Self Inflicted Death''s

Fri Apr 04, 2003 3:43 pm by pressgod

Is it just me or does it seem like the Nav Computer has it in for you! I mean if you set the auto cruise from point A to Point B shouldn't given the state of Technology the dang thing know you can't fly THROUGH a planet or suns corona. I have had my ship torched by sun coronas I couldn't see or determine which way to turn to get out of them. I went down in a ball of flame as the NAV computer flew me straight into a planets atmosphere because it wasn't smart enough to figure out there was a large round object between where I was and where I was going,(They call it a PLANET you Moronic Machine!!)I only left the controls for a moment as I had business to take care of really! I was fireing at a group of Corsairs with some Torps and missles and got too close on my pass and blew my own wings off now THAT was a surprise! I guess it just goes to show you no matter how much smarter they make the machines we as humans will find a way to screw them up. I was trying to enter a jump gate and was waiting and waiting so I saw the reason why, one of those large freight trains with like 800,000 cargo inside was in the que and there were 3 of them plus the escort. So I thought why not just join formation and when they jump I will get sucked through with them! BAD idea! That thing rattled me around inside that ring like a BB in tin can Before I could dis-engage It almost took me out! It did a lot of hull damage if I hadn't had as strong a ship as I did it would have just blown up right there.(LOL) I just love it when my ship computer says "WARNING! shield failure,or entering planet atmosphere,or Radiation damage detected,or hull integrity compromised, or Fire detected" (No duh that would be me flaming on the screen there), or any of the other 50 things sure to destroy your three quarter million dollar ship. And she does it in such a calm and yet almost nagging way! (LOL) Any way I would love to hear from any one else about how they managed to destroy themselves in a most unusual and self inflicted way! Just some thoughts from the edge of space.

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Fri Apr 04, 2003 3:52 pm by LordZach

Fired a torpedo on accident, boosted forward and got blown up by it is pretty bad, also catching one of your mines and having it blow off your wing holding your expensive missile launcher.

Fri Apr 04, 2003 4:35 pm by SpaceRogue

I think somebody mentioned that if your wings got shot off and you lost your guns with them, you'd get them back after you died and respawned?

Is that true, and if so, how's that work?

I haven't exactly been willing to test it out

Fri Apr 04, 2003 5:19 pm by Argonus

First off...

Space Rogue....Cool game...I still have my copy for PC....

Anyway...

The AI DOES have some bugs, and the rumor I have heard is that DA/M$ are working on AI updates as well as the server update.

I find it amusing when I join a formation, and the AI just shuts off.

Was following my friend, and he took us between binary stars...he was in the safe channel...and I was not. I couldn't get out of there before I blew up...

Another time, he was in formation with me, and I was going around a planet. The AI moved my ship to avoid the planet....However, I rammed him, and it bounced him off the planet...Blowing him up.

-Arg

Something Awful

Fri Apr 04, 2003 7:55 pm by citizensmith

I set a go to to fly to a jump hole. Way away from any planets but completely missed the very hostile enemy base that was right on my flight path. Looked up from getting a drink in the kitchen just in time to watch my ship catch fire. Got back to the computer just in time to watch it go boom. Didn't spill any soda though.

"I do so relish these times of peril"

Fri Apr 04, 2003 11:02 pm by Urza

I got trapped in the dock of a hostile base when it opened to let an enemy out.
I couldn't get out so I just activated my cruise engines inside and battered my ship to pieces on the walls.

Sat Apr 05, 2003 2:14 am by Shoelip

I decided to land on a planet......without a docking ring. Hey how come the ships in the intro didn't need a docking ring? Oh well. One time I decided to get a better look at the sun in one of the unknown systems, the pink one. And how is it that some people seem to constantly slam into things with auto pilot on? I have never done that without trying to.

Why didn't I register the day after?

