SE5: WP transit order and mine deploying?

[Phoenix-D]

You can. You want the command "Set Warp Transit orders", under "settings orders", default hotkey shift-,

EDIT: little note on that- you'll notice the same as previous button. You CAN send all your ships through at once- but they might collide inside the warp point and explode. By default there's a 10% chance of that happening, so if you send 100 ships through at once, expect to get 80-90 out the other end..

[Slick]

Not having checked the data files for this, is the percent chance for collision moddable to 0%? I hope so.

[Phoenix-D]

It is, yes. Keep in mind that ships only collide if you specifically tell them to go through all at once.

[Slick]

Not that I don't think it is a good idea, but I just think 10% is too high. Personal opinion is that it should be more like 1%. Also, the initial shock of this change from SEIV, where I could warp hundreds of ships simultaneously and safely just rattled my bones a little.

[Phoenix-D]

Well, the defenders don't get that crushing first round of fire anymore, either.

[Randallw]

Phoenix-D said:
You can. You want the command "Set Warp Transit orders", under "settings orders", default hotkey shift-,

EDIT: little note on that- you'll notice the same as previous button. You CAN send all your ships through at once- but they might collide inside the warp point and explode. By default there's a 10% chance of that happening, so if you send 100 ships through at once, expect to get 80-90 out the other end..

That's great. I am currently reading the Shiva Option in the starfire series. Ships can either go through the WP in single file or en masses, risking the chance to interpenetrate. The Bugs don't care about the risk so they always go through together, ships blow up if they materialise in each other, while the humans evetually have to do the same otherwise they are at a disadvantage.