Capture Planet ... Strategic Combat ??

fdlu · #1 March 4th, 2001, 10:30 PM

I tried to capture a planet via strategic combat.
I defeated the defenses with a fleet, moved on and brought in my assault transports.
I selected strategic combat, and my transport
ran to cower in on the edge of the map.
How so.....?
I selected as strategy 1st capture planet,
2.opt.wep.range, i had troops on board.
i tried different strategies in 2.strat.slot.
Transport armed with pd 4.
in tactical no problem when manually moved.
resolve combat he hides in corner.
what am i doing wrong ????? is it broken.
btw, is it possible to do a multiple drop
when i have more transports.

Aussie Gamer · #2 March 4th, 2001, 11:13 PM

The 1.27 mod was supposed to fix that problem. If you have that mod then send your .gam file to Aaron. So that problem can be fixed. As far as I can see you are doing it right!!

mottlee · #3 March 4th, 2001, 11:16 PM

You need to change the AI's Strats to "Capture Planet" and you should be fine or do as I do, yourself I like to drop troops the use of Desert Storm (overwelming firepower) gets em every time (make sure your troops can shoot more than 1 time (red face)

Mott

DirectorTsaarx · #4 March 5th, 2001, 09:20 PM

Was your SHIP strategy set to "Capture Planet" or the FLEET strategy set to "Capture Planet"? Since certain ship types can break formation & ignore the fleet strategy, maybe that's what's happening with your Troop Transport?

fdlu · #5 March 5th, 2001, 10:06 PM

Thanks for the replies. :-))
I will sent my .gam fil to MM.
I think It was Ship strategie,
but I haven �t figured it all
out yet.(Mostly i play tactical,
but that takes time)
It is possibly a slight error
on my part in settings or other,
but i think i have done it right.

Again, thanks for your help.