Minefields - Revision history

Psydev: corrected Colonial fighter sweeping to say "per turn per minefield" instead of "per turn"; removed redundant sentence.

2017-01-25T05:01:25Z

corrected Colonial fighter sweeping to say "per turn per minefield" instead of "per turn"; removed redundant sentence.

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	===Colonial Fighter Sweeping===		===Colonial Fighter Sweeping===
	The Colonials can use fighters to sweep for mines. Each fighter can destroy 20 mines per turn ~~from~~ a range of 100 ~~lyrs away~~. If the ship doing the mine sweeping has beam weapons and is within the minefield radius then the ship will also use the beam weapons to destroy mines simultaneously.		The Colonials can use fighters to sweep for mines. Each fighter can destroy 20 mines per turn per minefield within a range of 100 ly. If the ship doing the mine sweeping has beam weapons and is within the minefield radius then the ship will also use the beam weapons to destroy mines simultaneously.

	~~The mine sweeping fighters can travel 100 light years from the carrier when on a mine sweeping mission. to~~ perform colonial fighter minesweep missions simply select minesweep from the starships mission menu. Fighters cannot sweep [[web mines]], however.		To perform colonial fighter minesweep missions simply select minesweep from the starships mission menu. Fighters cannot sweep [[web mines]], however.

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LordLancelot at 22:14, 5 November 2014

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	[[category:Space Objects]]		[[category:Space Objects]]

			==See Also==
			[http://www.planetsmagazine.com/strategy/strategyguides/minefields-behind-the-host/ Minefields Planets Magazine]

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New info

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	== Overview ==		== Overview ==
	A minefield is a small area of space that is peppered with warheads that track and launch themselves at passing enemy ships that are unlucky enough to trigger one of them.		A minefield is a small area of space that is peppered with warheads that track and launch themselves at passing enemy ships that are unlucky enough to trigger one of them.
	~~<br>~~
	Minefields can be created via [[mission\|lay mines]] or [[mission\|lay web mines]] [[mission]] on any [[ship]] with [[torpedo\|torpedo tubes]] by converting the [[torpedo]]s onboard into mines and laying them in space as a hazard to enemy shipping activities.		Minefields can be created via [[mission\|lay mines]] or [[mission\|lay web mines]] [[mission]] on any [[ship]] with [[torpedo\|torpedo tubes]] by converting the [[torpedo]]s onboard into mines and laying them in space as a hazard to enemy shipping activities.

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	== Laying mines in another identity ==		=== Laying mines in another identity ===
	To lay a minefield in another player's identity, you need to set the friendly code <i>miX</i>, where X is a player ID from 1-u. Robotic players lose their mining advantage when laying in the identity of another player.		To lay a minefield in another player's identity, you need to set the friendly code <i>miX</i>, where X is a player ID from 1-u. Robotic players lose their mining advantage when laying in the identity of another player.

	==Sweeping mines==		==Sweeping mines==
	===Standard Minesweeping===		===Standard Minesweeping===
	~~all~~ starships with beam weapons can sweep minefields. the amount swept will depend on the number of and the power of your starships beamweapons. to perform this mission select minesweep from your starships mission menu. your ship must be within the minefields radius to effectively sweep with beam weapons.		All starships with beam weapons can sweep minefields. the amount swept will depend on the number of and the power of your starships beamweapons. to perform this mission select minesweep from your starships mission menu. your ship must be within the minefields radius to effectively sweep with beam weapons.

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			===Mine scooping===
			A ship with [[beams]] and [[torpedo]] tubes can ''scoop'' from its own minefield(s) with the friendly code '''msc''', transforming mines back into ammo. A ship set to scoop will scoop mines until the minefield is gone, or until its [[cargo]] room is full.

			Scooping takes place on the very same step as sweeping by ID. It is possible for a scoop to deny a sweep, and vise verse.

	== Triggers ==		== Triggers ==
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	== Detecting Minefields ==		== Detecting Minefields ==
	The range that a ship can detect an enemy minefield can be set by the host (default 200ly). You will get a report on all minefields within this detection range, both yours mines and enemy minefields.		The range that ''any'' ship can detect an enemy minefield can be set by the host (default 200ly). You will get a report on all minefields within this detection range, both yours mines and enemy minefields.

	You cannot sweep enemy minefields that have friendly codes that match your ship's friendly code.		You cannot sweep enemy minefields that have friendly codes that match your ship's friendly code.

