Belmakor Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 After being intercepted by an enemy fighter, it was facing away from me. This has happened on 3 occasions with configurations of both 1 and 2 of my own F-17s. Needless to say instead of it getting the jump on me I was able to get the jump on it! This is a bug surely? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamoecw Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 anytime i go to air combat the ufos are always facing away, they never are using geoscape relative facings. i have never been intercepted while trying to get away though so i didn't think much of it at the time, but you are right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belmakor Posted April 28, 2012 Author Share Posted April 28, 2012 anytime i go to air combat the ufos are always facing away, they never are using geoscape relative facings. i have never been intercepted while trying to get away though so i didn't think much of it at the time, but you are right. Interesting. When engaged by a single fighter I would say that about 70% of the time they are facing away and the other times facing towards you. Once you come up against groups of 3 fighters they are nearly always facing you when you engage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gauddlike Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 Pretty sure the facing is random at the moment. I remember Chris saying somewhere that he would like to have the starting facing reflect either the geoscape positions or at least which side attacked the other. Can't remember which exactly, it was quite a busy thread. It probably won't be done until much later anyway! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belmakor Posted April 28, 2012 Author Share Posted April 28, 2012 That would explain it then. Thought it might have been the case, except I was confused when getting attacked by 3 fighters they are always facing me!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 The facings should be based on the geoscape heading already. If the fighters are facing towards you it's because they're aggressively heading for your interceptors on the Geoscape. The others should take into account the relative positions of your interceptors - like if you're catching up on the fighters from behind, they'll appear facing away from you. Is this bug report still valid? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 Also bear in mind alien fighters spawn on both scout missions and on air superiority missions. They'll be passive on one and aggressive on the other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belmakor Posted April 29, 2012 Author Share Posted April 29, 2012 The facings should be based on the geoscape heading already. If the fighters are facing towards you it's because they're aggressively heading for your interceptors on the Geoscape. The others should take into account the relative positions of your interceptors - like if you're catching up on the fighters from behind, they'll appear facing away from you. Is this bug report still valid? Still valid then, The air superiority fighters are sometimes facing away from you despite being the aggressors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 It's woking fine, if you zoom in you can see the UFOs are changing directions very often, and while they are turning, this is the moment when you interceptors get them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamoecw Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 your probably right, i have been paying close attention to this when i play now, and it would seem that this holds true. though sometimes the fighters want to intercept my fighters, and i don't get the normal screen asking whether to tail them for a bit or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 though sometimes the fighters want to intercept my fighters, and i don't get the normal screen asking whether to tail them for a bit or not. when this happens, they have the Air superiority mission and they will face towards your interceptors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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