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0002454AI War 1 / ClassicSuggestion - Tip Of The Day IdeasJan 16, 2011 2:52 am
ReporterTechSY730 Assigned ToChris_McElligottPark  
Status resolvedResolutionfixed 
Fixed in Version4.068 
Summary0002454: Tip about cloaking
DescriptionHere is a tip of the day idea. In fact, this misunderstanding comes up so often that it may merit a place in the tutorial and/or wiki. Again, feel free to clean up the spelling, wording, and grammar.

Unlike many RTSs, cloaking does not hide the existence of a ship, only its location and its identity. Thus, do not be surprised if the AI reacts to one of your cloaked ships on their planet even if they never decloaked it. This works both ways though. Cloaked AI ships will appear in your intel as well, even if you have never decloaked them before.
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TechSY730

Jan 16, 2011 12:23 am

reporter   ~0008619

EDIT: Fixed a major typo. I originally said "cloaking does not hide the existence of a ship, only its presence and its identity", which was pretty much a self-contradiction.

Chris_McElligottPark

Jan 16, 2011 2:07 am

administrator   ~0008657

Nice!

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Unlike many RTS games, cloaking does not hide the existence of a ship, only its location and its identity. Thus do not be surprised if the AI reacts to one of your cloaked ships on their planet even if they never decloaked it. This works both ways, though: cloaked AI ships also appear in your intel.

TechSY730

Jan 16, 2011 2:10 am

reporter   ~0008659

Yay, I finally got some text into the game :D

TechSY730

Jan 16, 2011 2:47 am

reporter   ~0008677

Do you think that the "don't be surprised" figure of speech is too confusing? I have a bad habit of overusing that idiom.

Chris_McElligottPark

Jan 16, 2011 2:50 am

administrator   ~0008678

I think it's fine in this case.

TechSY730

Jan 16, 2011 2:52 am

reporter   ~0008679

Okay, I just reread what I wrote and though that sentence was a little weird. But hey, any alternative I can think of is too wordy, so I guess you're right.

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
Jan 16, 2011 12:13 am TechSY730 New Issue
Jan 16, 2011 12:14 am TechSY730 Description Updated
Jan 16, 2011 12:23 am TechSY730 Note Added: 0008619
Jan 16, 2011 12:23 am TechSY730 Description Updated
Jan 16, 2011 2:07 am Chris_McElligottPark Note Added: 0008657
Jan 16, 2011 2:07 am Chris_McElligottPark Status new => resolved
Jan 16, 2011 2:07 am Chris_McElligottPark Fixed in Version => 4.068
Jan 16, 2011 2:07 am Chris_McElligottPark Resolution open => fixed
Jan 16, 2011 2:07 am Chris_McElligottPark Assigned To => Chris_McElligottPark
Jan 16, 2011 2:10 am TechSY730 Note Added: 0008659
Jan 16, 2011 2:47 am TechSY730 Note Added: 0008677
Jan 16, 2011 2:50 am Chris_McElligottPark Note Added: 0008678
Jan 16, 2011 2:52 am TechSY730 Note Added: 0008679