Why are my ships/artillery are destorying each other

[dnzrx]

It seems that is I tried to destroy a terrain enhancement (ie farms, forests, etc.) in the presence of another ship/artillery that belongs to me, said ship/artillery will attack the bombarding ship/artillery resulting in the loss of one or the other. Which is irritating for me to keep on replacing such ships/artillery.

Why is that?

[Petek]

I don't recall this issue being reported previously. Is it SMAC or SMAX? Make sure that your game is fully patched. If you are patched, or patching doesn't help, please post a save file that demonstrates the problem. The only thing that I can think of that's similar, is when a pod turns out to have native life forms. Any spore launchers will battle to the death with each other.

Petek

[GooglyBoogly]

i've also seen this if you attempt to siege pods, and you will end up battling another siege unit within range and the attacker suffers a -100% hasty penalty

[dgh64]

Could it be because artillery/ships damage ALL units in the target square? I seem to remember somewhere that if an artillery/ship is attacked by another artillery/ship, they'll do an "artillery duel" and keep shooting back and forth until one is dead. Just an idea.

[dnzrx]

The game is in SMAX.

Could be the patching problem, let me check.

And the units that attacked each other are right next to each other.

[dgh64]

Artillery units can ONLY use the "bombardment" attack, even if the target is only 1 square away. You're trying to destroy a terraforming enhancement, right? I'd use the units that are already on that square first, or move them so the square is empty and then use your long-range bombardment.

Personally, I don't destroy enhancements very often. I'm usually moving through enemy territory pretty fast, so I like to keep those farms and mines around for when I capture the base.