Fun with mines!

Ed Kolis · #1 October 23rd, 2003, 01:25 AM

Say... ever tried launching mines in a system with random movement???

Talk about realistic minefields!

Fyron · #2 October 23rd, 2003, 01:34 AM

Yes, I have. Unfortunately, everything in a sector seems to be randomly moved together.

PvK · #3 October 23rd, 2003, 01:37 AM

Hmm, and do the sector contents sometimes move together, so that as time goes one, things tend to accumulate into fewer and fewer sectors, assuming no new sectors have stuff added to them?

PvK

P.S. Ooo, I wonder if this is a way to get more than the mine limit in one sector... hmmm...

[ October 23, 2003, 00:38: Message edited by: PvK ]

Fyron · #4 October 23rd, 2003, 01:39 AM

Possibly. I just remember that I had 3 colony ships get trapped in an Organic Infestation system in a Proportions game (ran out of supplies at the same time in the same sector) and they were never separated.

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P.S. Ooo, I wonder if this is a way to get more than the mine limit in one sector... hmmm...

Too bad they would just be randomly moving about a system.

[ October 23, 2003, 00:42: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]

narf poit chez BOOM · #5 October 23rd, 2003, 02:34 AM

there's a game going where all combat occurs in a system with random movement. apparently, everything is teleported to the destination secter.

PvK · #6 October 23rd, 2003, 04:45 AM

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Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
...Too bad they would just be randomly moving about a system.

Sure, but you could put an annoying ship named "Neener Neener" (or something less obvious) there, or run to the mine sector with ships in other locations, hoping to lead pursuers there.

PvK

Karibu · #7 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 · #8 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 · #9 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 · #10 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.