Point Defense

[StarBaseSweeper]

I tried a while back, but it didn't seem to work.

But maybe after so many patches it is working now:

Can a Point Defense type weapon be set to target ship or planet ?

Thanks for the help.

[Fyron]

I don't think any recent patches have changed how point defense works.

[StarBaseSweeper]

So Point Defense still only automatically target fighters and seekers...

Thanks.

[oleg]

And Drones.

[Loser]

very small rocks.

[Ruatha]

and flowers, but not whales.

[Pocus]

and hobbits, if they do not wear red wax equations.

[Gryphin]

Originally posted by StarBaseSweeper:
So Point Defense still only automatically target fighters and seekers...

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[von_toaster]

and mines, if, for some odd reasons lauched during combat (or if using a mod, like Devnull)

[Karibu]

Can you launch mines during combat? If so, do they hurt your ship (if you ram them) or are they just garbage in the space?

[Fyron]

Yes you can launch them during combat. They are useless junk if you do so (until combat is over). Warheads only do damage when the equipped vehicle is the rammer, not the rammee. Mines get to ram ships with no limits when they enter the sector, which is why they do damage to them. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

[Loser]

Quick question.

100 fighters in a sector. Enemy ship moves into same sector. Are all 100 fighters in the same dang stack?

If not, how does the game break them up?

[PvK]

It depends on how the 100 fighters were launched. They will be in the same breakdown into fighter Groups that they appear to be when you select them on the system map. Often, ya, they'll all be in one 100-fighter pig-pile. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif

PvK

[Fyron]

You can launch them in custom sized Groups in sequential games, but not simultaneous games, which really, really sucks. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif

[Ed Kolis]

You *can* launch them in custom size Groups in simultaneous - just set the "Fighter Launch Group Size" entry or whatever in the appropriate entry in Strategies!

[Suicide Junkie]

That only affects combat launches.

After combat the fighters all get recovered, and you're still stuck with launching one big stack for the system map.