how to delay drone deployment

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Londo Mollarie

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cant find how to set the time of drones deployment .. atm .. they die tomcuh because of tosoon deploying of my combat drone .. where can i set the time for that ?

and also how to get em attack small ships 1st and if the small ships are on the not kill auto them to the BS but not if the small ships are not on the not kill ist..
 
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RedMan

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I've modded my evebot to not launch drones until all rats are targetting on me. With that code in place the only time my drones get shot at is when there is a range issue where I am out of range from the rats but the drones move into their range and the rats switch targets (rare)

The BIG problem with my code right now is that it gets messed up by convoys because they don't seem to target me. This leaves my Domi sitting there tanking whatever else is in the belt with the convoy until he either runs out of cap or armor and warps out.

I'd post what I have but I'm at work here and the code is at home.

RMC
 
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GliderPro

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Cyber tried that approach and there are other occasions where the rats don't target you. The only sure-fire way would be to fire on each rat to force them to target you before launching drones. Cyber did mention a couple days ago that he was working on a drone update.
 
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Osium

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RedMan said:
I've modded my evebot to not launch drones until all rats are targetting on me. With that code in place the only time my drones get shot at is when there is a range issue where I am out of range from the rats but the drones move into their range and the rats switch targets (rare)

The BIG problem with my code right now is that it gets messed up by convoys because they don't seem to target me. This leaves my Domi sitting there tanking whatever else is in the belt with the convoy until he either runs out of cap or armor and warps out.

I'd post what I have but I'm at work here and the code is at home.

RMC
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Ya, I'm looking to a solution for this as well. My Typhoon would be the perfect ratting platform if I could keep my drones alive, far cheaper than a Raven and with Serker II's I think I probably kill faster.
 
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thirdlight

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Did anyone ever find this out? I'm just caring about the part of delaying them like a minute or so on deploying. I found the pulse entry in the drone config, but it doesnt seem to actually delay them :(
 
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Osium

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I tried using that script by cutting and pasting it over the indicated section in objects_Combat.iss

When I launch evebot it returns an error and fails. Does that script still work or what? ;p

Never mind user error!
 
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phuhque

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More help for the drones

I like the idea of the ratter not deploying drones until the last moment. Is there a way to make it where when mining, it can be made the same way? I have seen several instances where I will be mining away getting my ass shot off and my drones are idle in space. Can the drone script be changed to check if I am being attacked and then defend me? I do have the logs from yesterday. I think if it would help

Usually it is Sabatours tagging me from long range, but when I target the npc myself, I can tell the drones to attack. Lost a perfectly good Domi because of this nice little "quirk"

I would love to be able to have them auto attack anything attacking my fleet ships instead of just defending the miner. I lost a hauler because it got stuck like a beached whale and could not move.

Also, is there a way to include salvage mode in the hauler script? Awesome scripting on you guy's parts btw...
 
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