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Dictor fields, half bug, half suggestion! Read plz. |
Southpark
Admiral
Joined: February 25, 2004
Posts: 132
From: Texas
|  Posted: 2004-04-18 01:12
Ok Bug report first:
Ok, there's some kind of issue going on w/ dictor fields, sometimes they're not working, flat out, ask thugonomics, we managed to jump out from inside a dictor field at 300gu from the planet, he should recall the incident as well as i. there have also been times where the interdictor field from the cruiser isn't working on ships that are well within range, this needs to be examined please!
on to the suggestion:
i enjoyed the fact that you didn't know if you were in a dictor field or not, as nice as the annoucement is, the actual graying out of the jump drive icon and not allowing a player to try is a bit too much "babying" i think, in addition i enjoyed being able to "e-jump" inside a dictor field and get a 200-guish "push" from the failed jump.
i essence i think it would be added value to the game to:
1. not gray out the jumpdrive automagically for players
2. allow people to "fail" their jumps, either on purpose, or because they forget they are in a dictor field.
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Meko
Grand Admiral
Joined: March 03, 2004
Posts: 1956
From: Vancouver
| Posted: 2004-04-18 08:35
agreed =)
e jumps are just that. emergency
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BackSlash
Marshal
Galactic Navy
Joined: March 23, 2003
Posts: 11183
From: Bristol, England
| Posted: 2004-04-18 10:22
if you remember things were done to the dictor field because they were using 40% of the cpu....so faust ... "dumbed" them up....so basicly their a bit stupid now lol....
hopfully it should be fixed within the next couple of patches soon 
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$wiss
Admiral
Joined: November 08, 2002
Posts: 640
From: Prancing in the meadows with Jesus
| Posted: 2004-04-18 13:25
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On 2004-04-18 01:12, Southpark wrote:
Ok Bug report first:
Ok, there's some kind of issue going on w/ dictor fields, sometimes they're not working, flat out, ask thugonomics, we managed to jump out from inside a dictor field at 300gu from the planet, he should recall the incident as well as i. there have also been times where the interdictor field from the cruiser isn't working on ships that are well within range, this needs to be examined please!
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well, could it be because you were 300 gu away from a planet, and the planet size was another 500-600 gu, so that would total about a thousand?
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Hobbyte
Fleet Admiral
Joined: May 19, 2003
Posts: 19
| Posted: 2004-04-18 19:01
i believe distance from planet is measured from center, not surface, i may be wrong though.....
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McSwindle
Admiral
Joined: September 29, 2002
Posts: 341
From: England
| Posted: 2004-04-18 19:12
yeah but were measuring from the dictor base
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