the race that owns it has no racial modifiers/racial traits. The only thing that decreases the to hit chance to battlecruiser is its ECM III system (+60% in defense). Range from the planet to the battlecruiser is lets say 5 and the beams in the weapon platform have no Weapon modifier (antiproton beam XII).

Now the chance to hit the battlecruiser should be 100%+65%-60%-50%=55%, but when there are no other units on the planet the to hit chance is 61% in real combat and 85% in simulator. It gets much weirder when there are fighters on the planet at the beginning of the combat. In this case the weapon platforms chance to hit the battlecruiser (or any other unit in space) is 99% (regardless of range as long as the range is equal or less than the maximum range of antiproton beam XII).

[quote] It seems strange that fighters on a planet would affect the planet's to-hit chance. As for the to-be-hit, since the WPs are on a planet, that's irrelevant (only two possible values: 99% to-hit for normal, 100% for Religious Talisman).[quote]

Uhm.. maybe i was a bit unclear (my english sucks), but the thing that i meant was the fact that weapon platforms have 99% chance to hit ships/fighters regardless of range and other modifiers when there are fighters on the planet at the beginning of the combat.

[quote] As for the simulator... only thing I can think of is that the simulator doesn't add in racial traits, and thus if you had a racial trait of -24% Offense, you would get those results.

There were no race modifiers/racial traits when i tested this... (created a new race with no race modifiers or racial traits).