Problems with 1.25 (BM 1.02)

The Drone bugs still exist, but I was expecting that given it wasn't on the change log. As a reminder: drones in combat cannot be given any orders (they default to ramming the nearest ship at the start of combat and will not change targets whatever you do).

Furthermore, suicide warheads (drones and kamikaze fighters) use every single deployed warheads' total damage potential when calculating ramming damage. This should be summed over all the drone's warheads, not every single drones' warheads.

I'm in no hurry, but I would like to see this eventually (next month or later) debugged. I can't use drones at present due to this bug - they'd be too overpowered.

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Yeah, I'm with you. I would really like to play with drones. The concept is very cool.

Javaslinger

ah- ha!

didn't know about the drone bug, but that explains.. some things.

i have played with them very little b/cas i personally think they should be in-system, but had noticed they were pretty dang effective!
i haven't seen the Ai use them much - is this why?

the only Ai drones i've seen were built with no warheads (despite "type") and just flew away... never could kill them, even after empire was conquered.
Thanks!

2 quick questions?

could a ship have "external ordnance racks" like in starfire to fire a single drone?

i have no problem with drones not taking orders once launched- but why are satellites any smarter?

Did you have any of the ministers on?

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Space Empires Depot | SE:V Balance Mod

I must have forgot to switch the default AI script (also used for player ministers), so it has a function to scrap WP - but it had been written. testing and set to scrap more often than it should.

Just turn off the Minister - Ships (All Scrapping) - Scrapping WPs so far is his only function - and it should go away.

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Space Empires Depot | SE:V Balance Mod