Starsector 0.97a is out! (02/02/24); New blog post: Planet Search Overhaul (07/13/24)
Oh. I saw a comment about previously unknown small colonies being discovered in Surveying and it brought a question to mind.
Are there Aliens in this Sector of Stars?(Sorry if this is already addressed or obvious.)
Or just stranded humans?
The are certainly aliens in the Sector. Just look at Jangala - it's full of non-Terran life forms.
(Sorry if this is already addressed or obvious.) )
I love the concept of each bit of shipping/cargo/goods existing in a real sense and having to be moved around via fleets. Would make blockades really cool imho, and pirates would be very disruptive just like they historically have been in real life.
Send to deal with Parrot
Devourer capital ship
Spliter
Swarmer
I've been busy, and still am, with real-life stuff but I'll try to update the editor reasonably soon.
Real life takes precedent for sure, but it is good to know that it is something you still plan to do at some point, I love this editor quite a bit.
yeah sure... go ahead
but then you get people complaining about the (obviously) non existing tracking in stage 2 and how hard it is
to hit something with it and how useless it seems....
(YES, i'm talking about you! Sabot SRM)
i mean, i personally love the Sabot SRM but a lot of people don't
Doh! I'm gonna go check out its stats tonight and make a missile like the one I was considering, thanks for the heads up Dreyven, I was being a little dense there, lol! 
I don't know if it's possible but it would be nice if we could see in the list of threads which one has had an answer from a dev and be able to click the icon to jump to dev posts, as seen in many game forums nowadays.
I was just thinking about suggesting one when I saw this post, lol.
perhaps if pillums were a 2 stage missile.
1st stage was a fast burn into the target area with no tracking.
separation of 1st stage rocket
2nd stage like what we have now minus the range that the 1st staged used.
just an idea.
i always think of the tomahawk missile system when i think of the pilum missiles.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomahawk_(missile)
But honestly, I'd rather have the stages reversed, a slow burn to get to the target, and then ZOOM, they get faster and blow up some face. lolReduce the hullsize as opposed to increasing it?
Modding-related:
- Certain settings can no longer be changed by mods (see data/config/settings.json for details). "devMode" is the main one here.
- Made "PD" flag work for missiles
- Fixed "getEntityByName" function
Command system:
- Added "Recon" task for scouting a waypoint (sends a nearby fast ship)
- Added "Engage" assignment that functions like "Assault" but against an enemy ship destroyer-sized or larger
- Removed "Harass" as a valid assignment from enemy fighters or frigates - functionally too similar to "Intercept"
- Added "Full Escort" task that assigns several ships/wings (2-3) to escort duty
- Ships carrying out escort duty will try to stay close to the ship being escorted
- Ships carrying out escort duty will position themselves to intercept incoming missiles and fighters
- Only ships close to the speed of the target will be assigned to escort duty, to ensure they can keep up
Awesome, expecially the stuff about the new "Full Escort" command, lovin it, many times I had been wishing for just that command. Also, the Point Defense missiles, wow, great stuff indeed, that'll be fun to mess with.
