Massdrivers

[AlexnChaos]

One a similar note, I've just started mucking around with this intresting little toy you have here /laugh and I've been wonder just how you go about using mass drivers to ship mines etc? I've seen mention of it being done in other threads and such, but have yet to work out how to actually go about doing so

thanks for your time

Alex

[bean]

You can't.  Mass drivers move minerals, nothing else.  Any installations need to go by ship.

[AlexnChaos]

kk, thanks for clearing that up /laugh

[voknaar]

If you could then transports would become useless apart from JP tansporting. But it would be great to be able to send small things like missiles or ship parts to be assembled at the other end

[Sheb]

I guess it make sense that you're able to send large chunk of minerals, but that shooting delicate components at more than 1 thousand time the speed of sounds through several layers of atmosphere isn't exactly a good idea.

[voknaar]

I guess it make sense that you're able to send large chunk of minerals, but that shooting delicate components at more than 1 thousand time the speed of sounds through several layers of atmosphere isn't exactly a good idea.

But a interesting form of dealing with restless/revolting citizens....

A dictator can dream.. 

[sloanjh]

But a interesting form of dealing with restless/revolting citizens....

A dictator can dream..  

Oh, you can already do this....  In fact, it's a common mistake - you need to be VERY careful not to remove the last mass driver from a world which is receiving mass driver packets.

John

[bean]

What needs to happen is that a world receiving packets needs to designate a drive as a "catcher" and not allow it to be moved.

[Steve Walmsley]

What needs to happen is that a world receiving packets needs to designate a drive as a "catcher" and not allow it to be moved.

In v5.40, if a freighter is about to pick up the last mass driver from a population, Aurora will check to see if packets are incoming or the population is set as a mass driver destination. If so, it will warn the player and retain one mass driver on the planet.

Steve

[boggo2300]

In v5.40, if a freighter is about to pick up the last mass driver from a population, Aurora will check to see if packets are incoming or the population is set as a mass driver destination. If so, it will warn the player and retain one mass driver on the planet.

Steve

As a planetary bombardment specialist,  THANK YOU!

Matt

[bean]

That's helpful.  It happened to me once, and it wasn't a pleasant thing to think about.

[Erik L]

That's helpful.  It happened to me once, and it wasn't a pleasant thing to think about.

I don't think you qualify for Aurora Vet status until you've dropped a mineral packet on one of your own colonies.

[sloanjh]

As a planetary bombardment specialist,  THANK YOU!

Matt

ROFL!!

John

[Sheb]

I still remember the time I removed the last mass drivers, and then my planet got bombed by around 5-6 packets before I could bring it back. Losing millions of pops, severl labs and a great many factories wasn't fun.

[bean]

When mine happened, I just SMd it back.  I figure that whoever is in charge of mass drivers wouldn't let it happen in reality.