Weird Ship Behavior

[Revolver]

That's weird, is it just when a cargo crate is near the base, or does it happen with wrecks as well?

[george moromisato]

Thanks, I found the bug. It was a problem with Salvagers not targeting bases properly.

Note: In the future, Salvagers should really run away from bases that are too powerful for them. I'll have to do that in a future release.

[Frits]

Aren't all bases to powerful for them?

[Revolver]

Maybe not the single small anarchist bases.

[Atheist_Chuck]

Or other weak stations, such as those Pirate Caches.

[george moromisato]

Aren't all bases to powerful for them?

They can get pretty nasty since they can install any weapon they find.

To test the fix I put a Salvager in Eridani and played with the /debug switch. The Salvager docked with the Mikeno wreck and looted all the high-level weapons that I put there to test. Before I knew it, the Salvager was hitting me with an Ares archcannon!

[Betelgeuse]

it would be cool if that behavior was expanded to shields and other ships. Enemies using Commonwealth weapons against you

[Frits]

Revolver and Chuck, i didn't mean that literally. LOL at George, an archcannon... I make it a habit to treat salvagers in a nasty way so i had momentarily forgotten they could do that. It's a fun addition, they may install a shield as well, it could really make a difference when they appear in later earlygame systems and get the loot before you do. If the chance the player can kill it is 99%, like i feel it is, player gets the loot either way

[the_holy_thom]

actually, thats a nice idea for a new ship class. The evil Nomads, who loot wrecks and attack you with what they find. Or just a normal ship that does the same.