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IDProjectCategoryLast Update
0019992AI War 2SuggestionSep 3, 2018 1:58 am
ReporterOvalcircle Assigned ToBadgerBadger  
Severityminor 
Status resolvedResolutionfixed 
Product Version0.761 A Badger And A Puffin 
Fixed in Version0.765 Game Entity Split 
Summary0019992: Make it so Marauder drones actually show up as drones
DescriptionThe main name is the regular ship. The description confirms it's a drone.
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Ovalcircle

Aug 27, 2018 4:58 pm

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Chris_McElligottPark

Aug 27, 2018 5:00 pm

administrator   ~0048379

I specifically made them not have the name drone in them, just because I feel like it's irrelevant to the player. Why does it matter, if you aren't the one controlling it? I figured that this would be a welcome bit of simplicity, but I'm quite possibly missing something.

Ovalcircle

Aug 27, 2018 5:37 pm

reporter   ~0048380

The wiki update page says that the Marauders use drones. But it seems that they are not drones at all? The drones have the same stats as the regular ships. Compare all the images on this page. So the drones *are* the regular ships, just not produced by a space dock. Now I don't know if they actually are drones or not. I thought drones are supposed to be weaker than their space dock counterparts.
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BadgerBadger

Aug 28, 2018 12:37 am

manager   ~0048392

I'm indifferent to what these units are called as long as it is clear to the players what's going on. Perhaps the simplest solution is just to remove the word "Drone" from the description for the marauders? The marauder defenders are limited to the planet with their controlling unit (Marauder outposts), so they are distinct in behaviour from a regular ship.

Drones are currently identical to the base ship, but are limited to the planet with their controlling unit on it (so if you have a carrier starship that spawned drones and the carrier dies, the drones will all die in short order), and drones are not controlled by the player. I think in all other ways they are the same.

Ovalcircle

Aug 28, 2018 1:09 am

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Ovalcircle

Aug 28, 2018 1:09 am

reporter   ~0048394

Well, I'm over it. It doesn't really matter. I was just nitpicking. I now have an actual problem with drones. The description says "Loses 0.1% hull health every second it is not on the same planet as its parent ship." Except it loses 10% of it's health. I checked. See the save, Planet bottom left. 0.1% would be 0.001. 0.001 x 1900 (hull health of V-Wing drone) = 1.9 hull lost per second. That's not 10%.
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Ovalcircle

Aug 28, 2018 1:09 am

reporter   ~0048395

The .savemet didn't upload for some reason.

BadgerBadger

Sep 3, 2018 1:58 am

manager   ~0048759

I have fixed the "drone not dying at the right rate" problem. I have also tweaked the descriptions of Marauder Drones to make clear that they are defense only.

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
Aug 27, 2018 4:58 pm Ovalcircle New Issue
Aug 27, 2018 4:58 pm Ovalcircle File Added: 20180827165122_1.jpg
Aug 27, 2018 4:58 pm Ovalcircle File Added: 20180827165111_1.jpg
Aug 27, 2018 5:00 pm Chris_McElligottPark Note Added: 0048379
Aug 27, 2018 5:37 pm Ovalcircle File Added: 20180827172601_1.jpg
Aug 27, 2018 5:37 pm Ovalcircle File Added: 20180827171104_1.jpg
Aug 27, 2018 5:37 pm Ovalcircle Note Added: 0048380
Aug 28, 2018 12:37 am BadgerBadger Note Added: 0048392
Aug 28, 2018 1:09 am Ovalcircle File Added: Drones out.savemet
Aug 28, 2018 1:09 am Ovalcircle File Added: Drones out.save
Aug 28, 2018 1:09 am Ovalcircle Note Added: 0048394
Aug 28, 2018 1:09 am Ovalcircle File Added: Drones out-2.savemet
Aug 28, 2018 1:09 am Ovalcircle Note Added: 0048395
Aug 28, 2018 1:10 am Ovalcircle File Deleted: Drones out-2.savemet
Sep 3, 2018 1:58 am BadgerBadger Assigned To => BadgerBadger
Sep 3, 2018 1:58 am BadgerBadger Status new => resolved
Sep 3, 2018 1:58 am BadgerBadger Resolution open => fixed
Sep 3, 2018 1:58 am BadgerBadger Fixed in Version => 0.765 Game Entity Split
Sep 3, 2018 1:58 am BadgerBadger Note Added: 0048759