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I agree on the 2 Pods only firing, the 3rd often shoots thru the station. But even in this scenario, a shot from "A", a diagonal shot ( currently inside the circle) can sometimes go thru the station

 

 

Thanks for posting the steps, it is neat to see the pod AI visualized.

Closest pod and neighbors include pods that have been destroyed, so if all 3 are destroyed the station won't fire at all.

 

As such, A shouldn't be shooting at all as the closest is the pod aabove the ship, and it's neighbors are the leftmost pod and the destroyed pod to the right.

 

Shooting from A could happen if you were flying to the left just before that screenshot was taken.

Thanks for posting the steps, it is neat to see the pod AI visualized.

Usually I'd be posting the source as well, but CDF's still a work in progress. We don't want the driver to get out until we've finalized it as it's possible we'll have to change how it works, and thus break backwards compatibility in Stella like we did with BUS.

Closest pod and neighbors include pods that have been destroyed, so if all 3 are destroyed the station won't fire at all.

 

As such, A shouldn't be shooting at all as the closest is the pod aabove the ship, and it's neighbors are the leftmost pod and the destroyed pod to the right.

 

Shooting from A could happen if you were flying to the left just before that screenshot was taken.

I'm pretty sure I was flying left to right then turned down just as I took the screen shot, I'll try again

Yes, I was flying left to right, the pod at "A" fired thru the station just as I crossed the threshold between lower left intact pod and the destroyed lower right one. my ship would have been dead centre between the lower two pod spots

You could still do 3 pods firing, you'd just have to detect if a shot will go through the station and not have the "problem pod" fire at that angle. A lesser angle could be used, however inaccurate it may be. Or not fire at all.

 

Wha does the arcade game do?

Had a busy Sunday - my folks & I headed down to met my sister & brother-in-law for lunch at The Pumphouse in Victoria, Texas in celebration of Father's Day and my sister's upcoming birthday. Victoria's midway between Houston and Corpus Christi(where my sister lives).

 

 

Wha does the arcade game do?

 

Not sure what the arcade does, playtesting while trying to figure that out results in my ship getting destroyed That's one of the reasons for Rules of the Game, to get community feedback to build a better understanding of how Bosconian works.

Additionally there'd be the tradeoff between extra code for "sometimes fire from the 3rd pod" or "space for better sounding samples". In this instance, I'd most likely choose the samples.

You could still do 3 pods firing, you'd just have to detect if a shot will go through the station and not have the "problem pod" fire at that angle. A lesser angle could be used, however inaccurate it may be. Or not fire at all.

Wha does the arcade game do?

The arcade game doesn't shoot thru the base, destroyed pod or not