[VerGreeneyes]

I noticed this recent pull request. Not to jump the gun (as it's not even in a release candidate build yet), but I can't help but wonder how you feel about using this flag for the port

From what I understand, the behavior isn't particularly desirable from a player perspective, but would it fix The Hammer and the Anvil, which is infamously difficult in the port?

Would you apply it globally (to match FS1 as closely as possible), apply it selectively to fix examples like the above, or make it a toggle? It's not really clear to me how toggleable it is and how much (positively or negatively) it would impact the overall experience.

[Goober5000]

The Hammer and the Anvil is precisely why Asteroth and I investigated this behavior.

I still need to run some more tests, but my plan at this point is to enable the flag specifically for The Hammer and the Anvil, while leaving the FS2 missile behavior for the rest of the Port.  In most cases, the FS2 missile behavior does not negatively affect the gameplay of FS1 missions, whereas switching to FS1 behavior would detract from the player experience.  But The Hammer and the Anvil might be a place where activating the flag would actually help.

The flag toggleability depends on editing a table file and/or a mission file, so it's not quite as easy as setting an in-game option.

[VerGreeneyes]

Excellent, looking forward to it!

Edit: Oh! One more thing I noticed, and I wonder if it's related. During my last playthrough I found the basic Interceptors to be much more effective than the Hornet swarm missiles you get much later in the campaign - the Interceptors could hit everything except the fastest ships, whereas the hornets take too long to start homing effectively. I wonder if they would be more balanced with the FS1 style missile behavior.