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Spider
Staff Sergeant
Joined: Sun Jan 04, 2009 2:22 pm Posts: 17 Location: USA
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Photon question
If a player photons into my sector and I try to warp in a planet from another sector, does the game not give me access to the sector fig until the photon wave is over? Is it different if I have a lock on the fig already? Thanks.
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Sun Jan 04, 2009 3:11 pm |
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Silence
Commander
Joined: Tue Mar 26, 2002 3:00 am Posts: 1416 Location: Canada
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Re: Photon question
I'm assuming it is there fighter, not yours. If the photon wave is active when you warp into the sector, then no, you cannont attack the fighter until the photon wave ends, at which point you either have to relog, or reenter the sector.
other than that, I dont really know what you mean.
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Sun Jan 04, 2009 4:16 pm |
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Big D
Veteran Op
Joined: Tue Nov 28, 2006 4:04 pm Posts: 5025
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Re: Photon question
Spider wrote: If a player photons into my sector and I try to warp in a planet from another sector, does the game not give me access to the sector fig until the photon wave is over? Is it different if I have a lock on the fig already? Thanks. You can only warp a planet to a sector if you have a fighter in that sector, OR you get a pre-lock on that fighter before the fighter was destroyed and before the lock decays. Photons have nothing to do with a getting a lock.
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Sun Jan 04, 2009 4:50 pm |
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Singularity
Veteran Op
Joined: Thu Jun 02, 2005 2:00 am Posts: 5558 Location: USA
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Re: Photon question
Quote: If a player photons into my sector and I try to warp in a planet from another sector, does the game not give me access to the sector fig until the photon wave is over? Is it different if I have a lock on the fig already? Thanks. You have access to your fig even if it's photon dampened. As long as the fig is there, you'll get a lock.
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Sun Jan 04, 2009 5:48 pm |
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Spider
Staff Sergeant
Joined: Sun Jan 04, 2009 2:22 pm Posts: 17 Location: USA
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Re: Photon question
Thanks for all the help, sorry I was not very clear. The figs were in my home sector, I was in another sector with a planet, a player photoned into my home sector and I could not get a lock on the figs. The only thing I can think is maybe I put in the wrong sector but the second time I tried the planet locked on the figs (would have been after the photon wave).
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Sun Jan 04, 2009 7:30 pm |
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Singularity
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Joined: Thu Jun 02, 2005 2:00 am Posts: 5558 Location: USA
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Re: Photon question
Hrm, well that'd be the first I've heard of it... but then again I don't typically pwarp into dampened sectors. If you get a chance to test it again, post the logs and details of the game (mbbs, gold, etc). Shouldn't be too tough, just have someone torp in announce on SS at the same time, then set a trigger to pwarp on the msg.
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Sun Jan 04, 2009 7:55 pm |
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mob
Boo! inc.
Joined: Sat Oct 09, 2004 2:00 am Posts: 865 Location: USA
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Re: Photon question
Figured I'd bring up an old post to ask a photon question, if your on a port at prompt does photon still effect you?
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Tue Mar 10, 2009 5:14 am |
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Singularity
Veteran Op
Joined: Thu Jun 02, 2005 2:00 am Posts: 5558 Location: USA
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Re: Photon question
Yes, a port does not protect you. Altho the turn cost only happens when you port, so if you get torped on a port you can stay there if you need to.
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Tue Mar 10, 2009 5:44 am |
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mob
Boo! inc.
Joined: Sat Oct 09, 2004 2:00 am Posts: 865 Location: USA
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Re: Photon question
Thanks Sing, was just a thought ive never ran into the situation...was worth the ask!
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Tue Mar 10, 2009 6:39 am |
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General Disarray
Staff Sergeant
Joined: Mon May 25, 2009 6:38 pm Posts: 19
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Re: Photon question
The only thing that will protect you from a photon that I know of is a planet with a Level 5 Citadel and 200 (planet) shields. It doesn't matter if you are at the Planet, or Citadel command prompt. I believe that the shields will protect you if you are at the attack shield prompt. I think it has to do with the "on planet" flag.
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Sat Mar 13, 2010 12:30 pm |
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Parrothead
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Joined: Wed May 03, 2006 2:00 am Posts: 1722 Location: USA
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Re: Photon question
Correct. If your riding the shields then your protected.
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Mon Mar 15, 2010 2:55 am |
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LoneStar
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Joined: Fri Jun 09, 2006 2:00 am Posts: 1396 Location: Canada
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Re: Photon question
I made a Planet Gridder based on this tid-bit of knowledge... one of the best scripts I've made
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