Planetary Cloaking Device

[Fyron]

Yes, but do the planets actually get cloaked in 1.85, or does it just look pretty with the button activated?

[Puke]

i dunno about planet cloaking, but sector cloaking (like the storm) certainly works on both components and facilities. if planet cloaking works too, thats even better.

[Fyron]

I know that. I was asking about a facility with the cloaking ability.

[Andrés]

ISTR that some facilities such as RD and SP don't work on a cloaked planet.

[Baron Munchausen]

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
Yes, but do the planets actually get cloaked in 1.85, or does it just look pretty with the button activated?

If a planet recognises the cloaking ability, it must be possible to cloak a planet. And it was apparently supposed to be working before. Try setting up a planet with a cloak facility and using the hot key for cloaking on/off in a 1.84 game. It might work.

[Baron Munchausen]

Originally posted by Andres:
ISTR that some facilities such as RD and SP don't work on a cloaked planet.

Does this sound illogical? How do the freighters find the cloaked planet? How does a ship resupply itself if it can't find the planet? It's obvious that this sort of 'trick' is only useful for military or other 'special' planets. You can't expect to cloak your entire empire and have it to continue to function normally.

[Kamog]

Cloaking planets actually works? That's great!
So if an enemy ship is in the same sector as your planet and the ship doesn't have the sensors to see the planet, will the planet be blockaded? If not, then can you unblockade a planet by cloaking it?