			== Minefield Decay ==
			Minefields decay as they age. The decay step takes place after mine laying and sweeping, but ''before'' '''mines destroy mines''', [[Web mines\|web drain]] and movement.

			The formula for mines remaining after a turn's worth of decay is as follows, with ''d'' being the decay rate (default 5%, or 0.05):

			<math>
			\operatorname{m_1} =
			round(m_2 * (1 - d)) - 1
			</math>

	== Minefield Limits ==		== Minefield Limits ==
	[http://www.Planets.Nu NuHost] carries a limit of 500 minefields per game. If a game goes over this limit, then the smallest minefields are destroyed until the limit is no longer exceeded.		[http://www.Planets.Nu NuHost] carries a limit of 500 minefields per game. If a game goes over this limit, then the smallest minefields (with no hostile ships nearby) are destroyed until the limit is no longer exceeded, or until there are no more eligible minefields.

	[[category:Space Hazards]]		[[category:Space Hazards]]
	[[category:Space Objects]]		[[category:Space Objects]]

ChallengeSpaceYard at 03:16, 5 March 2013

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	== Laying mines in another ~~races name~~ ==		== Laying mines in another identity ==
	~~info missing~~		To lay a minefield in another player's identity, you need to set the friendly code <i>miX</i>, where X is a player ID from 1-u. Robotic players lose their mining advantage when laying in the identity of another player.

	==Sweeping mines==		==Sweeping mines==

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2013-01-24T15:44:42Z

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	==Sweeping mines==		==Sweeping mines==

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2012-10-27T22:28:29Z

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	=~~Minefields~~=		== Overview ==
	A minefield is a small area of space that is peppered with warheads that track and launch themselves at passing enemy ships that are unlucky enough to trigger one of them.		A minefield is a small area of space that is peppered with warheads that track and launch themselves at passing enemy ships that are unlucky enough to trigger one of them.
	<br>		<br>
	~~minefields~~ can be created via [[mission\|lay mines]] or [[mission\|lay web mines]] [[mission]] on any [[ship]] with [[torpedo\|torpedo tubes]] by converting the [[torpedo]]s onboard into ~~spacemines~~ and laying them in space as a hazard to enemy shipping activities. hitting a spacemine within a mineifeld can [[damage]] and or [[destroy]] any vessels that pass within them. minefields can be swept away via the [[sweep mines]] [[mission]] and eliminated by any ship armed with [[beam weapons]]. [[The Missing Colonies of Man \|colonials]] can [[sweep mines]] using their onboard [[fighters]] on board at a greater range than [[beam weapon]]s, with greater effects.		Minefields can be created via [[mission\|lay mines]] or [[mission\|lay web mines]] [[mission]] on any [[ship]] with [[torpedo\|torpedo tubes]] by converting the [[torpedo]]s onboard into mines and laying them in space as a hazard to enemy shipping activities.

	==Laying ~~minefields~~==		Hitting a spacemine within a minefield can [[damage]] and or [[destroy]] any vessels that pass within them. Minefields can be swept away via the [[sweep mines]] [[mission]] and eliminated by any ship armed with [[beam weapons]]. [[The Missing Colonies of Man \|colonials]] can [[sweep mines]] using their onboard [[fighters]] on board at a greater range than [[beam weapon]]s, with greater effects.

			== Laying mines ==
	Minefields are formed when a starship with torpedoes chooses the mission "Lay Mines." All the ships torpedoes are taken apart by the ships chief engineer and reprogrammed to serve as deep space mines. Higher tech torpedoes are divided into several smaller units that can cover a greater area of space.		Minefields are formed when a starship with torpedoes chooses the mission "Lay Mines." All the ships torpedoes are taken apart by the ships chief engineer and reprogrammed to serve as deep space mines. Higher tech torpedoes are divided into several smaller units that can cover a greater area of space.
	~~<br>~~
	~~If a ship lays mines inside an established minefield, the new mines will become part of the existing minefield if the~~
	~~minefield belongs to the ship's race.~~
	~~<br>~~

	~~===Normal Space Mines==~~=		If a ship lays mines inside an established minefield, the new mines will become part of the existing minefield if the minefield belongs to the ship's race.
	Mines Laid ~~= #~~ torps ~~(torp~~ position)^2
	~~===Crystaline Web Mines==~~=		<math>
	Mines Laid = # torps (~~torp position)^2~~		\operatorname{laid} =
	~~===Minefield Size Formula===~~		torps * position^2
	*Mine Field Radius = sqrt(# mines)		</math>

