[Gameplay] Torpedoes sometime miss a Frigate
Issue #45
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It can happen that fully locked on torpedoes miss the middle hull of a Nebulon-B Frigate and then dance around it in an attempt to hit it.
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It might be a problem of where the "center" of a ship is now, since that is the point that warheads are homing towards. Since the frigate has a eccentric shape, we will need to make warheads aim at the center of some of its components instead.
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I have been trying to replicate this problem but all my torpedoes have hit the tube quite comfortably.
Does it affect torpedoes or missiles?
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I want to say it will only affect torpedos since they have worse tracking than missiles. I'll do some testing on this. My theory is that it's related to the angle and distance the torpedo was fired from.
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I have videos showing the issue. What is the best way to upload them? The issue can happen with missiles as well by the way.
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A youtube link could work.
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And if you use YT, you can set the video to "unlisted".
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Is it my impression or do the torps go right through the Frigate?
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It's not just you, it really seems like it goes right through it.
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So perhaps it's not a warhead tracking issue afterall.
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timestamp to investigate
August 28, 2017, 4:53:53 PM PDT
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I found the problem.
There seems to be some bug regarding trigger rigidbodies with concave mesh colliders in Unity. The OnTriggerEnter even is not always launched, only sometimes.
The problem seems to get solved when using convex mesh colliders or primitive colliders.
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Fixed: Issue
#45: [Gameplay] Torpedoes sometime miss a Frigate→ <<cset a3e8a9e36f17>>
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I just lobbed some missiles at the frigate in TOD IV M1, and half of them went through and had to loop around before impacting on the rear superstructure
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Can you please try if you can replicate the problem with torpedoes?
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Fixed: Issue
#45: [Gameplay] Torpedoes sometime miss a Frigate; (For missiles now) Fixed: Issue#232: Maximum of 6 torpedoes on a target in play→ <<cset 97b355040232>>
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I've actually seen this happen in the original X-Wing many times, shot from either the player or from AI. It's technically normal behavior, and I wonder if enhancing the targeting of warheads in general would make it more easy/difficult for the player dodging enemy warheads.