Strange Ionics encounter

ArkanoiD · Post by **ArkanoiD** » Sat Mar 25, 2006 1:01 pm

I met a Whitetail, offender, who just stopped in space after some maneuvers and did not fire either. I gave him 4 full cycles of laser, but it was still there! Kicked him with hardened missile and after a few more laser shots i succeeded in destroying that vessel, but there was nothing special with it - 15cr bounty and no cargo..

Rxke · Post by **Rxke** » Sat Mar 25, 2006 3:10 pm

it's the AI 'bug' that came with 1.64...

Sometimes pirates go all 'sleepy', almost no reaction if you attack them, very strange.

Star Gazer · Post by **Star Gazer** » Sat Mar 25, 2006 4:25 pm

I've had police ships just 'hanging' in space - at an acute angle to the path between planet and beacon - didn't move even though I slowed and stopped next to them.
They stayed there even after I got bored and carried on my way... strange...

v1.64, OSX 10.4.5, G5

Rxke · Post by **Rxke** » Sat Mar 25, 2006 8:24 pm

Yes, it's a fairly common thing (Maybe I'm seeing it because I play on a fairly low-mem machine (384Mb)?

Usually, 'active' ships tend to slow down to a stop when I approach their vincinity... And an AI dump doesn't show anything suspicious, I even had a 'battle' going on between two groups of ships, shooting back and forth, but both hanging still in space! *very* eerie experience...

Star Gazer · Post by **Star Gazer** » Sat Mar 25, 2006 11:41 pm

Mmmm, I don't think I'm that low spec - dual2.5 G5 and 2.5GB memory, so it's not that...

Rxke · Post by **Rxke** » Sun Mar 26, 2006 9:29 am

No, I meant: because I run a low-specced machine, i see it a lot, people w/ good specced machines much less so, and then (maybe) only after extended times of play...

ArkanoiD · Post by **ArkanoiD** » Sun Mar 26, 2006 10:52 am

Rxke wrote:
No, I meant: because I run a low-specced machine, i see it a lot, people w/ good specced machines much less so, and then (maybe) only after extended times of play...

I see it all the time - 2.8GHz Celeron, 512Mb RAM
(but i have to unload Mozilla before running Oolite, otherwise object movement may be jerky sometimes)

JensAyton · Post by **JensAyton** » Sun Mar 26, 2006 7:27 pm

Rxke wrote:
No, I meant: because I run a low-specced machine, i see it a lot, people w/ good specced machines much less so, and then (maybe) only after extended times of play...

Highly unlikely to make a difference.