Smeulders -> RE: Search Arcs problem seems to still be flawd (bugg) ... (11/30/2010 10:46:38 AM)
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ORIGINAL: witpqs Well, search arcs will give better results because they concentrate the assigned planes in a smaller area. But the old code is still there - and being used now - so when you have a group set with no arc (000 to 000) you get coverage. I actually think not setting search arcs sometimes has it's advantages. If you have a limited number of planes that need to search a large area (let's say enough planes to search 100° but you need to cover 300°), then setting search arcs will give you excellent coverage for a small part of the area, but no coverage at all for the rest. Not setting any search arcs you will lose some planes to the useless 60°, but at least due to the randomness you will have a chance of spotting enemies in every part of the 300° you do want to search. At the very least you will not leave a large, guaranteed open sector for your opponent to exploit. If the search routine allows for spotting in neighbouring sectors, or allows ships to be spotted by planes in every sector that it transited, then non-continuous random sectors are certainly the way to go if there is a lack of planes to give dedicated search everywhere.
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