Fix mother scans.

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Fix mother scans.

Post by Jaketeaking » 10 Apr 2017, 14:15

Summary (a quick, 2-3 sentence summary):
Doesnt happen a lot, but occasionally, mother will say 0 on ship and 0 on ground, even if theres still 1-2 alive. this shouldnt be a thing, there should be a min of 1 alien either on the ground or ship
Benefits (How this will benefit the server and game as a whole):
Marines get confused when mother says there are no hostiles. this fixes that.

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As summarised.

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Coding.
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Re: Fix mother scans.

Post by TheMusician321 » 10 Apr 2017, 14:57

It's an approximate, so it makes sense that it'll sometimes say that as it's never a 100% certain unless it's on board the ship.
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Re: Fix mother scans.

Post by Jaketeaking » 10 Apr 2017, 16:05

yep, but marines dont understand its only approx, so if mother says 0, they think the round is over.
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Re: Fix mother scans.

Post by Snypehunter007 » 10 Apr 2017, 17:05

Jaketeaking wrote:yep, but marines dont understand its only approx, so if mother says 0, they think the round is over.
I am pretty sure in the message that it says "approximately" or an alternative word.
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Re: Fix mother scans.

Post by NoahKirchner » 10 Apr 2017, 17:10

Snypehunter007 wrote:I am pretty sure in the message that it says "approximately" or an alternative word.
It does, but having the scan have "1" at the absolute lowest would give marines a reason to remain planetside when the scan would normally say "0".
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Re: Fix mother scans.

Post by forwardslashN » 10 Apr 2017, 19:56

It works as intended. It's only an approximation when it comes to the ground rather than the ship. Denied.
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