Having Problems with ships retreating Right away

[Docwho]

retreat ring is smaller than were my ships start.

I.E. My ships are starting Combat outside the retreat ring.

Is there a setting I could change?

I am also asking the guys at [email protected]. Just wanted to know if it was something I did. Which I am not sure I did do anything to mod a setting like that.

[Suicide Junkie]

For now, try editing settings.txt, and increasing the Maximum combat radius by sqrt(2).

Space Combat Map Radius := 1500.0


Pythagoras 1, SE5 0.

[Docwho]

Thanks. I change these two settings after you point them out. Thanks.

For those of you having the same problem change them to this.

Space Combat Maximum Zoom Out Distance := 150.0
Space Combat Map Radius := 1500.0

[Suicide Junkie]

As a note:
The zoom out distance is a camera thing, and has no effect on the physics of the combat.

[Phoenix-D]

It does seem to effect what sound effects play, though. I don't get any unless I'm zoomed in fairly close.

[Suicide Junkie]

If you move the camera "north" farther, they will come into range better too...

But the best solution for sound is to do a global replace on max distance := 500 or more.