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1642 days, 22 hours, 33 minutes ago
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prydeson
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Possible bug?

My PL21 Probe is in 1111,2998. The Robots MDSF is in 1110,2998. Yes, I missed to guess the right point for the Hyperjump. I've got enough fuel for an intercept, so I'm sure I'll intercept the ship!

But: Sphere is on.

Next turn my ship goes to: 1113,2917 and their ship is at 1159,1042, which is also my waypoint! I could have intercepted the MDSF, but the system chose to go the wrong way along the sphere.

Is this a known fact? Did I miss something else? Is a novel way of avoiding intercept?
1642 days, 20 hours, 41 minutes ago
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skunkman
RE: Possible bug? My PL21 Probe is in 1111,2998. The Robots...Write Reply
Interesting. Could be considered a bug. However, the computer acted logically. Until/unless this is fixed, intercept near the edges can be avoided.
1642 days, 9 hours, 23 minutes ago
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big beefer
RE: Possible bug? My PL21 Probe is in 1111,2998. The Robots...Write Reply
This is on my list of things to look into. The obvious fix is to look at the different "reflected" positions of the target, and choose the intercept direction that has the shortest path.

But I am uncertain that this couldn't lead to abuse of some sort, so will be taking some time to think about it. I certainly welcome all feedback on the matter here!
1642 days, 6 hours, 27 minutes ago
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glyn
RE: Possible bug? My PL21 Probe is in 1111,2998. The Robots...Write Reply
@Big+Beefer: Just the equal distance to both case to deal with, might be Sphere Blitz games one day... :p