Dev Log on NPC Replacements

[Tenacity]

Just a suggestion: why not give the order battleship patrols a chance to spawn either an osiris or a geb, for some variety?

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[Dab]

Just a suggestion: why not give the order battleship patrols a chance to spawn either an osiris or a geb, for some variety?

Because the formation for an Osiris would look silly with a Geb, and the formation for a Geb would look silly with an Osiris, and I can't make it alter its formation based on whether it spawns a Geb or Osiris.

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[Tenacity]

Why would the formation look 'silly'? You already have the Osiris patrol being escorted by cruisers/destroyers, which is exactly what should/would be escorting a carrier.

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[Dab]

Why would the formation look 'silly'? You already have the Osiris patrol being escorted by cruisers/destroyers, which is exactly what should/would be escorting a carrier.

Distances between ships are dictated by the formations.ini folder. What distances would work with an Osiris wouldn't work with a Geb, and vice versa. I need to use one or the other. This is also why transports and heavy transports have been given different designations and files, so I can use different formation codes.

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[Tenacity]

The Osiris and geb are almost identical in size, only a couple meters difference in length and width.

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[Lunaphase]

Im gonna chime in, since tena already nailed it. The osirus and geb are almsot identical in size. Im quite sure the formation would work.

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[West]

Hey Dab, I got same question about Kusari patrols. Will you be adding Ku bc later to patrols? I'm not sure about it size... so have no idea how it will look in space as escort to BS, but as leading ship in gb patrol... it might look pretty well.

Also... Akegata is definitely not main GMG transport.

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[Vladimir]

Well i suppose let's wait for post-initial 4.86 release to add cruiser/bs hessian patrols to the major bases, like vogtland, freital, ronnenburg and tangier?

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[(ツ)]

Could you specify that locations. Because all i have ever engaged in the omicrons were desssies so far...!

Thanks in advance.

*bump* guess this question got carried away:$

By that, I mean the approximate coordinates. (like Omi Minor D5 etc) Me and some order friends are playing sometimes when there are not a lot of player characters (BHG) around and we're looking for some diversity in the PvE challenges.

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That biplane just shot down my jet!

[Syrus]

They won't have them. I'll also be removing them from stationary bases.

Very good to hear. Thank you.
Because I noticed they can be a real pain in the engines.

Well, balancing changes, if necessary can be made during the beta, I guess...

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