OK, so I'm goin about my normal business invading this planet. Standard photon and fun. so I load up the macro, hit that lucky f7 key, and....well, here:

Sector : 8 in The Federation.
Beacon : FedSpace, FedLaw Enforced
Ports : Acyclovir, Class 7 (SSS)
Warps to Sector(s) : 2 - 7 - 3330

Command [TL=00:00:00]:[8] (?=Help)? : C
<Computer>

<Computer activated>

Computer command [TL=00:00:00]:[8] (?=Help)? P
You have 1 Photon Missiles left.
Do you wish to launch one ? Yes
This sector (8) has warps to sector(s) : 2 - 7 - 3330
Launch a Photon Missile into which sector? (Q to quit) 3330

Photon Missile launched into sector 3330

Photon Wave Duration : 2 seconds in sector 3330

Computer command [TL=00:00:00]:[8] (?=Help)? Q

<Computer deactivated>

Command [TL=00:00:00]:[8] (?=Help)? : M
<Move>
Warps to Sector(s) : 2 - 7 - 3330
To which Sector [7] ? 3330

Sector : 3330 in uncharted space.
Planets : (L) Hades
Fighters: 1,000 (belong to Corp#2, temp) [Offensive]
Warps to Sector(s) : 8

Fighter Attack!
Combat computer reports damages of 883 battle points!
883 K3-A Fighters destroyed by the attack!

Sector : 3330 in uncharted space.
Planets : (L) Hades
Warps to Sector(s) : 8

Command [TL=00:00:00]:[3330] (?=Help)? : L
<Preparing ship to land on planet surface>

<Atmospheric maneuvering system engaged>
Landing sequence engaged...

Quasar Blast!
The console reports damages of 5142 battle points!
Life Support knocked out! Energy generation shut down!

You rush to an escape pod and abandon ship...
Your Operator has been destroyed!

Your trusty Escape Pod is functioning normally.
For getting blown up you LOSE 310 experience point(s).
Sector 3330 will now be avoided in future navigation calculations.
[Pause]

You were repelled!


Photon Wave Duration has ended in sector 3330

Why the #!%& did I get a pod for my troubles?

My first guess is that maybe you were in a game where photons couldn't be launched from FedSpace, but it seems the game should have prevented you from launching it to begin with.

My second guess is that you got lagged and failed to enter within the allowed duration. I know from experience that the message telling you the wave duration has expired can come VERY late sometimes, so perhaps you lagged a bit, missed the safety zone, and then the battle messages displayed before the Duration message got a chance to print.

Whatever happened to ya though, that sucks. :\

galaxi

yea im gonna agree with galaxi, the duration end message was lagged, cant do much with 3 seconds

Lag shouldn't have had any effect, since you sent all of the commands in the same macro. I would bet it has something to do with the time sync bug.

quote:Originally posted by Cherokee-TLTT

Lag shouldn't have had any effect, since you sent all of the commands in the same macro. I would bet it has something to do with the time sync bug.



I dont think so, I spoke to kemper about this and that was my first thought too. had it been just the planet then I might say yes, But the offensive figters wouldnt be affected by the time bug (ie they wouldnt update a timestamp) so that means that something else went wrong.. If it is a timestamp issue then that would mean that the other player dropped those offensive figs right when the other person shot the photon, this seems a bit unlikely. I say it's just one of those twgs "glitches" or even possibly game corruption?.. But I aint see nothing like it before so got no clue

Only other thing I can think of, is max commands / second.

Ionno though, I've never seen that before...


Graz

Yea must be the Tribbles or gremlins, gumming up the works, a weird one.

Two Words:

Underpants Gnomes

heh, O_B, I think that the "underpants gnomes" must be a personal, ahem, "problem" <G> -=<M>=-

<Snicker>

Not my problem, any Underpants Gnome that comes near me gets blasted.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underpants_Gnomes

quote:
In the South Park episode entitled Gnomes (Underpants Gnomes), The Underpants Gnomes are a community of underground gnomes who collect underpants.

The Underpants Gnomes have a three-step business plan, consisting of:

1. Steal underpants
2. ???
3. Profit!

Where none of the gnomes actually knows what the second step is, and all of them assume someone else within the organization does.



They must have switched business plans:

1. Steal ptorp effects

2. ?

3. Profit!