Government Jamming and an SAD bug

My complaints: SADs NEVER hit their target although they seem to home in on me just fine even with an ECM system. A zidagar ECM system would solve my problems entirely, and from the behavior of SADs you'd think every ship in the game had one.

I am thinking of making a plug-in to fix this and make SADs and SAEs actually worth something against alien ships, so I would like to know if anyone shares my opinion that governments should not have strong jamming for every weapon in the game.

As for my bug: The SAD modules in EVO 1.0.2 seem to use the plasma siphon sprites for 1 frame at regular intervals, so for a moment an SAD module looks like a plasma siphon shot. I haven't been able to tell if this occurs every time the SAD module runs through its animation or on a different schedule. Has anyone else experienced this?

Yea, I've noticed the SAD/Plasma Siphon bug thing, but I just fixed it with a little plug-in. Just replace the new graphic with the old one.

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YES! I am frustrated as hell with the new system about SADs. Here's my predicament:

Before I never much cared for SADs since they seem to have a bad habit of constantly hitting asteroids when I launch them. So I wrote them off as a junk weapon, and almost never got hit by one.

Now I have 1.0.2, and suddenly, lo' and behold, they kick ass, but only against ME!!! I try getting them, but like all the guided weapons, they suck when I use them, but unlike other guided weapons, they find their mark on me just FINE! BLEAH! I wouldn't mind so much if I could at least have some that hit their mark, so that it didn't feel like I was being discriminated against in my choice of firepower. 😉

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Okay it might take me a while to get around to it, but an SAD fix is now on my To Do list.

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Originally posted by Servack:
**Yea, I've noticed the SAD/Plasma Siphon bug thing, but I just fixed it with a little plug-in. Just replace the new graphic with the old one.

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What do you mean? I tried pasting the old SAD sprites into a plug-in and the bug still persists, although I can't see how the heck that would do anything in the first place.

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- Lone "Darn, its not in the spellchecker!" Igadzra

Helloooooooooo

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- Lone "Darn, its not in the spellchecker!" Igadzra

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Originally posted by LoneIgadzra:
**Helloooooooooo
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Uh, hi.. 😜

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SAD's work just fine, ya just gotta face your enemy, thats all.

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Originally posted by Servack:
**Yea, I've noticed the SAD/Plasma Siphon bug thing, but I just fixed it with a little plug-in. Just replace the new graphic with the old one.
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Whoa...I'm also having the same problem. It's not the graphics...I believe. They're exactly the same...in fact, the graphics doesn't even change, between 1.0.1 and 1.0.2. I've had that problem w/ Quantum Torpedoes...from my St plug...weird.

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Now if Servack (who said he fixed the problem with a little plug-in) would just act on a hunch and check this thread out...

I know you need to be facing your target with SADs, but even then they often just do loopdy-loops.

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- Lone "Darn, its not in the spellchecker!" Igadzra

it never had that problem fer me unless i was facing the wrong way

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Originally posted by **Îśľ:
it never had that problem fer me unless i was facing the wrong way

Hey... three star... weird P... uh... guy. You should become a member! just rethink your name so I don't have to call you "that-weird-P-guy" all the time :).

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its supposed ta be oedipus with some messed up letters, but it didnt werk. im new to the board, so how do i register?

tha names spelled : (omega)(epsilon)(script-like "d")ya know the next three("f"-hole on a bass)

never mind, i saw where ta register,

SAD's,SAE's and Needle Missiles don't work properly anymore in EVO 1.0.2. however they worked perfectly in EVO 1.0.1. SAD's do the same strange things ( circling, figure of 8's, loops etc ) even when fired at disabled ships ( there were no other ships present at the time ) so it can't be related to jamming, unless disabled ships can still jam incoming guided weapons.

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