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Author Topic: [DONE] [Suggestion] Remove dogfight minimum distance (8 km)  (Read 2748 times)

Offline Vangrimar1

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The aircraft can not attack in aggressive mode if the range of the weapon is less than 8 km. What a nonsense! This also applies to UFO interceptors, if the range of UFO weapons is less than 8 km, it can not approach and attack.
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Re: Interception problem
« Reply #1 on: July 20, 2018, 10:39:06 am »
Yes, this is by design, target distance for aggressive attack is 8 km.

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Re: Interception problem
« Reply #2 on: July 20, 2018, 12:31:21 pm »
Is it possible to use a standard attack in UFO interceptors? It works at any distance.

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Re: Interception problem
« Reply #3 on: July 20, 2018, 12:55:46 pm »
By "UFO interceptors" you mean "hunter-killers" or just any UFO?
If hunter-killers then no, they go automatically into aggressive mode.

Also, 8 km was chosen as a minimum distance deliberately... otherwise the dogfight graphics look weird.
The fact that you can go below 8 km in standard (and also cautious) attack is a bug... a bug that nobody noticed, because no one has set such a short weapon range yet I assume.

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Re: Interception problem
« Reply #4 on: July 20, 2018, 01:58:23 pm »
Yes, I meant "hunter-killers". I wanted to add ground fights to my mode and faced such an unexpected problem. I consider the distance of 8 km too great for such purposes. And I do not see any problems in the visual display of the battle, they still pass very quickly. Is it possible to remove this restriction by 8 km?

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Re: Interception problem
« Reply #5 on: July 20, 2018, 01:59:23 pm »
Is it possible to remove this restriction by 8 km?

Yes, in next OXCE+ version.

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Re: Interception problem
« Reply #6 on: July 20, 2018, 02:12:12 pm »
I would be very grateful. :)