Air INtercept Missions

[123aaa]

Air Intercept Missions


Question on intercept missions. When the computer checks to see if an intercept occurs, does it check against just one available aircraft and if the intercept doesn't occur, then the enemy is not intercepted? Or does it check against EVERY available aircraft? Thanks.

[=DrJambo=]

Every one, I think. As fighters get damaged however their chance to intercept also goes down.

[123aaa]

Thanks.

[snoopy369]

I don't think that's accurate ... Solver should be able to most clearly explain this, as he's the air combat expert particularly in BtS, but it's not as straightforward as multiple planes. I'm fairly sure that in fact it's only one plane/other defender gets a shot each run, at least in warlords.

[Jaybe]

How strange! I remember going into worldbuilder with Warlords to determine whether increasing number of interceptors would improve chance of interception. I found it definitely enhanced it -- quite obvious, it was.

[=DrJambo=]

A healthy fighter has a 100% chance to intercept, so if you have many fighters on intercept there will be more fully fit to intercept so to speak!

[123aaa]

I thought a healthy fighter had a 50% chance of intercept?!

[Dale]

From the code for intercept test:

1. Check evasion %: GC.getGameINLINE().getSorenRandNum(100, "Evasion Rand") >= evasionProbability()
2. Get single best interceptor which is the one with the highest interception probability in range.
3. Check interception probability %: GC.getGameINLINE().getSorenRandNum(100, "Intercept Rand (Air)") < pInterceptor->currInterceptionProbability()

That should answer any questions.

[Solver]

Dale, I don't think that makes much sense to the non-coders

Basically, if there is no interception evasion, then interception will occur because in BtS a healthy plane has 100% chance to intercept. If there are different planes with <100% interception chance, the best one will be chosen for the mission.

It doesn't matter if you have multiple fully healthy planes, not initially. As long as there's just one, interception will occur.

[Modo44]

Ok, so having multiple fighters helps if the enemy is likely to (try to) bomb multiple times. But what happens if an attack is not intercepted (likely with stealth bombers)? Do the other fighters get to try, or is it just the one with the highest chance?

[Solver]

The evasion chance is measured first. If the evasion is a "hit", no further interception will take place. That actually happens before the interception attempt.

1. The dice are rolled for evasion. If the attacker evades, the mission occurs. Further steps are skipped.
2. The best possible interceptor is found.
3. The dice are rolled to check if the best possible interceptor intercepts. If yes, air combat commence,s if no, the mission occurs.

[snoopy369]

So, to answer your question directly Modo, the other fighters do not get to try.

[snoopy369]

Originally posted by 123aaa
I thought a healthy fighter had a 50% chance of intercept?!

What version of the game are you playing (regular Civ4, Warlords, or Beyond the Sword/Complete)?

[123aaa]

I'm playing BTS/complete. Thanks for all the info.