X-Verse Fleet Fest I

[Tenlar Scarflame]

[Cpt.Jericho]

[imperium3]

[Deadbeat_Spinn]

Just how well does the AI handle fast moving ships because I've seen the AI do some really stupid moves when they're given a fast ship to fly IS.


On another note, the battleground/sector. Is the sector going to be free of obstacles (i.e. ship/station wreaks, debris, asteroids) or will the sector have some stuff in it to make things.....different?

[Tenlar Scarflame]

The battleground sector that I cooked up is totally empty of obstacles, save for a few neutral Navigational Beacons and a ring of player-owned Adsats around the perimeter.

It wouldn't be terribly difficult to add some debris to the mix, but... well, the AI doesn't deal with that very well. Although some scattered rocks could at least add some flair and a bit of chaff for early engagements.

Re: fast ships doing stupid things, since my battleground universe will have LITERALLY no ships anywhere except the two spawned fleets, the AI might be a bit more responsive. Might. At the very least, we should be catching a good frame rate for the whole battle.

[EmperorJon]

Grr, I thought we agreed we weren't going with the hangar rules? When did we change this!


As for the hangars, I don't think you should, or at least the ships shouldn't be onboard.

M1s have a tendancy to die before unloading much of their fleet.

[Gavrushka]

I don't think the ships have to be docked do they - Just have a parking space available?

@Deadbeat_Spinn - I thought fast moving ships spent there time in collision avoidance instead of firing - but whoever has the Springblossom fleet tried it against my Shrikes and Massacred them. Some tactical input from others would be a great help as I finalise my fleet..

imperium3 - I'd be happy to administer the leagues, if Technojerk36 was agreeable but don't have a computer that could handle the battles with any degree of reliability - But the rest of it, hell yes.

[EmperorJon]

[GCU Grey Area]

Anyone know how far apart the opposing fleets going to be are at the start of the battle?

Currently trying to decide what fighters to use for the new improved Reaver fleet (if they're a long way apart think fast fighters may be no good - they'll probably all get slaughtered long before the big guns turn up).

[EmperorJon]

Hm, I'm thinking about redesigning my entire fleet as something better...

[imperium3]

@ Gavrushka
Yes, I have the same trouble, unfortunately, else I'd be queuing up to volunteer too!

I just had a horrible thought with regard to the battle...

We're making one fleet Xenon and one fleet Argon, right? While the player sits somewhere and observes, and has Adv sats around so he can see what's going on.

What's going to stop some of the Xenon ships haring off after those satellites, or worse, the probably invincible playership? Which puts that fleet at something of a disadvantage.

It might be possible to get around this by making the fleets into two races that are enemies of each other, but friendly to the player, eg Argon/Paranid. Still might need some more clever scripting to make sure the fight works properly...

[EmperorJon]

I also think it'd be much better if we're allowed to set turret commands, missile prob. etc.

That can be done using the SE...

[EmperorJon]

Editing my previous setup, again:

A Spitfyre with 6x PMAML, 13x Ammo, 3x 25MJ sheild, both FCS, and a Triplex.

Might be a few ammo probs, but... meh!

=

5,648,285 per Spitfyre!

32 ships = 180,745,120

250,000,000-180,745,120 = 69,254,880 left


36,309,152 for a Panther.

- 155,816 (200Mj)

+ 4x 299,168 (2gj shields)

+ 10x 841,412 (IBLs) 6 front 2 l/r

+ 8x 38,956 (PACs) up/down

+ 4x 623,268 (FAAs) rear

+ 9828 for a triplex

= 48,578,676

Total left: 20,676,204


Claymore = 5,302,660

+ 4x 85,700 (5x 25mj shields, one in shipcost)

+ 9828 for triplex

+ 2416 FCS1
+ 3508 FCS2

+ 40x 22460 (Phantom missile)

Total = 6,559,612

x 3 = 19,678,836


20,676,204 - 19,678,836

= 997,368cr.



Hmmm. How about some missile for the Panther?

29x 33692 = 977,068

29 Typhoon missiles!

4x Silkworms!

4x 5,052 = 20,208



92 cr left.

So:

The Aldrin Protection TaskForce

32x Spitfyre 'FastStrike Defenders'
6x PMAML, 13x Ammo, 3x 25MJ sheild, both FCS, and a Triplex.

1x Panther 'Aquired from Zyarth'
10x IBL, 8x PAC, 4x FAA, 4x 1Gj, 29x Typhoon, and a Triplex.

3x Claymore 'Resident HeavyStrike'
5x 25Mj, both FCS, 40x Phantoms and a Triplex.

20,300cr left.

[cyberfuzzie]

http://cyberfuzzie.cy.ohost.de/xff.spawnfleets.xml

Just copy the script in the scripts folder, open the script editor and run xff.spawnfleets.
Select your ship as the object on which the script is run.

This script sets the xenon friendly - the will still show up as red, which is ok so we can easily see when there is only one fleet left, but they will not attack you. Also collision detection is disabled for your ship, which makes you almost invincible.

For the moment there is only the possibility to select which weapons are on a ship, they are assigned automatically, all ships have the command kill enemies. I tried without a command, but if the ships did not spawn within firing range, they just did nothing.

Every ships is spawned at position (0|0|+/-10)km, but X3 does not take these coordinates too exactly...


So now it's your turn, try it out.

cf+

[EmperorJon]

CF, last time I checked setting the Xenon to 1M Notoriety isn't enough, you have to select ever Xenon ship and set them to Neutral or Friend. (might have changed though)