CSC Antarctica glitch

[Song]

When you save the Antarctica, it's possible for the Antarctica not to move to the gate and gate out.....in which case you can't get the Ares research station.

I'm not sure if this is caused by the player gating out before the Antarctica, or something else.


On an unrelated note, the Kate Morgental system seems odd. Often, it doesn't recognise the fact I helped rescue Katmai....

[speedofsquid]

When the Antarctica is saved, it should hold position for a time before moving to gate. Could the problem be with shpOrderHold? I have had problems with ships holding indefinitely when ordered to hold for a specified time.

[Xav]

You were able to save the Antarctica?

....I'm not even able to put a dent in those ships that come

[Arisaya]

focus on one at a time; they have OK shielding (Shields in 1.0RC1 and later are very nerfed than .99c and before), and nice armor, so you'll need to bring in some heavy guns
they are better vs. ion than thermo, so thermo weapons work well. So do plasma weapons. You'll want some ion resistant heavy armor and shields yourself, since you'll be facing their katanas, but their missiles you can dodge (usually the missiles are only fired at the CSC anyways).

[Xav]

fusionfire and ares lightning turret

taiken-200 + 20% (fast recharge)

I'll try again....maybe second time is the charm

...oh and is there another way to restart besides self destruct? lol


EDIT: perhaps I'll switch out my turret for those nice ares nukes :crazy:

[Arisaya]

Hmmm... they are ion resistant, so watch out w/ the lighting cannon; you may also want a better thermo weapon

[Xav]

I haven't found a station that repairs weapons....I've some damaged heavy hitters, but no fully functional ones

EDIT: repairs higher level weapons
EDIT2: found the heretic SG...perhaps there are some more advanced facilities there?

[Arisaya]

Well, rasseirmesseir research stations only repair their own products

you can use a longzhu sphere to repair or enhance (if not damaged) any weapon with the 'energy weapon' modifier (you can see it in the xml, or just experiment; you don't lose longzhu's if they don't work on repairing the weapon,... I think)

[Xav]

longzhu's repair weapons....awesome - I've got tons of those

I've upgraded everything else - guess it time to bump up my weapons 8)

[Arisaya]

remember, they don't repair all weapons

[Xav]

How much more game is there after passing through the Heretic SG?

I am pondering the possibilities of finding more powerful weaponry before attempting the Antarctica mission.

EDIT: Longzhu sphere didn't work on my ares plasma archcannon
Ion power capacitor didn't work on my ion turret either ...perhaps its level too low in caparison to the turret?

Turret is level 10 - capacitor is level 7

EDIT2: also found some massive tharsis plate....too bad it is too big for my freighter

[Arisaya]

Hmmm... Actually I think that last one is a bug. Why don't you make a thread on that?

Also, there is no game beyond Heretic at the moment; that's all coming after version 1.1