How do you lay mines?

[Tancredo]

I constructed mines, and cargoed them on a transport, and planned to unload them on a warp point, but it doesn't do it. So how should I do it?

[dixiechow]

The transport has to bee equipped with a mine layer.

[ekolis]

Multiple mine layers, if you want to lay the mines at a reasonable rate per turn.

[pgames-food]

hi can i check what an ai might do, if they warp in? (i havent actually used mines before, would they take instant damage or use something to auto remove my mines?)

[Tancredo]

The transport has a Mine Layer I module. I positioned it on a warp point, but nothing happens. It is supossed to lay 2 mines per turn, but the 20 mines stay in the ship.

[ekolis]

You have to give it the "launch units" order.

[ekolis]

Originally posted by pgames-food:

hi can i check what an ai might do, if they warp in? (i havent actually used mines before, would they take instant damage or use something to auto remove my mines?)

Mines will damage any enemy ships that enter the sector, before combat is triggered. However many mines it takes to destroy the enemy ships will be destroyed, or all of the mines will be if they were incapable of destroying all the enemy ships. However if the enemy have mine sweepers, they will remove some or all of the mines before they detonate depending on how many mine sweepers they have. In SE4, mines ignore shields.

[pgames-food]

ah ok thanks,
can you remember what is usually a good number of mines to deploy on a warp point?
like is it in the 50's or more like hundreds?
(and if the mines i have are enough to damage their ships but not destroy any, would those ships enter combat in a partially damaged state?) hopefully yes but not sure :)

[ekolis]

The maximum number of mines you can deploy in a sector is 100, though that might be changeable by mods. That's usually a good number to aim for.

If a mine doesn't destroy a ship, it can leave it damaged, and that damage will be present in combat if there are defending ships.

[pgames-food]

cool, many thanks :o)