could not hit some ships

Viper · Post by **Viper** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 8:20 am

Hi !

I'm an old elite-Player (amstrad cpc), 20 years ago.
Last week i found Oolite, it's great!!
I could not stop playing. Now I'm dangerous.

Sometimes, i have a problem with some ships, the could not be targeted by rockets, an if i fire at them, the laser does not have any effect. It sounds like would fire into empty space, instead of hitting the ship.

Is this a bug or a special feature?

Best regards,
Matthias

Commander McLane · Post by **Commander McLane** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 9:29 am

Hi, Matthias (I posted my welcome to you already somewhere else).

Which version of Oolite are you using?

The ghost ships are a bug that has accompanied us for a long, long time. And there are ghost cargo pods as well. (If you search for "ghost" on the board you have a lot to read.) In 1.65 you have to live with the occasional appearance of both of them. On the other hand it's a quite stable version. Everything above (the most recent version is 1.69.1 or 1.69.1.2 depending on your OS) is in beta or even alpha stadium and has a lot of bugs in it.

elite · Post by **elite** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 10:50 am

I have also seen the ghost cargo pods too, but just recently I fragmented an asteroid with my mining lasers only to be given 5 ghost boulders that I couldn't do anything with

Commander McLane · Post by **Commander McLane** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 10:57 am

Hmmm, ghost boulders are new to me. But on the other hand, there is no reason why it shouldn't happen to any of the entities in the game.

Sorry for your missed profit, elite!

elite · Post by **elite** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 11:03 am

Commander McLane wrote:
Hmmm, ghost boulders are new to me. But on the other hand, there is no reason why it shouldn't happen to any of the entities in the game.

Sorry for your missed profit, elite!

I have also had the odd ghost splinter too.
Luckly though none of these things are able to shoot back at me.

I'd hate to come across a ghost pirate ship that could shoot me but I couldn't return the favour

Viper · Post by **Viper** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 11:59 am

Hello commanders!

I use version 1.65, the last stable for windows. Then I should better use a newer version....

Thanks!

best regards,
Matthias

Commander McLane · Post by **Commander McLane** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 12:28 pm

The ghost ships are still not completely gone in the latest version (there were some sightings reported), but they seem to be at least reduced.