Posted by: metalax
« on: July 16, 2012, 12:09:10 PM »Launch missile at order causes you to go to that location then launch the missile, not launch the missile targeting that location from your current location.
Posted by: Person012345
« on: July 16, 2012, 11:00:15 AM »Isn't there a "launch missile at" move order when you select as a destination? Or am I missing something?
Posted by: Dutchling
« on: July 16, 2012, 07:37:33 AM »Thanks.
Posted by: metalax
« on: July 16, 2012, 07:24:06 AM »From over on the DF forum aurora thread.
"Place a waypoint on the planet by clicking the planet in the system map, then opening the 'Waypoints' tab of the system map controls and hit 'last', which places a waypoint on the last body selected."
Just tested it to make sure and the waypoint created does move with the planet.
"Place a waypoint on the planet by clicking the planet in the system map, then opening the 'Waypoints' tab of the system map controls and hit 'last', which places a waypoint on the last body selected."
Just tested it to make sure and the waypoint created does move with the planet.
Posted by: Dutchling
« on: July 16, 2012, 05:19:52 AM »Waypoints don't follow the planet when it orbits around the sun.
Anyone knows how to make a drone arrive at a planet?
Anyone knows how to make a drone arrive at a planet?
Posted by: Nathan_
« on: July 15, 2012, 05:54:22 PM »The separation range is separate when you are within this distance of whatever target. If the drone is 200M km from the target it separates immediately with such a separation range.
Posted by: Dutchling
« on: July 15, 2012, 05:07:56 PM »I set my second stage separation range at 900,000,000 km (900m km) but the drones keep getting released after 200m km.
Anyone have an idea what I could be doing wrong here?
Anyone have an idea what I could be doing wrong here?
Posted by: Dutchling
« on: July 15, 2012, 04:56:11 PM »Would I not need a decent fire control for the waypoint thing?
Previously in this thread someone said you wouldn't need one.
edit: nevermind, I tried it and it works. Thank you all!
Previously in this thread someone said you wouldn't need one.
edit: nevermind, I tried it and it works. Thank you all!
Posted by: Nathan_
« on: July 15, 2012, 04:53:25 PM »Either use "launch missile at" from the f12 screen(ship will travel to the planet in question, this is okayish for dropping buoys but won't work for drones), or set a waypoint on the planet, and have the ship/PDC with the drone launchers target that waypoint and fire.
Posted by: Dutchling
« on: July 15, 2012, 04:43:44 PM »How do I actually shoot at a planet?
Posted by: Nathan_
« on: July 14, 2012, 02:53:02 PM »drones need a firecontrol, but it doesn't have to be a particularly good one, minimal sized FC or the ICBM launch control both work fine. drones can deliver buoys, but you can also put an active/thermal/EM sensor on the drone itself so facilitate scouting out an interesting planet before going there with a ship. Finally Drones can't deliver mines yet, that doesn't work for some reason in this version.
Posted by: sublight
« on: July 14, 2012, 08:33:01 AM »The missile survey theory says the drone is just the delivery platform, and a 2nd stage geosurvey buoy does the actual surveying.
Posted by: Dutchling
« on: July 14, 2012, 06:31:14 AM »Ah, that makes sense.
edit: Wait you said a drone uses fuel when surveying. If this is true then geo survey drones are utterly useless. There simply isn't enough fuel in a drone to make it last for the days or even weeks it has the survey.
edit: Wait you said a drone uses fuel when surveying. If this is true then geo survey drones are utterly useless. There simply isn't enough fuel in a drone to make it last for the days or even weeks it has the survey.
Posted by: Bgreman
« on: July 14, 2012, 06:25:08 AM »You do need a missile fire control to fire at planets (you create a waypoint on the planet and fire the missile at the waypoint). However, the planet (and the waypoint) do NOT have to be within the range of the missile fire control, unlike regular targeting.
Posted by: Dutchling
« on: July 14, 2012, 05:35:50 AM »Are you sure I'd need a Fire Control for firing at planets? What would be the optimal resolution in that case?
edit: Oh, you aren't sure.
edit: Oh, you aren't sure.
