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Mon, 30 June 2003 01:55

Zapan

Crewman 2nd Class

Messages: 16
Registered: June 2003
Location: Burlington, Ont.

Ok,

I have a bug.. possibly, there is this planet in a current game with a gate that I have a pop value for since I'm IT and its in range. The problem is that my ally's scout scans it as 120k less. Both scans are 'current' but my value is 700% of his reading. Other planets seem to scan accurately but this one is abberant. Any ideas? this is way beyond +- 10%.
Its not crucial to the game to know which value is correct but the discepancy makes me curious, is IT scanning inaccurate?
-Zapan

If you can't beat them, arrange to have them beaten.

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Re: IT scanning

Mon, 30 June 2003 02:01

Coyote

Lt. Commander

Messages: 906
Registered: November 2002
Location: Pacific NW

Oh no! Those sneaky SS bastards have invented personnel cloaking! How are we gonna stop their troops now? Shocked

Are you sure you and your ally are looking at the same year? Smile

If so, I guess it's possible that IT gate scanning is highly inaccurate. I have no idea if it's been playtested.

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Re: IT scanning

Mon, 30 June 2003 05:51

Sotek

Chief Warrant Officer 2

Messages: 167
Registered: November 2002

Or it could be at a different phase.
Pre and post WP-1 orders, for instance.

Any freighters in orbit? What about their comparative masses in each scan?

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Re: IT scanning

Mon, 30 June 2003 08:01

Robert

Lt. Junior Grade

Messages: 393
Registered: November 2002
Location: Dortmund, Germany

I think the IT scan is the correct one. Check if your ally's
scout has a scanner - how did he get there?

Sometimes the screen says "current" cause you have a ship in orbit which gives you "some" current values like base-design and stuff, but the old value for the pop.

I am pretty sure it is no bug and your ally has a scout in orbit with no scanner Wink

Happened to me, too....

I was sending scouts to an enemy planet to check his pop and def status, the scout was shot down and the screen said "current",
but in fact i saw an very old value for pop and def.

So i sent packets over packets and wondered why the pop did not
die... Shocked

Later I got a scout with scanner to the planet that survived,
and saw he had much more pop there than I thought....

Anyway.... dont believe stars when it says "current" if you dont
have a scanner there!

hope this helps

Robert

2b v !2b -> ?

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