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bug in "scoring" for successful missions?
Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2004 5:37 pm
by spacerat
I was on a mission as a destroyer captain and my mission was just to destroy this other destoyer. Being the efficent little captain I destroyed a total of 2 enemy destroyers and 1 frigate and lost 1 friendly frigate. My ending score: 10. Um..is this a bug?
RE: bug in "scoring" for successful missions?
Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2004 5:40 pm
by TheDeadlyShoe
If you haven't started Starshatter again since then-
Look in the file "Errlog.txt" for a long score table that lists some statistics for every ship: two types of kills, died, collisions, score, and command score.
If I had to guess I'd say that the other destroyer/frigate in your squadron got the actual kills
RE: bug in "scoring" for successful missions?
Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2004 6:34 pm
by Mehrunes
I think you only get normal points for kill shots, and you get command points when one of your subordinates gets a kill shot. Regardless of who kills a target your side in the campaign should get those points as well, though.
RE: bug in "scoring" for successful missions?
Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2004 9:04 pm
by spacerat
i just destroyed 3 "broadswords" and one "wolf" and about 8 fighters but my own ship (spectre) got destroyed..total score: zero
RE: bug in "scoring" for successful missions?
Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2004 9:04 pm
by spacerat
and yes they were my kills according to the stat screen at the end of hte mission
RE: bug in "scoring" for successful missions?
Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2004 10:44 pm
by Mehrunes
You don't get any points if you lose your ship.
RE: bug in "scoring" for successful missions?
Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2004 10:46 pm
by Mr.Frag
You don't get any points if you lose your ship.
Sounds reasonable, dead men tell no tales. [:D]
RE: bug in "scoring" for successful missions?
Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2004 11:03 pm
by John DiCamillo
It's not supposed to be quite that draconian. If you lose your ship, you are penalized 2.5 times its value on your mission score. So spacerat should have earned credit for 1.5 destroyers and 8 fighters, even though he lost his ship. I'll have to look into that and see if I can reproduce it.
RE: bug in "scoring" for successful missions?
Posted: Sun Jul 04, 2004 4:58 am
by Deathifier
ORIGINAL: John DiCamillo
It's not supposed to be quite that draconian. If you lose your ship, you are penalized 2.5 times its value on your mission score. So spacerat should have earned credit for 1.5 destroyers and 8 fighters, even though he lost his ship. I'll have to look into that and see if I can reproduce it.
I have the same experience - ship blows up and the accumulated score for kills drops to 0.
You can still get command points though, just nothing for what you destroyed personally.
Very good motivator to keep your ship intact though
- Deathifier
RE: bug in "scoring" for successful missions?
Posted: Sun Jul 04, 2004 5:00 am
by Mehrunes
I thought Force:Space just didn't want to promote people who keep losing their property. [:)]
RE: bug in "scoring" for successful missions?
Posted: Mon Jul 05, 2004 7:56 am
by TheDeadlyShoe
I wish the screen showed Command Score, it's irritating spending hours and wasting an entire enemy fleet and receiving only 120 points of score for the few fighters my carrier blows up. [;)]
RE: bug in "scoring" for successful missions?
Posted: Mon Jul 05, 2004 7:07 pm
by Mehrunes
Yes, I doubt it would be difficult to add cmd points to point score shown on the debriefing screen.
RE: bug in "scoring" for successful missions?
Posted: Mon Jul 05, 2004 7:52 pm
by John DiCamillo
Fixed.
RE: bug in "scoring" for successful missions?
Posted: Mon Jul 05, 2004 7:54 pm
by John DiCamillo
ORIGINAL: spacerat
i just destroyed 3 "broadswords" and one "wolf" and about 8 fighters but my own ship (spectre) got destroyed..total score: zero
I just cannot reproduce this.