			<math>
			\operatorname{radius} =
			floor(sqrt(mines))
			</math>


	==~~sweeping minefields~~==		==Sweeping mines==
	===Standard ~~Minefield Sweeping~~===		===Standard Minesweeping===
	all starships with beam weapons can sweep minefields. the amount swept will depend on the number of and the power of your starships beamweapons. to perform this mission select minesweep from your starships mission menu. your ship must be within the minefields radius to effectively sweep with beam weapons.		all starships with beam weapons can sweep minefields. the amount swept will depend on the number of and the power of your starships beamweapons. to perform this mission select minesweep from your starships mission menu. your ship must be within the minefields radius to effectively sweep with beam weapons.

	===Colonial Fighter ~~Minefield~~ Sweeping===		<math>
			\operatorname{sweep} =
			beams * position^2 * sweeprate
			</math>

			Default settings for ''sweeprate'' is 4 for normal mines and 3 for [[web mines]].

			===Colonial Fighter Sweeping===
	The Colonials can use fighters to sweep for mines. Each fighter can destroy 20 mines per turn from a range of 100 lyrs away. If the ship doing the mine sweeping has beam weapons and is within the minefield radius then the ship will also use the beam weapons to destroy mines simultaneously.		The Colonials can use fighters to sweep for mines. Each fighter can destroy 20 mines per turn from a range of 100 lyrs away. If the ship doing the mine sweeping has beam weapons and is within the minefield radius then the ship will also use the beam weapons to destroy mines simultaneously.
	~~<br>~~
	The mine sweeping fighters can travel 100 light years from the carrier when on a mine sweeping mission. to perform colonial fighter minesweep missions simply select minesweep from the starships mission menu.
	~~===sweeping with beam formulas===~~
	Mines Swept = # beams (beam position)^2 * minesweeprate
	~~===sweeping with colonial fighters formula===~~
	~~20spacemines * Fighters_on_carrier = mineswept~~

	=~~=Damage From Hitting Normal Minefields==~~		The mine sweeping fighters can travel 100 light years from the carrier when on a mine sweeping mission. to perform colonial fighter minesweep missions simply select minesweep from the starships mission menu. Fighters cannot sweep [[web mines]], however.

			<math>
			\operatorname{sweep} =
			20 * fighters
			</math>

	~~If a ship lays mines inside an established minefield, the new mines will become part of the existing minefield if the~~		== Triggers ==
	~~minefield belongs to the ship's race.~~		An enemy ship has a 1% chance of hitting a mine for every light year traveled (0.5% if [[Cloaking\|cloaked]]). Even when a ship travels through over 50 ly, there is still a slim chance that the ship won't. The amount of damage done to a ship depends on the mass of the ship's hull. The cargo and fuel masses will not help to save the ship.
	An enemy ship has a 1% chance of hitting a mine for every light year traveled. ~~It is very likely that~~ a ship ~~that~~ travels
	through ~~the above example minefield (all 120 light years of it) will hit a mine~~, ~~but~~ there is still a slim chance that the ship won't.
	The amount of damage done to a ship depends on the mass of the ship's hull. The cargo and fuel masses will not help to save the ship.

	~~Damage%~~ = 10000 / ~~( the hull~~ mass )]		<math>
			\operatorname{damage} =
			floor(10000 / mass)
			</math>

	A ship with a hull mass under 100 KT will be destroyed by a single mine. Most battle ships are over 500 KT so they		A ship with a hull mass under 100 KT will be destroyed by a single mine. Most battle ships are over 500 KT so they can take 5 or more mine hits before being destroyed. A ship that is under tow (being towed) cannot be hit by a mine.
	can take 5 or more mine hits before being destroyed. A ship that is under tow (being towed) cannot be hit by a mine.

	===~~Damage From Hitting~~ Web ~~Minefields~~===		=== Web Mines ===
	Web mines are smaller than normal mines, but are much more difficult to travel through. There is a 5% chance of hitting a web mine for every light year that you travel through. A web mine does 10% of the damage of a normal mine, but causes your ship to become stuck in the web and your ship will be forced to stop moving. Next turn you may set a new waypoint and warp out of the web minefield and hope you don't hit another web mine. Web mines drain 25kt of fuel from a ship every turn that the ship begins the turn in the web minefield. Any ship that hits a web mine looses 50kt of fuel OR 1/6 of the amount of fuel in the ships fuel tank, whichever is the greater amount.		:Main article: [[Web mines]]
			Web mines are smaller than normal mines, but are much more difficult to travel through. There is a 5% chance of hitting a web mine for every light year that you travel through (cloaked or not). A web mine does 10% of the damage of a normal mine, but causes your ship to become stuck in the web and your ship will be forced to stop moving.

