Balance Mod and a movement bug

http://spaceempires5.com/en-US/node/5655#comment-40100
http://spaceempires5.com/en-US/node/3899

This is a SE5 bug as explained in the linked threads provided by BlueTemplar.

Space Empires Depot | SE:V Balance Mod

How or why was this kind of movement calculation implemented? I do not recall any issues with the way it was done in SEIV and I fail to see why that had to be changed.

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Not sure if someone reported this yet but my stategies for my ships does not work correctly anymore. I used to put my missiles frigate on maximum range or dont get hurt so my ship will keep on retreating while the other ships try to catch up but this does not work in the bm 1.14A ver. It is as if the strategy is on optimal firing range.

Hmmm - I haven't had those troubles in my game. In my single player game I have running now, I have a CSM early ship strategy. I've been using CSM frigates on Maximum Weapons Range quite happily and didn't notice anything amiss.

I even made a variant of Max Weapons Range with Break Formation Immediately = False, and used it to move a Light Cruiser and a barricade of 5 CSM frigates in formation, all at max weapons range. The frigates fiddle around trying to maintain formation while the leader turns but in the main it works well for small groups.

I do recall though that one of my designs had direct fire, short ranged weapons (I think they were the Psychic Projectors) and I noticed in the combat simulator that they immediately retreated. Changing to Short Weapons Range fixed the issue. I got the impression that with some strategies, if you do not have weapons that can engage at the range required by the strategy then in some cases the ships retreat. I'd imagine that would be influenced by the details inside the strategy regarding what to engage at long / medium / short range, etc. I haven't done enough tests to be sure of that but I've definitely seen my ships retreat in that way.

The biggest problem that long Range depends now from the enemy weapon's range, and is slightly lower. It's annoying to see your ships keep the distance where the enemy can shoot at you - with another 5-10 distance, it couldn't. It would be great if there was a new setting - max range, that would work as the old long range: maximum range available to your ship.

Aah! Well.. that explains a few things in combats that should have taken place in the last movement steps...
*mutters*

Well.. glad I read it now..

~Myrath

Looks like its just a bug with the function that determines which of the 30 days a ship can move on.

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Hmm, I was sure it worked with 4 and 10 movement points... did you test the lower values as well?