[delta_v] Holographic Escorts

[Luke Haub]

----- Original Message -----
From: Max Smethurst <mazca@mazca.com>
Date: Mon, 27 May 2002 12:11:04 +0100 
To: <delta_v@AmbrosiaSW.com>
Subject: Re: [delta_v] Re: Holographic Escorts

If they are holographic ships then no damage can be done to them at 
all and bullets should just go through them and so it would be 
pointless to have enemy ship fight them unless those enemys have 
weapons that do no damage

> Holographic weapons would probably be necessary for the ship to 
work
> correctly in Nova. AI ships would ignore the holo fighters until they
> attacked - if they had no weapons at all they would be no use. 
However, if
> they could fire damageless weapons, the AI ships would start 
shooting at
> them.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Max Smethurst
> (Mazca)
> mazca@mazca.com
> www.mazca.com
> 
> 
> on 5/27/02 2:55 AM, Donald Wilson at marchie@mac.com wrote:
> 
> > I need to read through the Nova Bible, as I haven;t yet, but I DID do
> > work with EV plug-ins, and I ask this:
> > 
> > So, do they have holographic blasters as well, so they can shoot 
other
> > ships, and cause no damage?
> > 
> > I assume there is a "This weapon causex X amount of 
Armor/sheild damage"
> > flag?
> > 
> > ~Donald
> > 
> > On Sunday, May 26, 2002, at 02:30 PM, Marv05@aol.com wrote:
> > 
> >> this really isn't a complicated concept to grasp. they're 
holograms.
> >> think
> >> about it. if it's not _really_ there, then it can't shoot, it can't haul
> >> cargo, it can't be sold, it can't do pretty much anything but pretend
> >> it's
> >> there. _other_ ships will try and shoot it because _they don't 
know
> >> it's not
> >> really there_. got it? good. subject over.
> >> 
> >> -j
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Luke Haub

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