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Swordsalmon
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Scouts aren't the only ship that can explore...

August 19, 2009 10:38:32 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire ForumsSins of a Solar Empire Forums

While playing single-player, I noticed a bit of a quirk with my AI ally.

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k10/Socialsalmon/Explorey.png

I never realized that ships other than a scout can use Explore. Along with the Cobolt, a few Gardas and a Cielo were also set on explore.

It probably isn't that important, but pretty interesting to see.

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Volt_Cruelerz
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Reply #1 August 19, 2009 10:43:14 PM
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Well yeah...  LF's make good explorers because they are fast and have more health (aside from Disciples) than the scouts do.

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Reply #2 August 19, 2009 11:13:25 PM
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that is VERY interesting!!!

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carlobee
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Reply #3 August 19, 2009 11:18:10 PM
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hmmm. sounds nice!!!

 

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Darvin3
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Reply #4 August 20, 2009 1:49:41 AM
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I always manual scout.  I find the scout, light frigate, and flak are the best choices.

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Kitkun
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Reply #5 August 20, 2009 1:24:30 PM
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Certainly one of the smarter things of the AI, sometimes. I've built up hangars at a side world only to get scouted by flak.

 

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Reply #6 August 20, 2009 10:14:50 PM
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That explains a lot. I've always wondered why the AI will send one lone flak or other wierd ships at my planets.

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Reply #7 August 21, 2009 12:52:43 AM
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I always thought that it was kind of strange scouts needed an ability to do what is a command for all units in most RTS games. But I guess the AI has no such limitations.

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Reply #8 August 21, 2009 1:30:23 AM
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They don't have an "Explore" button similiar to scouts that I can see. So what are you guys talking about? =/

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Reply #9 August 21, 2009 2:37:33 AM
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Quoting Jewbat,
reply 8
They don't have an "Explore" button similiar to scouts that I can see. So what are you guys talking about? =/
AI > Humans in this case.

 

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Reply #10 August 21, 2009 3:15:18 AM
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That's what I thought. Wasn't entirely sure if we had an explore functionality... Which would make an awesome addition *winkwinknudgenudgesaynomoresaynomore* to the devs. I wouldn't mind putting together a small fleet to explore rather than having to replace my scouts every 5 minutes later on in the game.

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Reply #11 August 21, 2009 12:54:22 PM
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Technically exploring is sorta of a patrol, so my question is: is there a way to modify the ability so it only patrols planets that you actually own?

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Reply #12 August 21, 2009 7:05:27 PM
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Do you have the game set to 800x600?

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Reply #13 August 21, 2009 7:37:33 PM
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Quoting Mooster,
reply 11
Technically exploring is sorta of a patrol, so my question is: is there a way to modify the ability so it only patrols planets that you actually own?

 

Possible, but doubtfull....

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