I was really bored the other day (before I got all my projects) and thoguht of a way to capture space mines.

1. Make a pict of a space mine or two together
2. Make a govt that is similar to derelicts
3. Make a ship that uses the pict
4. Give the ship lots of mass and space mines as weapons (also give it no fuel)
5. Give it a completely obscure tech level so that you wont be able to buy it anywhere
6. Make a flet that to places lots of mines everywhere
7. Once playing the game... buy a mine layer
8. Find some mines and board them like a regular ship
9. You should see "mines" listed as ammo, take the ammo
10. If you dont get the mines it should make a large explosion
11. If you do you'll have mines to sell
12. Make missions that tell you to board ships to make missions that have you captuer mines

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Um... Okay...

But seriously, it's good to have plug developers pushing the limits of the EVO engine. Keep it up!

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Hey pioneering plugger, here is another idea:

Make the mine launcher similar to a "bay" so it launches a "ship." Then delete the mines (since they're useless now) and create a mine ship. They couldn't move, but have a weapon that has similar attributes to the original mine. Give the mines just enough shield so they don't blow up when anything hits it, but when they launch a mine, it will blow them up. Give the mine a graphic without a mask. Oh, and a fast regen rate, such as 1, giving them the illusion of being heavily armed. Give them a governemt with the always attacks flag, make a few flëts, and boom, you have your laid mines.

-Dave " I need to degauss my monitor" Lesovoy

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Well, using 1.0.2, it's easier. Do more or less like Dave says; but add a mine weapon with ammo type -999. Get too close to an active mine, it explodes, destroying said ship. Get to a disabled mine; with a mine bay you can scoop it up into your ship. How about that?

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Originally posted by Dave Lesovoy:
**Hey pioneering plugger, here is another idea:

Make the mine launcher similar to a "bay" so it launches a "ship." Then delete the mines (since they're useless now) and create a mine ship. They couldn't move, but have a weapon that has similar attributes to the original mine. Give the mines just enough shield so they don't blow up when anything hits it, but when they launch a mine, it will blow them up. Give the mine a graphic without a mask. Oh, and a fast regen rate, such as 1, giving them the illusion of being heavily armed. Give them a governemt with the always attacks flag, make a few flëts, and boom, you have your laid mines.

-Dave " I need to degauss my monitor" Lesovoy

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I tried something like that. The mines are ships with an auto-detonation weapon. But it never worked because of that invisible-tractor-beam bug, where your escorts seem attached to you with a string when you move.

CF, that would work better, but there's still that bug that prevents you from using the mines effectively.

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Simple solution to the "invisible tractor beam 'bug'": after you deploy one, immediately tell it to hold position (default key: V). The effect with the so called bug (it's not really a bug, just an occasionally annoying feature) can be used to more precisely place the mines. Just remember to get as close to stopped as you can before you tell the mine to stay put, otherwise it will float away from the place you put it. Also, if you have other fighters/escorts, it will cause problems with your control over them. Also, when the mine is in place, you can then fly away from it and either tell it to return to the fleet (default key: c) or you can tell it to directly target a ship (default key: f).

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Originally posted by Knucklehead:
**Simple solution to the "invisible tractor beam 'bug'": after you deploy one, immediately tell it to hold position (default key: V). The effect with the so called bug (it's not really a bug, just an occasionally annoying feature) can be used to more precisely place the mines. Just remember to get as close to stopped as you can before you tell the mine to stay put, otherwise it will float away from the place you put it. Also, if you have other fighters/escorts, it will cause problems with your control over them. Also, when the mine is in place, you can then fly away from it and either tell it to return to the fleet (default key: c) or you can tell it to directly target a ship (default key: f).

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I tried that. Doesn't work.

I know it's a feature, to prevent the game from having to make unnecessary vector calculations for your escorts, but I hate it.

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