Post by calvin on Oct 29, 2016 3:56:14 GMT
I'm currently playing Predatory Opportunism, the first mission you have drones. Except the drones are doing almost nothing, sometimes literally nothing. And it's not like there's a quicksave option so I can figure out what the hell is going on so when they fail I get to redo the whole set of maneuvers to match the plane and get an intercept.
Here is my strategy:
1. Match orbital planes with the target
2. Match the target's orbit
3. Launch drones
4. Plot intercept for drones
5. Set drones to "broadside" though I've tried leaving this out since the drones fire forwards. Though it seems like despite being named "broadside" it actually works to keep the ship pointed in the right direction.
6. Target the enemy coilguns and unpause.
7. Watch with increasing frustration as the drones NEVER FIRE THEIR STUPID GUNS despite facing the target and being in range. Exactly one time they managed to start firing after they had passed the target but 90% of the shots missed horribly.
8. Set the drones' order to "nothing" so they stop spending deltaV and maybe I get another attempt at this before I get to restart the entire mission and do everything again.
9. Get even more mad when despite having no orders the drones decide it's time to burn their fuel and they all disable themselves.
10. Restart the entire mission and do it all again to try to figure out why the drones DON'T SHOOT THE GUNS POINTED AT THE ENEMIES IN RANGE.
Here is my strategy:
1. Match orbital planes with the target
2. Match the target's orbit
3. Launch drones
4. Plot intercept for drones
5. Set drones to "broadside" though I've tried leaving this out since the drones fire forwards. Though it seems like despite being named "broadside" it actually works to keep the ship pointed in the right direction.
6. Target the enemy coilguns and unpause.
7. Watch with increasing frustration as the drones NEVER FIRE THEIR STUPID GUNS despite facing the target and being in range. Exactly one time they managed to start firing after they had passed the target but 90% of the shots missed horribly.
8. Set the drones' order to "nothing" so they stop spending deltaV and maybe I get another attempt at this before I get to restart the entire mission and do everything again.
9. Get even more mad when despite having no orders the drones decide it's time to burn their fuel and they all disable themselves.
10. Restart the entire mission and do it all again to try to figure out why the drones DON'T SHOOT THE GUNS POINTED AT THE ENEMIES IN RANGE.