Canaveral Tachyon Scan Bug

posted on August 8th, 2009, 2:45 am

Tachyon Scan still doesn't work.   

posted on August 9th, 2009, 11:55 am

i'll put a todo up as i am neither aware of an issue with that weapon nor have seen it on the fixes list for the upcoming patch.

posted on August 9th, 2009, 12:18 pm

oh, right. that nasty thing.. i will ripp it off!

nah, just jocking i'm working on a redo for cloaking and detection altogether, so it will be "replaced" either way

posted on August 9th, 2009, 12:34 pm

  Cool. I hope that automated detection won't be possible anymore. If you want to find a cloaked ship, scan. That way the cloaking will be a formidable weapon even after cloak research will be done. 

posted on August 9th, 2009, 12:36 pm

Automated detection should stay for Sensor stations, those things are designed to scan constantly for inruders.

posted on August 9th, 2009, 2:44 pm

Hmm, would be cool if the sensor stations periodically scanned... as in every few seconds (10's of seconds perhaps) so that you could still evade the stations, but if you left your ships there then they'd be detected

posted on August 9th, 2009, 2:51 pm

I wonder if all the Sensor arrays could get an ability similar to a smaller version of the Hyperspace Sensor Systems 'Active Tachyon Scan'?

As soon as you activate (build) the station, it looks for cloaked ships and then automatically repeats the cycle after the Special Energy recharges. The best Special Energy display would be the one a Fightercarrier uses.

posted on August 18th, 2009, 11:59 am

Can enemies see special weapon energy? I forget.

posted on August 18th, 2009, 1:10 pm

Maybe sensor stations could have a sensor sweep. That is they detect cloaked vessels in a radius, but there is a rotating arc of detection (similar to radar). That way they would still detect passively, but a good player could get a cloaked ship through. Probably completely un-trek, but oh well.

[Dominus_Noctis]

posted on August 18th, 2009, 1:18 pm

Last edited by Dominus_Noctis on August 18th, 2009, 1:24 pm, edited 1 time in total.

That would be most interesting Megadroid...do you think that is possible to do in FO in any case? I think it is highly unrealistic unfortunately (just like that stupid Battlestar  DRADIS system)... and thus I'd still prefer a pulsed intermittent scan honestly 

EDIT: I'm pretty sure Unleash Mayhem (as far as I remember, I've done that myself to see when to destroy support ships) 

posted on August 18th, 2009, 1:23 pm

Not sure about how possible it would be. Yes, pulsed scan would be easier to add and fit better into the game. Just throwing ideas around

posted on August 22nd, 2009, 4:54 pm

i'm working on a redo for cloaking and detection altogether, so it will be "replaced" either way

Hmmmmm...... Another idea box is open... how should I take advantage of this...