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Problems since 1.531 - Armor-Ring bug |
NoBoDx
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Joined: October 14, 2003
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From: Germany / NRW
|  Posted: 2010-04-19 05:25
since the latest patch i have this problem:
when i spawn a luth-scout, it's armor-ring is ~800gu wide
same problem with the MI "Legion"-Cruisers (also 800gu)
and it's (almost) impossible to fire at anything, while a mi-cruiser is within 400gu
i'll post a picture later
[ This Message was edited by: NoBoDx on 2010-04-19 05:27 ]
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AdmiralChaos
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Posts: 274
| Posted: 2010-04-19 05:27
I can confirm, I've seen this a lot on kluth scouts. I haven't seen any mir though since the patch so I can't say anything on that.
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NoBoDx
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Joined: October 14, 2003
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From: Germany / NRW
| Posted: 2010-04-19 05:28
i tried to fight some yesterday
it was also impossible to hit icc-dreads, while a mi-cruiser was nearby
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Glaceon
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Joined: January 08, 2010
Posts: 141
| Posted: 2010-04-19 07:13
yep i had a kluth extruder Extruder IV i think its ring was huge i was useing it as a shield when i was a tranny lol.
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Jar Jar Binks
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Joined: December 25, 2001
Posts: 556
| Posted: 2010-04-19 07:19
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On 2010-04-19 05:25, NoBoDx wrote:
since the latest patch i have this problem:
when i spawn a luth-scout, it's armor-ring is ~800gu wide
same problem with the MI "Legion"-Cruisers (also 800gu)
and it's (almost) impossible to fire at anything, while a mi-cruiser is within 400gu
i'll post a picture later
[ This Message was edited by: NoBoDx on 2010-04-19 05:27 ]
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thats not a bug, thats intended.
armor rings reflect ship mass they say. it looks fugly but its the way it should look.
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NoBoDx
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From: Germany / NRW
| Posted: 2010-04-19 11:19
but i saw it only at luth scouts, neither icc nor ugto-scouts
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Siginau
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Joined: March 19, 2010
Posts: 72
| Posted: 2010-04-19 12:45
scouts have smaller mass in theory hence should have smaller rings 
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BackSlash
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Joined: March 23, 2003
Posts: 11183
From: Bristol, England
| Posted: 2010-04-19 12:55
Definately a bug. Not quite sure why it's like this... Possible fix in next release though.
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Bardiche
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Posts: 1247
| Posted: 2010-04-19 13:01
MI Praetorian Cruisers, in addition to MI Legion Cruisers, also show this bug - however, not always. Sometimes you get the regular variant and sometimes the massivehueg armour variant.
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Rebellion
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From: sol
| Posted: 2010-04-19 14:56
i have exprinced this with the mi legon cruiser
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Draxcyn
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Joined: April 26, 2008
Posts: 46
From: Here.
| Posted: 2010-04-20 05:42
Oh yea? Have you experienced Pirate Nautilis Stations??!
anyway here are my screenys 
ship mass my ass, just look at that thing..!
[ This Message was edited by: Cyndrax on 2010-04-20 05:49 ]
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Pegasus
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| Posted: 2010-04-20 05:59
Has it ever been looked at so that the armour contours around the shape of the ship rather than a ring?
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Gejaheline
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From: UGTO MUNIN HQ, Mars
| Posted: 2010-04-20 07:10
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On 2010-04-20 05:59, Pegasus wrote:
Has it ever been looked at so that the armour contours around the shape of the ship rather than a ring?
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Short answer: Too much work, from the modelling perspective, the extra server work perspective, and the game balance perspective.
It would be nice to have non-spherical hitboxes, but it's low priority at the moment.
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Admiral Alucard (2IC)
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Joined: April 30, 2004
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From: St. Helens, England
| Posted: 2010-04-20 08:24
I know that this would require more binary coding for the sides and would also be low on the priority list but what about sectioned armor, instead of it been 1 arc for the bigger ships spilt the side into say for dreads 3 side armors, but still 2 armor layers thick
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2--2
2--2
2--2
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So basicly the armor would look something more like that, as would be expected from armor. Seperated plates instead of a full layer lining 1 side
(Sorry if confusion was caused, been a long day)
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Gejaheline
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| Posted: 2010-04-20 08:44
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On 2010-04-20 08:24, -Fleet Admiral Alucard- wrote:
I know that this would require more binary coding for the sides and would also be low on the priority list but what about sectioned armor,... |
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This would require a large redesign for the arc system in general, and most likely would be even lower priority then ship hitbox shapes, since it would be pointless if the hitboxes were still spherical.
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