Ishantil
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It would be awesome if you could see the outline of all the squares.
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Yeah, hrmm. I wonder if any of our resident artists would mind drawing an ARDA system -
I've shot the guy next to me with a rocket launcher. Seriously. I don't think that's overblowing it at all. Shooting 70 degrees off target is completely unacceptable game behavior as far as I'm concerned. If I'm shooting into a mixed crowd or near another guy, friendly fire is acceptable. That's realistic.
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I think the instance that I was thinking about there ended up being two aliens hiding behind a big rock.
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I don't even bring them anymore. And actually, the stun gas grenades are fairly useless too. I basically just stacked three grenades on top of a Caesian non-com and he brethed it like it was nothing. So....why have them in the game if they don't work? Am I supposed to use 50? It's so easy to avoid the smoke that there's really no point to even trying anymore. I expect the stun missile will be nerfed next. At which point, I'll be modding about half the starting weapons. Bah.
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I never realized that my off the cuff invention of the ARDA system would become so prominent. I agree that if we're going keep with that theme, the RADAR array should be changed to ARDA System or something like that. Remember that not all radiation is necessarily ionizing radiation like gamma rays (passing through most low density matter). To be fair, though, the original text doesn't describe the type of radiation in any way. So we should probably just keep ourselves out of it. Physics folks, now is your time to shine! The term "shaped charge" simply refers to a type of explosive which has been focused in order to cut through something. The military terminology is generally "HEAT", which has itself become a more ubiquitous term. Since "HEAT" is a very sophisticated "shaped charge" using them interchangeably is probably not incorrect. You could also use the term "anti-armor" to describe the weapons. The Hellfire missile is a great example of this technology being applied (although the modern day Hellfire has a much broader range of targets it can in engage).
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I think that for the scope of this project, the entry you wrote with a little bit of my input is better. I like the expanded entries more, personally. I guess I should start making a list of my own entries.
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The original entry says the Avalanche is a shaped charge, btw. And the original sidewinder entry mentions "even through heavy armor" A blast fragmentation warhead will shred an airplane, but it would have a lot more trouble against heavy armor like a tank. "However, largely due to the small array capable of being fit inside the missile, the weakness of the emission signatures means that a lock can only be achieved at ranges of less than eight kilometres. " This sentence is a little weird. Maybe this? "In order to make the ARDA system small enough to replace the original seeker, the sensor is only capable of achieving a lock at ranges of less than eight kilometres. " And you have a point about the original intent of the project, so I we should only change things when necessary. Maybe I'll start a branch to expand the Xenopedia and make it a mod.
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No, that's important, and you are correct. But keep in mind that the Commander and the player are the same person. The Commander, depending on his or her background (even in the armed forces) may not know much about aircraft technologies. I'm not arguing necessarily for the minutiae to be included, but merely pointing out that assuming "the commander doesn't care/doesn't know" isn't as cut and dry as you are making it sound, in my opinion. That's all. I think including some of the facts about the original weapons systems adds a bit of flavor to the entries, but feel free to edit them out.
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He's not telling the commander, he's telling the player, important difference. Hahaha, the hyphen in shaped-charge, er...shaped charge, is from Chris' writing.
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Okay, I've reworked the Avalanche a bit. I think this version is a definite improvement. I'll see what you come up with.
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I will rewrite the Avalanche entry to reflect it being a derivation of the original Phoenix missile, rather than modification. I will note there being a much larger seeker package. Shall I include existing problems with something to denote it's lack of maneuverability? It's practically a dumbfire torpedo, which is quite...uh...well, lame, really. I thought the Sidewinder one came out rather well, thoughts?
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So I accidentally clicked on the wrong plane and sent it home. Not being able to undo that is rather silly. Please fix that.
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[V19SC3 Ground Combat] Alien AI...?
Ishantil replied to Ishantil's topic in Xenonauts Bug Reports / Troubleshooting
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So this guy: Stands up each turn, doesn't see anyone I guess, despite all the people shooting at him, and sits back down and does nothing. Every turn. I've hit him twice now. Just kind derping there behind that rock.
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So check out this nonsense: I think he might have spawned in this rock formation, which might be the source of the aiming weirdness. Save Game: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B4tDkFVBMisFTWx2bVN0VzRPOEk/edit?usp=sharing Edit: Yeah, the rock popped back into view when I killed him. He didn't move or try to shoot.
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I can barely justify the changes to the missile. It might be better to redo the entire entry and have them build the missile from the ground up?
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I know, I know. It's the only thing I could come up with to make it less...painful. Mach five. FIVE. Please, by all means, suggest something better! What did you think of the Sidewinder one? I thought that one was much better.
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I've entirely reworked the original Sidewinder text to reflect the changes in the earlier aircraft descriptions. Generally the intent was to expand on the original text with more background. Please look it over and tell me what you think. Yes, I'm aware that the real AIM-9X was available November 2003, but I couldn't resist using the X designation for both X-COM and Xenonauts. Here's what I came up with for the Avalanche:
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Mmmmm...power armor ass.
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I agree that this is largely an issue of writing not science. I'm far from a physics guy, other than a pretty good grounding in the overall understanding of general physics. I don't want to really mess too much with the "inventions" the original writing has made, but rather correct the deficiencies I see in the physics and writing with the Earth based technologies. Often, there's no reason for handwavery, since it can actually be explained rationally.
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I'm tempted to just save every turn. Due to friendly fire stupidness.
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So...can you get more than one reaction fire shot per event? Because if so, that should be changed to one.
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A lot of the writing just needs an editing pass, honestly. I'd like to see the Avalanche entry expanded a bit. I'll work on that some this weekend, if I get the chance.
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Considering I've never gotten to one, sadface.