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[Reshy]

Just a short thought but would fighters be more effective if they split up and each fighter flanked a ship from a different direction?  Right not they all cluster together making them vulnerable to things like flak and are easily protected against since all the damage is coming from a small angle.

[Bjørn_in_the_Sector]

That would be more effective, but I'd be worried about it becoming too good. Perhaps if each fighter squadron, as a whole, went for a different side....

[Flare]

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As far as I can remember, they tend to do that a lot.

[Debido]

I thought I'd try to increase the number of fighters in a wing to 12 as it seems the higher the number of fighters the higher chance they flank from a different side, but Starsector just crashes

Is it too much to ask for a few hundred fighters on screen at once?

[Okim]

There is a cap of 6 fighters per wing IFRC, so your idea wont work.

[Debido]

There is a cap of 6 fighters per wing IFRC, so your idea wont work.

Thanks! Though wouldn't it be glorious to have enormous fighter battles? I mean stupid stupid stupid big fights that bring your PC down to 20 FPS kind of size?

[Thaago]

There is a cap of 6 fighters per wing IFRC, so your idea wont work.

Thanks! Though wouldn't it be glorious to have enormous fighter battles? I mean stupid stupid stupid big fights that bring your PC down to 20 FPS kind of size?

Isn't Xenoargh working on this? I remember seeing a post of his about how he removed the normal engine glows and added sprites to improve performance.

[Debido]

It wouldn't surprise me, he knows how to tweak the buggery out of the engine. I don't remember seeing a particularly vast fighter fleet in my last vacuum game, I might make a post on that thread.

[xenoargh]

I have had up to 200 Fighters in a battle at once at playable framerates, after the last few things I've done.  I test routinely with 60 fighters and a few other ships without any major hickups.

[c plus one]

I have had up to 200 Fighters in a battle at once at playable framerates, after the last few things I've done.  I test routinely with 60 fighters and a few other ships without any major hickups.

I would be mighty happy to have a stand-alone mod which does that for the vanilla game. I am intrigued by your statements and would like to subscribe to your newsletter.

[Midnight Kitsune]

I have had up to 200 Fighters in a battle at once at playable framerates, after the last few things I've done.  I test routinely with 60 fighters and a few other ships without any major hickups.

I would be mighty happy to have a stand-alone mod which does that for the vanilla game. I am intrigued by your statements and would like to subscribe to your newsletter.

Yes, teach us your ways oh great one!