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1524 days, 1 hours, 38 minutes ago

I received an Enemy Distress Call from a ship that has...

I received an Enemy Distress Call from a ship that has struck a mine and damage is at 110, but there is no explosion report and no visible ship anywhere near the site from where the mine hit was reported (and there is no place to hide, all planets in reach are mine, no nebula)

This confuses me.
A ship that is destroyed by a mine should produce an explosion report, right?
If it did not explode with 110 damage, it is probably a Lizard ship. But even a cloaked ship with lots of supplies to repair damage should come out of cloak and become visible, right?

How can this be explained? Any ideas?

1524 days, 1 hours, 35 minutes ago

RE: I received an Enemy Distress Call from a ship that has...

ships destroyed by minehits and glory devices do not produce explosion reports. i also found it strange in the beginning, but one gets used to it..

1524 days, 1 hours, 29 minutes ago

RE: I received an Enemy Distress Call from a ship that has...

I know that about glory devices, but mines???
Do others get an explosion report, while I get only the distress call?

1524 days, 1 hours, 22 minutes ago

RE: I received an Enemy Distress Call from a ship that has...

no, they don't get an explosion. the owner of the ship however gets little crosses, where his/her ships have hit mines.

intuitively i'd say that if the story behind the explosions is an exploding warp engine, then all destroyed ships should produce an explosion mark. unless - and that we don't know - spacemines and glories only destroy the hull, and not the warp core.

1524 days, 1 hours, 19 minutes ago

imzadi

RE: I received an Enemy Distress Call from a ship that has...

I did receive explosion reports from ships destroyed by minehits. At least in the game 'Cutimurium Sector'. Ship-owner comfirmed his ships were destroyed by minehits and I got the regular explosion-reports.

1524 days, 1 hours, 18 minutes ago

RE: I received an Enemy Distress Call from a ship that has...

It's in paranoia planets, right? Ships destroyed by mines generate explosion reports only in system generated games, but not in player hosted games..

1524 days, 1 hours, 6 minutes ago

RE: I received an Enemy Distress Call from a ship that has...

Thanks, OHO!
That is news for me. And it makes perfect sense ;-)

1523 days, 21 hours, 29 minutes ago

RE: I received an Enemy Distress Call from a ship that has...

Thanks @Oho, that's new to me too. Thanks for explaining.

btw: @Strangelove : 110% damage sounds like en exploded MCBR... take (minefield) cover!

1523 days, 11 hours, 30 minutes ago

RE: I received an Enemy Distress Call from a ship that has...

@Oho: do others get the explosion report in player hosted games?
@robijntje: Yes, MCBR is also my guess, now that I don't suspect Lizards anymore.

1523 days, 10 hours, 29 minutes ago

RE: I received an Enemy Distress Call from a ship that has...

Thanks, Oho. I did not know that.

Now that I do, the next question is: why is the game set up that way?

1523 days, 10 hours, 22 minutes ago

RE: I received an Enemy Distress Call from a ship that has...

Explosion reports are always public - nobody gets them in player hosted games (the minefield owner and ship owner will of course receive the distress calls). I have absolutely no idea why it is that way, but I think it was Big Beefer who pointed that out long before he became part of the staff. Maybe he could do something about it.

1523 days, 9 hours, 59 minutes ago

RE: I received an Enemy Distress Call from a ship that has...

Strangelove007 is puzzled because I got an explosion message although the ship is not mine, but it USED to be mine... (yeah you cleverboys.. 110 damage is always a meteor...)
That said, I don't know if that is a bug or what, because if the host thinks it is a ship of mine I should have gotten a Distress Call, not an Explosion report.

1523 days, 9 hours, 33 minutes ago

RE: I received an Enemy Distress Call from a ship that has...

strange.. i've never seen am explosion due to a lethal minehit before. but i guess maybe thats because i'm playing a 2 year old die hard. since when is that?