battle manual questions

im confused as to the definition of the following:

escort target: i assume this means the same target of the ship im
escorting.

movement target: i have no clue what this means.

Firing target: is this the target that is firing at me or my escort?
or does it refer to the target im firing at currently?

Firing Targets as Movement Targets Use the escort target's firing
targets as movement targets (mutually
exclusive with the previous switch). uuummmm what? totally lost here,
whats the difference? if any.

Perhaps one of these switches actually means stay close to your escort
target to act as a carrier screening vessel? much like modern naval
carrier fleets operate now?


Proto

On 4 Apr., 06:38, protomatter <protomat....DeleteThis@buckeye-express.com> wrote:
> im confused as to the definition of the following:
>
> escort target: i assume this means the same target of the ship im
> escorting.
>
> movement target: i have no clue what this means.
>
> Firing target: is this the target that is firing at me or my escort?
> or does it refer to the target im firing at currently?
>
> Firing Targets as Movement Targets Use the escort target's firing
> targets as movement targets (mutually
> exclusive with the previous switch). uuummmm what? totally lost here,
> whats the difference? if any.
>
> Perhaps one of these switches actually means stay close to your escort
> target to act as a carrier screening vessel? much like modern naval
> carrier fleets operate now?
>
> Proto

Unfortunately the text currently does not distinct between player
chosen target (via client) and code chosen target during vcr.

Escort target is the target you can set in client (and this of course
then the code choses when escorting during vcr)

Movement target is the target the host choses for the object to fly
towards during vcr.
Firing targets are the targets at which the objects fire during vcr.
They are also code chosen.

Of course both can be influenced by the player via the attack
switches. A client side given kill target will put the corresponding
target in vcr on top of movement and firing target list. so that the
corresponding object will first move and fire at this kill target
before it deals with other targets in vcr.

Firing Targets as Movement Targets:

Firing target are target that are more in range of the weapons while
movement targets are the target where the object really wants to go
to. For example if enemy wing zipping around your Gorbie while the
gorbie is set to attack dangerous the the wings will appear in the
firing target list while the big enemy Cube which is currently out of
range of the Gorbie's weapons.

So if the the Gorbie is escorted by own wings you can tell the wings:
Fly towards the target at which the Gorbie is currently firing. This
are often the targets which are attacking the Gorbie. So then the
Gorbie's wings will help him.

"Combat firing target" syncronizes the firing targets for the weapons
between the escorted and the escorts
"Combat movement targets" does the same for the movement targets. So
the escorted and the escorts fly towards the same targets.

Better now?

Gabor