Fun with mines!

Karibu · #1 October 23rd, 2003, 07:05 AM

Objects in same sector moves always together. I am not toally sure if all other objects in the system move into same direction but I think so. I think I have to check that one.

DavidG · #2 October 23rd, 2003, 11:15 AM

I tried that mine trick a while ago thinking it would be really funny. The mines don't move the same direction every turn but eventually they do seem to end up in the same sector.

Loser · #3 October 23rd, 2003, 02:05 PM

The way random movement works is that a random sector is selected and everything is pulled toward that sector a certain number of sectors.

So, making those random movement systems troublesome in a maximum sense requires that you start the mines with a maximum distance from eachother.

However, sweeping a system such as this is relativly trivial, once some time has passed. Start a few objects out separated form eachother and when they all move together you know which sector to sweep.

The trick is to keep adding mines to the system. If, for example, your home system has this problem, you simply keep producing and launching mines.

And don't worry, your Base Space Yards and Repair Bases will eventually all occupy the same sector, and the ships they build will follow them, so retroseries is still possible. It's just funky!

gregebowman · #4 October 23rd, 2003, 03:57 PM

I must have missed something. What is this random movement you're talking about? Is that an option when you start a new game? I don't remember that, but it has been awhile since I've started a new game. I've been playing a Proportions game off and on for the Last few months.

Slynky · #5 October 23rd, 2003, 05:49 PM

Here's a question:

If there are enemy mines in the same "wandering" sector as "my" mines, will they set each other off if they meet?

Loser · #6 October 23rd, 2003, 06:17 PM

No. Mines are not set off when other objects are moved into the same sector by random movement, whether the mines just moved to that sector or had already been there.

It may also be possible to have more than 100 mines in a single sector, but they will be separate minefields, so... I'm not sure what will happen when you try to sweep them.

Ed Kolis · #7 October 23rd, 2003, 07:00 PM

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Originally posted by gregebowman:
I must have missed something. What is this random movement you're talking about? Is that an option when you start a new game? I don't remember that, but it has been awhile since I've started a new game. I've been playing a Proportions game off and on for the Last few months.

There's an ability for systems that moves everything in the system "randomly" after normal movement occurs each turn. It's used in the Organic Infestation systems in SE4 Gold.