Trio of bugs in Trans 0.97 (Some unconfirmed)
Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 3:32 pm
I've noticed a few bugs in my latest run through. The first is repeatable, while the second two I haven't managed to duplicate yet.
First, when you upgrade your shields at an armor dealer, the shield that goes back into your inventory doesn't stack with other shields of the same kind. I have a screen shot of this if anyone wants it. I'd imagine it works the same way for any call to dsInstallSpecificDevice or maybe even the other install routines.
Second, there seems to be a way to unrestrict partially omni weapons, at least temporarily. While I couldn't repeat it, I managed to get the Dwarg xiphon cannon to fire astern when swapping between it and an omni laser. I swapped back to the laser after a few seconds and the effect went away. I haven't been able to reproduce it yet.
Third, I think you can dock and rob friendly ships under some conditions. While trying to dock with an armor station that had a ronin destroyed in one of it's docking ports, I accidentally targeted a live ronin before hitting "d". For some reason, I didn't dock with the station, and I didn't move far enough to overlap the destroyed ronin. I appeared to "dock" with the live ronin and get the standard wreck screen complete with the option to loot. Of course, some hostiles flew by and the live ronin took off never to return. I couldn't replicate the effect with only live ships and I haven't found a friendly station with a docked wreck in the same configuration yet, so I can't confirm the effect. I might have been "docked" to the wreck even if I didn't move to the location, but it sure looked like I was docked to the live ship.
First, when you upgrade your shields at an armor dealer, the shield that goes back into your inventory doesn't stack with other shields of the same kind. I have a screen shot of this if anyone wants it. I'd imagine it works the same way for any call to dsInstallSpecificDevice or maybe even the other install routines.
Second, there seems to be a way to unrestrict partially omni weapons, at least temporarily. While I couldn't repeat it, I managed to get the Dwarg xiphon cannon to fire astern when swapping between it and an omni laser. I swapped back to the laser after a few seconds and the effect went away. I haven't been able to reproduce it yet.
Third, I think you can dock and rob friendly ships under some conditions. While trying to dock with an armor station that had a ronin destroyed in one of it's docking ports, I accidentally targeted a live ronin before hitting "d". For some reason, I didn't dock with the station, and I didn't move far enough to overlap the destroyed ronin. I appeared to "dock" with the live ronin and get the standard wreck screen complete with the option to loot. Of course, some hostiles flew by and the live ronin took off never to return. I couldn't replicate the effect with only live ships and I haven't found a friendly station with a docked wreck in the same configuration yet, so I can't confirm the effect. I might have been "docked" to the wreck even if I didn't move to the location, but it sure looked like I was docked to the live ship.