Ship movement problems...
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lets see if I can explain this: There are 9 positions a ship can be in around a planet, top left is 1, top right would be 3, the position to the left of the planet 4, the planet 5, to the right of the planet 6, and then the bottom row, left ot right, 7,8,9.
Okay so, if there is a ship in position 9 and I try to move it to position 1, i.e. diagonal move bottom right to top left, the autopilot fails. Presumably the autopilot is trying to move through the planet I don't control and therefor cannot complete the maneouver. You can get around it by moving the ship one space up, from 9 to 6 and then from 6 to 1.
If you control the planet things are even worse. The ship moves but it goes into orbit around the planet and doesn't come out. Of course launching the ship again puts it in position 8. So not only have you lost time and energy but most likely the ship isn't going to get to position 1 the same turn.
I think this needs to be fixed so the autopilot will know to step around the planet, whether controled or not to reach the target space of 1. I'm sure the same problem occurs if you try some of the other diagonal moves top right to bottom left etc.
Cheers,
Dominic
Okay so, if there is a ship in position 9 and I try to move it to position 1, i.e. diagonal move bottom right to top left, the autopilot fails. Presumably the autopilot is trying to move through the planet I don't control and therefor cannot complete the maneouver. You can get around it by moving the ship one space up, from 9 to 6 and then from 6 to 1.
If you control the planet things are even worse. The ship moves but it goes into orbit around the planet and doesn't come out. Of course launching the ship again puts it in position 8. So not only have you lost time and energy but most likely the ship isn't going to get to position 1 the same turn.
I think this needs to be fixed so the autopilot will know to step around the planet, whether controled or not to reach the target space of 1. I'm sure the same problem occurs if you try some of the other diagonal moves top right to bottom left etc.
Cheers,
Dominic