[General Battuta]

Quick question: which fighter mounted weapons have the big damage flag? Specifically, does the Trebuchet?

I can't get at the tables because I'm on a Mac and there's no way to view VPs.

[NGTM-1R]

Bombs, and perversely the EMP Adv. missile.

[Herra Tohtori]

I can't get at the tables because I'm on a Mac and there's no way to view VPs.

Maja VP editor doesn't work on Mac?

[blowfish]

I can't get at the tables because I'm on a Mac and there's no way to view VPs.

Maja VP editor doesn't work on Mac?

It does for me

And yes, the Trebuchet has the "huge" flag, which is odd, because that means that the AI will never fire it at bombers...

[Mars]

I could never kill that Moloch at the end of the first mission where the Aquataine escapes the nebula with EMP... does the missile do no damage or something?

[FUBAR-BDHR]

The EMP only does 45 damage which is the same as a Rockeye.  It also doesn't have the Huge flag. 

[Androgeos Exeunt]

And yes, the Trebuchet has the "huge" flag, which is odd, because that means that the AI will never fire it at bombers...

...another programming error on the part of ?

[Galemp]

obviously. Though, in fact, it's the 'bomber+' flag that breaks it.

[blowfish]

obviously. Though, in fact, it's the 'bomber+' flag that breaks it.

Well, it's the fact that the "huge" flag is used in conjunction with the "bomber+" flag that makes it not work.  But seeing as it was intended as an anti-bomber weapon, I'd say the "huge" flag is more out of place...

[General Battuta]

The EMP only does 45 damage which is the same as a Rockeye.  It also doesn't have the Huge flag. 

Yes it does. I used it to kill the Tiamat on that mission! Granted, it takes forever to deal that last few percent, but it does work (and continuous bombardment with heavier non-bomb weapons doesn't.)

[blowfish]

Yes it does.

  No ... it doesn't.  Look at the table.

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$Flags:                                ( "player allowed" "EMP")

[Mars]

So it doesn't have the big damage flag either...

except I know it did.

[Snail]

So it doesn't have the big damage flag either...

except I know it did.

Well it doesn't. It may have changed between retail version 1.00 and 1.20 or something.

[General Battuta]

Yes it does.

  No ... it doesn't.  Look at the table.

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$Flags:                                ( "player allowed" "EMP")

Whoa...I was definitely using EMP Advanceds, and they definitely killed the Tiamat. I was using a 3.6.10 trunk build at the time.

How's that possible?

[Snail]

IIRC, in some recent SCP builds all capital ships are killable, it's just the last 1% is a lot more resistant to damage.

[FUBAR-BDHR]

Retail was that way as well.  I think all the flag does is determine weather or not the damage done by the weapon on the last 10% of the ships hull is reduced.  You could theoretically kill a Lucifer with a maxim if you held down the crtl key for a week. 

[Jeff Vader]

Retail was that way as well.  I think all the flag does is determine weather or not the damage done by the weapon on the last 10% of the ships hull is reduced.  You could theoretically kill a Lucifer with a maxim if you held down the crtl key for a week. 

But you'd end up with arthritis using that method. Which is why I've assigned primary fire on "D".

[FUBAR-BDHR]

I was thinking more along the lines of disarming the ship and then setting something heavy on the key. 

[Jeff Vader]

... or that.

But I'm still not giving up on my "D" configuration.

[Mars]

Could someone double check Snail... no offense, but I think he's wrong.