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are convoys there now ?
cool Sarahanne... :)I can start imagining things!
M. Duncan
M. Duncan
It was blue and had tabs along the top and right side.
--sarahane
Woot! Go Itanisoft!
--sarahane
Woot! Go Itanisoft!
(I haven't posted about the interface because I'm still tweaking how it looks.. anyway).
Just posted a news update about the NPC traders. Anyone is welcome to get on the test server and play with them (they should be there..), we'll see about getting them going in production on Monday.
Just posted a news update about the NPC traders. Anyone is welcome to get on the test server and play with them (they should be there..), we'll see about getting them going in production on Monday.
Hmmm, they must be sleeping....
Hrmm, I guess John assumed I left them running for the night. I did so last night and they seem to be working well. I'll start them now.
I was more concerned about the Hive today, so I left that running. I know of at least one pretty large bug with the Hive, which I'll probably fix tonight or tommorow. After that, I'll probably ask people to test out the Hive Hunt mission before we release.
I was more concerned about the Hive today, so I left that running. I know of at least one pretty large bug with the Hive, which I'll probably fix tonight or tommorow. After that, I'll probably ask people to test out the Hive Hunt mission before we release.
Cool.... ok, somethings I've noticed...
Voys will warp through a WH, then turn around and go through it again, back the way they came.
And the escorts still do nothing unless personally attacked.
Voys will warp through a WH, then turn around and go through it again, back the way they came.
And the escorts still do nothing unless personally attacked.
Are you positive it wasn't two different convoys? If so, how long did they spend in the sector on the far side of the wormhole before going back? Do you remember which sector it was and at what time?
As it stands, a bot can only guard one other bot at a time, so attacking a trader may provoke zero or one escort if there are fewer or equal numbers of escorts and traders. If previous convoys on a route have been decimated or destroyed, there will be more escorts per trader, and you may get two or three defending a trader. It should be relatively easy to make all the escorts go after any aggressor, but we also want them to stay near the convoy and between it and the biggest threat. Which is a little tricky, but we'll get there Soon:)
As it stands, a bot can only guard one other bot at a time, so attacking a trader may provoke zero or one escort if there are fewer or equal numbers of escorts and traders. If previous convoys on a route have been decimated or destroyed, there will be more escorts per trader, and you may get two or three defending a trader. It should be relatively easy to make all the escorts go after any aggressor, but we also want them to stay near the convoy and between it and the biggest threat. Which is a little tricky, but we'll get there Soon:)
That is just stinking cool...
(did I say that outloud?)
(did I say that outloud?)
going to testserver now :)
Momerath:
It was the same Voy, and it basically jumped in, sort of gathered/formed up (which was neat, then immediately turned and jumped back through. It was shortly after you had restarted it last night, maybe 1 am PDT. Location was the Latos/Azek WH, Latos side. I know it was the same one because I was attacking it :)
And the escorts really don't do anything. I could attack a moth with a phase blaster, sitting right behind it, for as long as I needed, without moving anyway except forward..... no escorts.
It was the same Voy, and it basically jumped in, sort of gathered/formed up (which was neat, then immediately turned and jumped back through. It was shortly after you had restarted it last night, maybe 1 am PDT. Location was the Latos/Azek WH, Latos side. I know it was the same one because I was attacking it :)
And the escorts really don't do anything. I could attack a moth with a phase blaster, sitting right behind it, for as long as I needed, without moving anyway except forward..... no escorts.
Was on the testserver earlier this AM (around 5:30 AM CST), and NO bots would attack you if you shot them. None of 'em. Not the Vults, or the Hogs, or the Cents or the Centaurs or the Behemoths... I tried shooting everyone.
I popped 3 Behemoths in a VULT with Phase Blasters... That shouldn't be possible.
Although, the bots DID turbo everywhere, which seemed smart.
But they had NO desire to shoot me, never mind the escorts defending the haulers. They acted basically like the CtC bot hauler - dodging but never turning to fight or taking much in the way of evasive action besides strafing.
So, something is still broken.
I popped 3 Behemoths in a VULT with Phase Blasters... That shouldn't be possible.
Although, the bots DID turbo everywhere, which seemed smart.
But they had NO desire to shoot me, never mind the escorts defending the haulers. They acted basically like the CtC bot hauler - dodging but never turning to fight or taking much in the way of evasive action besides strafing.
So, something is still broken.
i cant log onto the test server.Dunno why.
isnt it--"test:name"?
isnt it--"test:name"?
Was on for about 20 minutes. I confirm Lebermacs observation. NPCs don't attack, no matter how many of them you shoot. Secondly, I saw a group of Moths flying backwards to their jump point at the ineubis station in helios. My last observation is numbers. I think there are way too many NPC convoys. I flew through B8 and there were so many bots the sector got choppy.
This morning, I followed a group out of Latos. Pretty much the same scenario as Leber & Tumble. Killed a couple Moths with no reaction from it or escorts. Shot at one escort which seemed confused whether to attack me or stay with the convoy (it finally shot two flares at me, then went on with the convoy).