Weapon Targets

Andr�s · #1 February 2nd, 2002, 04:54 PM

You can't have a weapon that can shoot at anything including seekers making the user not need PDC.

Q · #2 February 2nd, 2002, 10:59 PM

quote:
Originally posted by suicide_junkie:
by using "phased shield generation" rather than "planet - shield generation"

Did you test if this is working?
The phased shield ability is a component ability and as you know abilities of components and facilities frequently do not function if you assign it to the other group.

Fyron · #3 February 2nd, 2002, 11:04 PM

Yeah, phased shield generation works for facilities. I've tested it before.

Q · #4 February 3rd, 2002, 07:56 AM

Thank you very much for this information. I will then modify the planetary shield facility to phased shields. Otherwise it is just too easy to bypass by phased polaron beams.

Fyron · #5 February 3rd, 2002, 08:04 AM

Make sure to change this in the AI files too, otherwise they won't be able to use it.

Suicide Junkie · #6 February 3rd, 2002, 04:27 PM

quote:
Did you test if this is working?
The phased shield ability is a component ability and as you know abilities of components and facilities frequently do not function if you assign it to the other group.

Pirates & Nomads has had this since forever.

I made the first levels of planetary shield tech give normal shields (20K/5K, 50K/20K) and the top end phased shields (75K/50K). Tech=>(ruins/normal)
At the very least, the AI should build one of the normal generators through its build orders, and then upgrade it to phased as soon as it finishes...

Cheeze · #7 February 3rd, 2002, 10:18 PM

I'm a little confused here, with all the talk of planetary shielding.

If you don't wish ships/fighters/etc, to target planets, then simply modify the strategy that the ship (or ships) uses. In the strategies there is a "Do Not Fire On" option, and one of those listed is planets.

I use that frequently.