SE Nova Mod Ship Tree

ekolis · Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2009 5:34 pm Post subject:

Close-range penalty? You mean like if you're firing at less than an optimal range (specific to the weapon perhaps), the to-hit chances go way down? Not sure how the combat AI would handle that (isn't "optimal range" just a specific range set in Settings.txt?), but it would be cool... and certainly doable, seeing as the to-hit modifier at range is a formula in SE5, unlike in SE4 Wink

Though, I do think the Settings.txt allows you to specify at least two (maybe three) "engagement ranges" for use in strategies - optimal range, plus either point blank or long range, or maybe both... maybe if you set all your weapons' "optimal" values to one of those, then the combat AI could handle it!

E.g. you set point blank to 20km, optimal to 40km, and long to 80km, and then all your weapons have a dropoff in to-hit chances at ranges less than those ranges - 20km for ripper beams and smaller weapons; 40km for most standard weapons; 80km for wave motion guns and missiles - well, OK, missiles always hit, so you can just reduce their *damage* saying they haven't armed yet! Wink

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CaptainKwok · Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 4:20 am Post subject:

Here's the latest ship chart:

Krakatos · Space Emperor Joined: Sep 06, 2008

I see with great pleasure that you have increased the size difference between small and large ships in this latest draft.

While I am not a regular in this forum, I have played all the versions of your balance mod, but I have always been annoyed by the small size difference between various ship classes.

I will go even further and ask you this though. Is there any particular reason you would be against making the end-game ships (heavy ships, baseships, starbases) capable of reaching even bigger sizes? Like, allowing them a couple more tech level or something (up to level 8 for heavy ships and starbases, level 4-5 for baseships)

I do not think such a change would actually add imbalance to the game. After all, with the tracking problems, increasing research and construction costs and the like, and their defense malus, big ships are not really unbalacing. At least in my opinion, it's much more imbalanced how small ships generally are. I ask this mainly in the interest of being an rp-er, who simply enjoys having big ships in the game, disregarding the fact they're not THAT effective.

MoonshineFox · Space Emperor Joined: Apr 26, 2009

I don't know if turret tracking is implemented in SEV, but if it isn't, getting any kind of EVE-like hit-system will be a pain in the neck. It will lead to either overpowered large ships, or useless large ships, depending on the range you are at.

Even a Dreadnaught in EVE can oneshot a Frigate if it's sitting still. If it moves...not so much. Turret tracking comes into the picture here.

I'm at work, so I can't verify, but this guide should explain tracking sufficiently.

Journier · Space Emperor Joined: Nov 12, 2007

a dreadnaught is not larger than a Battleship people...

just because the name sounds cool doesnt make it bigger.

please stop this naming destruction of historical sizes of ships.