How does the on board missile sensor calc work? as in, what makes a salvo (or individual missiles ?) target a ship over any other ?They will head for the closest target they can detect.
Trying to put together what little I know of sensor tech into wiki format, but i'm too nooby to pull it off.Active sensors are explained in Part 4 of the Tutorial: viewtopic.php?f=101&t=1955
Thus:
Thermal and EM sensors, how do they work, where are they useful, and is there any way to check they are working without a hostile race (as I haven't found one in any of my games yet)
EM detect shields also, but primarily populations.They detect active too....
Thermal detect heat sources. They're useful everywhere. Design a few and see how they work. Look at their range, and sensitivity. Find what works for you.
EM detect enemy shields. They're useful for ships that need to know if contacts have shields. Your applications may very.I dont know how they work, never built any of them.
Pretty sure both of these have details in there respective tech researches.
And they are working. Thermal sensors are always on and consider passive sensor. I don't recall if this is true for EM sensors.
