Would it be possible to build a decoy transponder into a missile?I am going to be upgrading electronic warfare in the one of the updates after version 4.0. Something along these lines would probably make a good addition at that point.
You would basically fire the missile at the same time as you cut off your ship transponder, cut emissions etc... and changed course.
Would it be possible to build a decoy transponder into a missile?
You would basically fire the missile at the same time as you cut off your ship transponder, cut emissions etc... and changed course.
Quote from: "Father Tim"All ships include sensors - a half-space thermal if nothing else.As of v4.0 (and I think v3.2 as well) ships have an inherent strength-1 thermal sensor and a strength-1 EM sensor. These inherent sensors are ignored if the ship has a more powerful sensor of the same type. To check the sensor ratings, look at the Sensors section on line two of the class summary. It will look similar to Sensors 1/1/0/0. These show the sensor ratings for thermal / EM / Grav / Geo
Steve
Mar W miller...The tone of your posts today seem to imply that you are close to releasing V4.0 Steve; or am I suffering from wishful thinking?I am getting there but I wouldn't expect anything for perhaps a week or two. As well as my own campaign, my son is running a test campaign and a friend ran through the start of another campaign tonight. That is helping flush out the bugs but there are still some more abilities I want to add to NPRs before I release v4.0.
The tone of your posts today seem to imply that you are close to releasing V4.0 Steve; or am I suffering from wishful thinking?Quote from: "Father Tim"All ships include sensors - a half-space thermal if nothing else.As of v4.0 (and I think v3.2 as well) ships have an inherent strength-1 thermal sensor and a strength-1 EM sensor. These inherent sensors are ignored if the ship has a more powerful sensor of the same type. To check the sensor ratings, look at the Sensors section on line two of the class summary. It will look similar to Sensors 1/1/0/0. These show the sensor ratings for thermal / EM / Grav / Geo
Steve
All ships include sensors - a half-space thermal if nothing else.As of v4.0 (and I think v3.2 as well) ships have an inherent strength-1 thermal sensor and a strength-1 EM sensor. These inherent sensors are ignored if the ship has a more powerful sensor of the same type. To check the sensor ratings, look at the Sensors section on line two of the class summary. It will look similar to Sensors 1/1/0/0. These show the sensor ratings for thermal / EM / Grav / Geo
All ships have an inherent thermal sensor, equivalent to a half-space sensor.
All ships include sensors - a half-space thermal if nothing else.
Another interesting question has just popped up in this area.
I am coding for 'civilian' NPR ships such as freighters or colony ships to run away from unknown contacts. I hadn't intended it but as soon as the code was up and running, the player race civilian ships started doing the same. My first reaction was to prevent the code applying to player race civilians but when I thought about it a little more, I guess it probably should apply. In that way, the Player Race (PR) civilian ships that players can't control will at least have a sense of self-preservation. They will recognize each other by their transponder codes and not run away under those circumstances. However, it then occurred to me that if two PR civilian ships are in a system where transponders are turned off and sensors can only pick them up as thermal contacts, they will run away from each other with possible comedic results. This does seem realistic though and is a major downside of having civilians turn off their transponders.
Comments?
Steve
...I am coding for 'civilian' NPR ships such as freighters or colony ships to run away from unknown contacts. I hadn't intended it but as soon as the code was up and running, the player race civilian ships started doing the same....
Comments?
Steve