	~~Web Mines Damage%~~ = ~~1000 /~~ ( ~~the hull mass~~ )		== Detecting Minefields ==
			The range that a ship can detect an enemy minefield can be set by the host (default 200ly). You will get a report on all minefields within this detection range, both yours mines and enemy minefields.

	~~The above default mine hit odds can be configured by the host to make it easier or harder to hit a mine~~.		You cannot sweep enemy minefields that have friendly codes that match your ship's friendly code.

	~~==Detecting Minefields==~~
	The range that a ship can detect an enemy minefield can be set by the host. You will see the range that was set and all other minefield setting the host is using in the config messages that are sent from the host. You will get a report on all minefields within this detection range, both yours mines and enemy minefields. You will NOT receive sweep information from enemy minefields that have friendly codes that match your ship's friendly code.
	== Minefield Limits ==		== Minefield Limits ==
	*Vgap3 has no limits on the number of minefields.		[http://www.Planets.Nu NuHost] carries a limit of 500 minefields per game. If a game goes over this limit, then the smallest minefields are destroyed until the limit is no longer exceeded.
	*However at [http://www.Planets.Nu ~~VGA Planets.nu~~]~~, There is~~ a ~~soft~~ limit of 500 minefields ~~in the~~ game. ~~Whenever more than 500 minefields exist~~, ~~the following turn at the beginning of the host run~~ the smallest minefields ~~on the map which do not have any enemy ships within 200 ly will be removed~~ until the ~~500 minefield~~ limit is ~~restored~~.

	~~==== Other Resources ====~~
	* [[Web mines]]

	[[category:Space Hazards]]		[[category:Space Hazards]]
	[[category:Space Objects]]		[[category:Space Objects]]

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	*Vgap3 has no limits on the number of minefields.		*Vgap3 has no limits on the number of minefields.
	*However at [http://www.Planets.Nu VGA Planets.nu], There is a soft limit of 500 minefields in the game. Whenever more than 500 minefields exist, the following turn at the beginning of the host run the smallest minefields on the map which do not have any enemy ships within 200 ly will be removed until the 500 minefield limit is restored.		*However at [http://www.Planets.Nu VGA Planets.nu], There is a soft limit of 500 minefields in the game. Whenever more than 500 minefields exist, the following turn at the beginning of the host run the smallest minefields on the map which do not have any enemy ships within 200 ly will be removed until the 500 minefield limit is restored.

			==== Other Resources ====
			* [[Web mines]]

	[[category:Space Hazards]]		[[category:Space Hazards]]
	[[category:Space Objects]]		[[category:Space Objects]]

Protomatter: /* Minefield Limits */

2012-06-17T21:36:16Z

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	*However at [http://www.Planets.Nu VGA Planets.nu], There is a soft limit of 500 minefields in the game. Whenever more than 500 minefields exist, the following turn at the beginning of the host run the smallest minefields on the map which do not have any enemy ships within 200 ly will be removed until the 500 minefield limit is restored.		*However at [http://www.Planets.Nu VGA Planets.nu], There is a soft limit of 500 minefields in the game. Whenever more than 500 minefields exist, the following turn at the beginning of the host run the smallest minefields on the map which do not have any enemy ships within 200 ly will be removed until the 500 minefield limit is restored.
	[[category:Space Hazards]]		[[category:Space Hazards]]
			[[category:Space Objects]]

Protomatter: /* Minefields */

2012-06-17T20:38:42Z

Minefields

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	*Vgap3 has no limits on the number of minefields.		*Vgap3 has no limits on the number of minefields.
	*However at [http://www.Planets.Nu VGA Planets.nu], There is a soft limit of 500 minefields in the game. Whenever more than 500 minefields exist, the following turn at the beginning of the host run the smallest minefields on the map which do not have any enemy ships within 200 ly will be removed until the 500 minefield limit is restored.		*However at [http://www.Planets.Nu VGA Planets.nu], There is a soft limit of 500 minefields in the game. Whenever more than 500 minefields exist, the following turn at the beginning of the host run the smallest minefields on the map which do not have any enemy ships within 200 ly will be removed until the 500 minefield limit is restored.
			[[category:Space Hazards]]