i think its a bug

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Just to make things short i;ll go straght to the point. Strike Craft can go right through planets. and i mean right through them while every other ships goes round. So like i said i think its a bug but im not sure. I did double check.
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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top
maybe they are flying through the atmosphere?
Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top
maybe they are flying through the atmosphere?
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He means flying THROUGH the planet itself. I've seen it to and it makes no since what so ever.
Star Control: Origins
Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top
I can confirm I've also seen this behaviour by strikecraft.
Reply #4 from Sins Forums Top
Now that I think about, they do do that. For who knows what reason, it never occurred to me that it was a bug...
Reply #5 from Sins Forums Top
Use your imagination. Assuming you still have one, they are flying through the atmosphere.
Reply #6 from Sins Forums Top
In this case, the ground seems to count as atmosphere as well.
Reply #7 from Sins Forums Top
How do you know they are not diving into the atmosphere, skimming along the surface awhile then flying out the other side. It would be the shortest route assuming they didn't lose any speed entering or exiting the atmosphere. ;)
Reply #8 from Sins Forums Top
No,it's obvious flying through the entire planet.

This bug is there since Sins release.
Reply #9 from Sins Forums Top
i did make sure. I looked at it from every possible angle and they are goign right through it.
Reply #10 from Sins Forums Top
Yep. They fly through the ground as well.
Reply #11 from Sins Forums Top
I am aware that they do it damn it. I am trying to give it a plausible reason for existing since I don't want my fighters going the long way around the planet....

So like I said, flying through the atmosphere.
Reply #12 from Sins Forums Top
That would work if they didn't fly through the core of the planet as well.
Reply #13 from Sins Forums Top
they are phase tunneling through the planet then. leave it be. o.O
Reply #14 from Sins Forums Top
so if fighters can phase tunnel whats stopping a capital ship doing it??? or a frigate??? or even a cruiser???

look its a bug and we just pinned it down so leave it be kk.
Reply #16 from Sins Forums Top
ive seen em fly threw the sun to.
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Obviously they have discovered metal alloys capable of withstanding 10 million+ degrees. Don't you love the future.
Reply #17 from Sins Forums Top
look its a bug and we just pinned it down so leave it be kk.
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alright if you want to be that way about it. How do you know its a bug? I could also point out that it could be an inherent design decision by the developers. After all its been that way since the game came out so how do you know for sure smarty pants?

We should ask them, I got a feeling its a design decision seeing as they are the only ones that do it.
Reply #18 from Sins Forums Top
I got a feeling its a design decision seeing as they are the only ones that do it.
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That's my reasoning for it being a bug.
Reply #19 from Sins Forums Top
maybe the fighters shoot their way through the planet. kinda like digging a hole, only larger, and through a plant. :NOTSURE: humm, I don't think there is any explanation, and therefore, it must be a bug! Squash it plx kthxlol. :LOL:
Reply #20 from Sins Forums Top
It is actually a design decision, to cut down on CPU usage if I remember right. You can have a very large number of squadrons, and many ships per squadron (imagine an Advent player with 100 squads of fighters..), so they don't have collision detection in order to leave processing power for other things (imagine a few thousand ships 'hitting' the planet at the same time, since each fighter would need its own detection). Moreso because they are fast anyway, and going through/going around is not nearly as drastic as if it was a ship.
Reply #21 from Sins Forums Top
It is actually a design decision, to cut down on CPU usage if I remember right. You can have a very large number of squadrons, and many ships per squadron (imagine an Advent player with 100 squads of fighters..), so they don't have collision detection in order to leave processing power for other things (imagine a few thousand ships 'hitting' the planet at the same time, since each fighter would need its own detection). Moreso because they are fast anyway, and going through/going around is not nearly as drastic as if it was a ship.
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way to ruin it. ;p
Reply #22 from Sins Forums Top
I try :P