Sat Apr 05, 2003 4:22 am by maswastage|BG

My ship's AI usualy works fine (i use Norton anti-virus 3040 to keep my computer 31-century-virus free) although there was one time when I was in Omega-11, and I set my coordinates to the omicron gamma system. My ship headed toward it, avoiding the highly radioactive area around the sun. But then it reached the planet (the one that that Daumann base is next to; forgot it's name) and my computer got very confused; it wanted to take the shortest path possible, while staying out of the radioactive zone, but also without crashing into the planet. It SHOULD have just gone around the planet, but instead it tried to squeeze between the planet and the edge of the radioactive zone. I saw that it was getting close to the planet, but had learned to trust my nav system. Big mistake; it seemed to have a system overload and rammed into the planet...

-From the gates of Heaven to the depths of Hell; one, the Protecter; sees all, knows all, defends the innocent.

Edited by - maswastage/BG on 05-04-2003 05:24:09

Sat Apr 05, 2003 4:21 pm by The Mole

I've never had any serious problems with the AI...

Never flown into a corona or an atmosphere, but I have had some problems docking at a few bases; Ship takes unnecessarily large and slow turns to get to the docking bay.

Sat Apr 05, 2003 6:01 pm by Dauntless

I have had AI problems. For example I'm doing Cardimine>Mahattan smuggling run and I finally get to Manhattan, I sit back and press the dock button with a smirk on my face that I just tricked all the cops. Then I get the usual radio chat, cleared do dock etc., BUT the cut-scene does activate! To late I reliaze that the AI has sent me on a crash course to Manhattan! BOOM! "Congrats, you have died and lost 25k!" "what do you wish too do?" *click* bang head against wall.

Sun Apr 06, 2003 5:11 am by noelho

AGREE!!!! AI is whacked!!! ... it doesnt happend often .. but when it does .. its real pain in the ass! ive gotten so paranoid that i never let the damn thing autopilot me to a planet's docking ring if its on the other side! neither do i let it autopilot me to a waypoint that is on the other side of a star ....

just dont trust it anymore after 2 incidents ....

1) docking - im being shot at by hordes of enemies, and the damn AI just floats along at 80 to the docking ring/jump gate/tradelane when its still 1K away! irritating!!! now i always thrust towards the ring/lane/gate until im 0m, before i hit the dock ...

2) autopilot and formation! - like argonus, i had a friend form on me while i used "GO TO" on a dock ring .. we were coming from behind the planet .. and the planet's moon was in the way ... i thought, the AI will steer me clear ... so i waited ...
..1000m
....800m
.......600m
..........400m
OH ****!! it aint MOVING!!! grabbed the mouse and mouse flighted my ass outta there .... BOOM! ... friend dies .... the AI reaction for the form was so damn delayed that it sent him straight into the planet ...

just imagine what it looks like to a 3rd party observer.... its like i towed him toward the moon on an invisible cable and at the last second turned away and cut the cable ... boom ....

the worst part was that he realised we were getting to close for comfort ...so he tried to mouse flight too .. but guess what .. when you are in formation, NO MOVEMENT/AI keys WORK! ... not until u cancel formation by pressing esc! gee .. talk about learning that the hard way ....

even now, im still caught off guard when im formed on my friend's! ....u would think formation would be like "GO TO" or "DOCK", where any other command automatically overrides it! ....

Sun Apr 06, 2003 5:14 am by Raptor013

I've had the AP bounce me off stations, smack me into trains, and roast me like a marshmallow in Manhatten's atmosphere. I've learned not to trust the AP. It's evil.

Thank you,
Raptor013

Sun Apr 06, 2003 5:37 am by Ranpostgen

I've never had problems with the AI... mainly because I never use it

Sun Apr 06, 2003 7:00 am by noelho

hey! is there a way to subscribe to a thread?!!??! its a bit tiresome having to check the threads im interested in for new posts again and again!

Sun Apr 06, 2003 1:04 pm by DethStryke

the only method i know of is to create your own thread, and choose to be notified by email every time someone posts

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