New UASs - introduced in 4.3

[Ssnake]

Thanks. While there's no bug in the sense that there's an actual malfunction, clearly there's room for improvement.

[Gibsonm]

Thanks.

 

Moving on from the Bullitt to the Sprites.

 

It appears that the Attack sprites will only engage targets while the Recce sprites remain in the target zone - once the recce sprites finish their single orbit, the attack sprites seem to complete their existing circuit, break off and RTB, even with targets still displayed on the map?

 

[Ssnake]

Were these set to "attack", or to "scout and attack" mode?

[Gibsonm]

3 minutes ago, Ssnake said:

Were these set to "attack", or to "scout and attack" mode?

 

"scout and attack" since I assumed that meant you would get a mix of Scout units and Attack units, which is what was generated.

 

If I'm supposed to be using some other mix, then I'm all ears.

[Ssnake]

Scouts will always do their scouting, however inefficient at the moment. Attack Sprites will either fly only to already detected targets ("attack mode"), or scout before attacking ("scout and attack").

Since they didn't attack; were the targets moving, or stationary?

Due to the way these coaxial drones move when maneuvering, targeting moving vehicles is a rather difficult problem that we haven't solved yet.

[Gibsonm]

20 minutes ago, Ssnake said:

Scouts will always do their scouting, however inefficient at the moment. Attack Sprites will either fly only to already detected targets ("attack mode"), or scout before attacking ("scout and attack").

Since they didn't attack; were the targets moving, or stationary?

Due to the way these coaxial drones move when maneuvering, targeting moving vehicles is a rather difficult problem that we haven't solved yet.

 

Ah so "scout and attack" refers to the behaviours, not the composition of the waves.

 

The vehicles are static.

 

With the above where units have been detected should I use "attack" or stick with "scout and attack"?

 

Edited November 16 by Gibsonm

[Ssnake]

The intended procedure was that scouts get sent first, and when they spot targets, the attack drones will be launched, on to each last reported position. Once they reach the position, attack Sprites will start searching for the target in a spiral search pattern (or some approximation thereof).

The behavior shown in your last video is unexpected and warrants some deeper investigation. We shall also make the general search routine more efficient.

[Gibsonm]

I'll update the Wiki to reflect the comments about modes.

 

If its of any worth, here is the baseline Tutorial scenario, noting that it is not necessarily correct, just trying to convey the basics:

 

 

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