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[weed33]

Darn, looks like i'm gonna have to tell my girlfriend valentines day's cancelled... on second thoughts i'll just have to wait to play it

[Apophis]

Added individual fighter damage tracking to the campaign. Carriers and other ships with hangars speed up repairs.

Carriers don't repair instantly fighters?

[SgtAlex86]

Added individual fighter damage tracking to the campaign. Carriers and other ships with hangars speed up repairs.

Carriers don't repair instantly fighters?

would hope they can carry more wings then 

[Fantastic Chimni]

You are going to make me choose between my girlfriend and this game aren't you. Well, I suppose I can always buy her the game as a valentines day gift..... Win-Win?

[Alex]

Added individual fighter damage tracking to the campaign. Carriers and other ships with hangars speed up repairs.

Carriers don't repair instantly fighters?

It's pretty fast. The way I see it, carriers stockpile parts/dormant fighter hulls/etc, and that's why they're able to provide immediate replacements in combat. You can look at after-combat repairs as simulating replenishing those stockpiles. (Yeah, there's still a hole here where if the wing is repaired by a carrier in combat right before battle ends, you don't need to do repair it after - will look at that if it ends up being a problem).

[Zarcon]

Added individual fighter damage tracking to the campaign. Carriers and other ships with hangars speed up repairs.

Carriers don't repair instantly fighters?

It's pretty fast. The way I see it, carriers stockpile parts/dormant fighter hulls/etc, and that's why they're able to provide immediate replacements in combat. You can look at after-combat repairs as simulating replenishing those stockpiles. (Yeah, there's still a hole here where if the wing is repaired by a carrier in combat right before battle ends, you don't need to do repair it after - will look at that if it ends up being a problem).

I have a question sorta along those lines, if a ship in your fleet has an auto-repair module installed, if it gets damaged and then you send it to the rear of your fleet to repair for the rest of the battle, you have just saved yourself the repair costs you would have otherwise incurred right? 

Not a huge deal, but a cash strapped captain might be tempted to resort to these sorts of tactics if money became tight at some point.     One possible fix, would be to have in battle repairs cost a smaller amount of credits than normal, but still cost the player something to make these sort of tricks less worthwhile. 

Or players could just not be cheap and tricky, and self monitor such behavior.     lol

[Alex]

Well, there isn't any such module just now - but yeah, the solution would be to keep track of in-combat repairs and then incur a supply cost based on that. Definitely don't want the player to artificially prolong battles just to get some free repairs in.

[Zarcon]

Well, there isn't any such module just now - but yeah, the solution would be to keep track of in-combat repairs and then incur a supply cost based on that. Definitely don't want the player to artificially prolong battles just to get some free repairs in.

Great news, but I'm a tiny bit confused about the repair module.

What about this from the main post on 0.5?

• Ship repairs
  
  • Ships are repaired gradually
  • Rate is based on amount of crew (both present on the ship, and surplus crew in the fleet)
  • "Automated Repair Unit" hullmod now also affects out-of-combat repairs
  • Repairs cost supplies
  • Repairs can be suspended/resumed to manage supply use

I assume that if it now also affects out-of-combat repairs, it originally repaired in-combat?

No biggy, just trying to better understand.

Edit - Oh wait, I said module, I should have said hullmod.  My bad, that may be the source of the confusion.   

[Alex]

What the ARU does is help bring disabled systems and engines back online faster. It doesn't actually repair damaged hull or armor in combat, but it *does* speed that up outside of combat. I can see how that was confusing, though.

[Zarcon]

What the ARU does is help bring disabled systems and engines back online faster. It doesn't actually repair damaged hull or armor in combat, but it *does* speed that up outside of combat. I can see how that was confusing, though.

Ohhhh, lol.      Thanks for the clarity, sounds good.

[ollobrains]

Now its clarified its a very good idea.  Its something that helps speed up repairs

[Avan]

I shall be awaiting this release after my next midterm (which turns out like it will likely be the only hard midterm, as the one I had today was actually surprisingly easy)

[Dark.Revenant]

I will not be awaiting this release at all because on Tuesdays and Wednesdays I have The Gauntlet.

What is The Gauntlet, you ask?  It's 19 hours of driving, classes, and college work mixed with short periods of game development in a 31-hour timespan.  Most of the 12 hours that are not accounted for are used for sleeping.

[Alex]

Updated with latest changes - this wraps up the feature set for the release.

[Psycho Society]

Exciting! I'm interested in the missile behavior. Will they try and intercept targets more aggressively? Previously they seemed a bit lethargic.

Crew mechanics look neat.