Problem with Norak research...
 

The poor, poor Norak. I keep finding things wrong with them even though they use missiles quite a bit. They aren't building any point defense weapons.

There appears to be a flaw in their research priorities. They don't get point defense until waaaaay down the list, don't put point defense in their ships, and this makes their fleets get stopped by satellites.

I tested the game to make sure point defense cannons will fire at satellites in automated combat, then I went in and moved the military science lvl 1 and point defense 5 entries I already had in there further up the list. Hopefully, this will get them to finally start mounting point defense on their ships and this will hopefully let them attack satellites so I don't have to do something like make capital ship missiles target satellites. http://www.shrapnelgames.com/ubb/images/icons/icon7.gif

Now all I have to do is check the other missile-using races and make sure they don't have that problem either. The Terrans appear to be fine, but they use missiles and beam weapons in their ships.

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[This message has been edited by Sinapus (edited 18 February 2001).]

Re: Problem with Norak research...
 

Checked a few other races, the Jraenar, Krill and the Terrans and found they didn't have much access to point defense and might run into the problem the Norak were having as well so I placed the same entries I did with the Norak into theirs. Hopefully, this will give them more of a chance against missiles, fighters and satellites.

Btw, one thing I've done which seems to help the AI cope w/point defense a bit better is increase the point defense entries in their research files to lvl 5 instead of 3 and lowered that number in their design files to somewhere near what the EA and Sergetti mods have. They are harder targets for fighters now. http://www.shrapnelgames.com/ubb/images/icons/icon7.gif

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"What do -you- want?" "I'd like to live -just- long enough to be there when they cut off your head and stick it on a pike as a warning to the next ten generations that some favors come with too high a price. I would look up into your lifeless eyes and wave like this..." *waggle* "...can you and your associates arrange that for me, Mr. Morden?"