Fleets pass each other by??

[Bman]

Originally posted by Baron Munchausen:
If your fleet and his had the same speed, that is how it's supposed to happen. Don't look at the fleet positions on the screen, look at their relative speeds. It might have looked like your fleet was catching up due to turn order, but if speed was the same they were not.

We moved at the same speed but in OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS. My attack fleet was between his fleet and my colony ships. Since we had the same speed, I naturally assumed that when I gave my ships the attack order, they would intercept him, not just fly by and then circle around and chase (and never catchup as you are saying).

[Gryphin]

BMan,
Is it possible that your fleet went to the point the enemy fleet was when you gave the Attack order and then turned to follow it??
If so, that makes for a very nasty "issue"

[ June 14, 2002, 20:51: Message edited by: The High Gryphin ]

[LGM]

The Gold Manual indicates that combat occurs every 5th day. If you never occupy the same square on days 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, or 30, then combat will not occur. This could easily happen if you have really fast movement rates so that move increments happen in less than 5 days (7+ movement). I have never confirmed the information in the manual however.

[Bman]

Originally posted by The High Gryphin:
BMan,
Is it possible that your fleet went to the point the enemy fleet was when you gave the Attack order and then turned to follow it??
If so, that makes for a very nasty "issue"

No. What would happen is: my fleet would move onto the square with his fleet. Then his fleet would move off of it (and towards my colony ships). From this point on, I am chasing him. My fleet moves onto his square, then he moves off.

Someone has posted that combat occurs every 5th day and also whenever someone in the square is capable of moving. The bug is that both fleets are moving "at the same time". If they are only 1 square apart they effectively pass each other up in between the squares.

[DavidG]

Originally posted by Bman:
If they are only 1 square apart they effectively pass each other up in between the squares.[/QB]

Yup this is what happend to me too. Very annoying!

[Mephisto]

Combat does occur when you are in the same square as the enemy and have a movement point. Question is, when do you get a movement point?
Each turn (month) has 30 days.
A ship with speed 6 would get a movement point every 5 days (30/6=5).
A ship with speed 10 would get a movement point every 3 days (30/10=3).

[DavidG]

Originally posted by [K126]Mephisto:

A ship with speed 6 would get a movement point every 5 days (30/6=5).
A ship with speed 10 would get a movement point every 3 days (30/10=3).

So the net result of that is that if opposing fleets have the same speed combat is very difficult if they keep moving. If the fleets are moving in opposite directions and start an even number of spaces apart combat will not occur.