Gryphin Mod v.3 - Troop Question

[Gryphin]

Krsqk
I'm using Daves mod utility.
It is a Rage Escort with:
Bridge, Crew, Life, 6 Engines, 1 Cap Ship Missle I, 1 Supply I.
It has to be something I entered wrong. I can fix it by copying over the entire supplys storage area. Does anybody want to look and see what could give this supply bay,
100 Percent defence?

[Krsqk]

I'm willing to take a look. Post your components file. Or, zip your datafiles and a savegame, and I'll load it up to see if there's any weirdness.

[Gryphin]

Krsqk,
I'll do that. I want to try a few things first.
I'm going to put a "standard" components.txt in its place. I will then copy and paste each component group I changed 1 group at a time.
It is really strange.
Ships without the supply bay die. Ships with it, cannot be hit once all other components are gone.

[Gryphin]

Here is the file:
http://www.windingstream.com/se/gryphin_components.htm

[Krsqk]

I think I found the problem:

Name := Supply Storage I 10kT
Description := Area on a starship to store supplies.
Pic Num := 117
Tonnage Space Taken := 10
Tonnage Structure := 0

Since it has the smallest tonnage structure, it's very likely to be hit Last. In fact, depending on how the combat system works, it probably have a 0% chance of being hit! Then, your ship has 100% damage (by numbers), but still has components left! The weapon hits the ship, checks for components to damage/destroy, and can't find any with a chance to be hit.

BTW, your descriptions and ability numbers on your smaller-sized cargo and supply components don't match. Just noticed while scrolling through.

Hope this fixes the problem!

[Gryphin]

Thanks Krsqk
I changed them all. It apears to have worked.
Um, let me get this straight,
From the Description of
Tonnage Structure:
"The number of points of damage this component can withstand before being destroyed."
If the number is "0", it can't be hit because of a quirk in the combat algorythm?

[ December 15, 2002, 11:59: Message edited by: Gryphin ]

[Wanderer]

Originally posted by Gryphin:

If the number is "0", it can't be hit because of a quirk in the combat algorythm?

Yup! Now HMS Invincible really can be invincible (and would make an excellent minesweeper )

More formally, if you have three surviving components with tonnage structure values of x, y and z, the chance of component x being hit first by a shot is:

x
P(x) = ------
x+y+z

So if x=0, P(x) (the chance of hitting x) is also 0.