Strategy "Target Type" not working 1.66 BM 1.12 |
Not sure what the cause is but I created some basic fighters, engines, afterburners, combat sensors, small anti proton beam, cockpit, life support and some armour.
Now obviously, the use for these was going to be to target other units first and foremost, so I put all the units at the top of the target type list, applied this new strategy as the default for these fighters, filled two carriers (on opposing teams) with them and launched the combat sim. The fighters then proceeded to completely ignore the other figthers (exept for firing on a fly by) and head straight for the carriers.
Even when I set *all* the targetting priority order fields to "Target Type" the fighters act in the same way.
I'm assuming this would also be the case in the stock game as well, I just haven't tried that yet.
Re: Strategy "Target Type" not working 1.66 BM 1.12
Have you tried the strategy outside of the simulator? It wouldn't be the first time that the simulator borked strategies.
Re: Strategy "Target Type" not working 1.66 BM 1.12
I'll have a go if I can find someone with fighters to test it on then 
Will have to test it thoroughly before I report it, just thought I'd check if others had also had it before I tried too hard.
The sim breaks strategies, never knew that one 
-didn't think it would work any differently from a normal battle, asside for completely ignoring ratial traits-
Re: Strategy "Target Type" not working 1.66 BM 1.12
I'm way out-of-date, and need to get patched up & new BM. I seem to think the target types worked in the past... but I know some "types" don't count in space and some don't count in ground combat. WP's, for example, are only recognized in ground combat. In space combat they were considered part of the "planet".
If what you say is so, you could try assigning "fastest" and "smallest" as high priorities for a workaround.
In fact, I know some parts of the "types" used to work because I set 'most all my ships to engage fighters at long range so they'll turn and make the little bandits chase them. I hope the new patches haven't introduced a new bug.
Oh well, good luck. If you haven't already done so, please double-check everything. It's easy to overlook some detail. I've even made new strats & forgot to actually apply them to the intended ships! If the bug is for-real, I hope you'll report it in the appropriate section of the forum.