[MOD] Simple Order Fixes 1.2 Updated to 1.6

[Matterom]

This is a set of basic tweaks that aim to change several odd behaviors revolving around orders.

NOTE: Ships may require their orders to be reset for some of these changes to take effect

Changes

• Ships under passive orders will not pursue a target beyond it's current sector ([1.2]No longer breaks from multiple attack orders, Might break if very close to gate or highway)
• Ships should no longer try to attack invulnerable objects(EG: Kha'ak stations, build storage, wrecks, ect.) (Should be fully fixed, i implemented a half assed fix that.. did not truely solve the problem)
• Ships will no longer respond to distress signals for ships being attacked by another allied faction. (I'm told this works reliably)

Future:
- Fix Boost to Target when out of range.

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[Buzz2005]

[*]EXPERIMENTAL: Ships will no longer respond to distress signals for ships being attacked by another allied faction. (i cannot test this reliably, please let me know if it does not work, or works too well)

Is this what they are doing all the time attacking across the sector disobeying orders, we all just trow accusations about them being dumb when they are honorable and brave

[cole2839]

I still classify it as being dumb.

[Matterom]

[*]EXPERIMENTAL: Ships will no longer respond to distress signals for ships being attacked by another allied faction. (i cannot test this reliably, please let me know if it does not work, or works too well)

Is this what they are doing all the time attacking across the sector disobeying orders, we all just trow accusations about them being dumb when they are honorable and brave

Yes, it is what they are doing. i've watched it occur in my sectors.

[Azran_Zala]

I still classify it as being dumb.

I wrote a song about it:

99 fighters in the fleet, 99 fighters in the fleet.
1 breaks rank, ignoring the primary, and flies off to dogfight an entire xenon fleet in a belt to save a miner.
98 fighters in the fleet.
*repeat*

its a WIP.

Something else that would help I think is an additional "Override or Primary" option in the r-click command context menu; so orders can be replaced or the command given is placed at the top of the order queue, instead of the bottom.
Having to keep cancelling cancelling orders first; to get groups of ships to behave is strenuous.

Another is having subordinates in a wing automatically perform the same command as their commander. I thought I saw a mod that included that, just cant remember where.

[*]Ships under passive orders will not pursue a target beyond it's current sector

Thanks Matterom, this helps immensely; I often turn by back for a minute and then find my escorts gates away chasing down a lone fighter fleeing across the universe.

[SMoOoVEeR]

• EXPERIMENTAL: Ships will no longer respond to distress signals for ships being attacked by another allied faction. (i cannot test this reliably, please let me know if it does not work, or works too well)

feedback: my squad still gets split up by distress signals

[Matterom]

• EXPERIMENTAL: Ships will no longer respond to distress signals for ships being attacked by another allied faction. (i cannot test this reliably, please let me know if it does not work, or works too well)

feedback: my squad still gets split up by distress signals

Going to need more information, i didn't stop it entirely. i just added a second evaluation to check the antagonist against your allied factions

[StonedMajorTom]

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Changes

• Ships under passive orders will not pursue a target beyond it's current sector

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First, thank you for your mod!

until now it looks like my s/m/l/xl ships are not leaving the system to follow the enemy. many thanks!

but

can you add this please for the defend drones too? they are still leaving the system

[SMoOoVEeR]

• EXPERIMENTAL: Ships will no longer respond to distress signals for ships being attacked by another allied faction. (i cannot test this reliably, please let me know if it does not work, or works too well)

feedback: my squad still gets split up by distress signals

Going to need more information, i didn't stop it entirely. i just added a second evaluation to check the antagonist against your allied factions

Alright, then its in intended range it seems.
Was allied with ANT and enemy with HOP which attacked Second Contact II and my fleet was in there. So while i was setting up a counterattack my ships flew off to attack the HOP ships

[Matterom]

Going to need to perform some edits to make this compatable with 1.51, It fixes several points on my list and on the list of things i had ready for SOF 1.2 it does basically wipe out most of this mod and the entirety of another mod of mine.

[StonedMajorTom]

i have to correct me. i saw a fighter leaving the system.
I dont know if there is a conflict with the "aggressive ai" mod what i use too.

[Matterom]

i have to correct me. i saw a fighter leaving the system.
I dont know if there is a conflict with the "aggressive ai" mod what i use too.

There's a rare case of it still occurring due to queuing up a second attack order. I've been working on a more elegant solution to the situation and haven't finished it yet. Not sure if i need to as of 1.51

[ApoxNM]

Going to need to perform some edits to make this compatable with 1.51, It fixes several points on my list and on the list of things i had ready for SOF 1.2 it does basically wipe out most of this mod and the entirety of another mod of mine.

What other mod is also redundant?

[Matterom]

Going to need to perform some edits to make this compatable with 1.51, It fixes several points on my list and on the list of things i had ready for SOF 1.2 it does basically wipe out most of this mod and the entirety of another mod of mine.

What other mod is also redundant?

Manager Credit Auto Transfer. Added a basic transferring of the credits.

[benc85]

Having played 1.6 with and without your mod, I would say its still needed. My ships are still charging off into neighboring sectors, then attempting to retreat without your mod. I'd much prefer they just dont follow at all, which your mod seems to do perfectly.

[Matterom]

Once i finish the project i'm working on, i'll go ahead and rework this. The fix i implemented is, honestly kinda shit. That and i've got a few other things to fix

[zebai]

I think keeping combat ships from going out of sector would be great if you can get it working on 1.6. Supposedly egosoft fixed this however I still every now and then catch some of my ships deep in xenon space.

[benc85]

Once i finish the project i'm working on, i'll go ahead and rework this. The fix i implemented is, honestly kinda shit. That and i've got a few other things to fix

Thats great news, but I'm not sure it really needs anything adjusting. It seems to work as intended as is atm

[Matterom]

Once i finish the project i'm working on, i'll go ahead and rework this. The fix i implemented is, honestly kinda shit. That and i've got a few other things to fix

Thats great news, but I'm not sure it really needs anything adjusting. It seems to work as intended as is atm

Simply put, It gets confused when it gets more than one attack order, so ships can still go down the rabbit hole of dying in another sector. and my fix simply purges the order, rather than try a cleaner out that supports other features.

[Matterom]

It should no longer get confused, i took the time to fix 1.6 incompatibilities with a few of the files and fix the multi attack order bit, as well as cleaning up a bit of the code. Discovered something that i'm going to need to hotfix later, but doesn't really break anything important, you'll just get an error in the log and it resumes as usual.