What do you mean by jump drive technology, you mean you got to research jump drive to jump?

If I got it right, I suppose you could just create an ability that will increase the jump drive charge up to like 100000% and then nullify it once you researched it

what i mean it is like getting a jump inhibitor which increase the jump time 700%

I think it hardset that you have to go to the edge of grav well to jump

distorting grav well sizes or planet sizes will also change the jump behaviour. i believe also in the planet entity the jump distance can be reset to other values so that the jump point is then moved inside the grav well. 

-Teal

is it possible to have ships jump between unconnected grav wells? and really far away grav wells (like my home planet across 3 star systems to your home planet)? (this would be a researchable subject similar to LR-jumps)

CursedSpirit,

I just D/Led a mod called 'PhaseScout'. It is similar to what I wanted to do.

Here's how it works:

Basically, the scouts have the 'Infallible Jump Drive' Ability replaced with a new one that allows for the fleet to jump from one planet to any other one in the map. Period. My home to yours.

The catch- YOU MUST SCOUT A PLANET TO BE ABLE TO JUMP TO IT!

This actually makes sense, as if you don't know the coordinates (location) of a planet/oid or star or anything that produces a gravity well, then you can't jump there. Note that the new scout frigate ability must be researched (I think). I haven't played it yet and it isn't clear what version its for, but on the current Sins version (1.17) and the current Entrenchment version (1.03) this is something that would definitely be doable.

Also, PREVENTING is spelled P-R-E-V-E-N-T-I-N-G, not P-E-R-V-E-N-T-I-N-G. (I'm a spelling freak)

There was a mod back when I first started playing SoaSE called 'Phase Scouts'. It allows a you to research an ability that all scouts could gain. Once it was used in a particular system it was permanent, which I love. But it made it so you could jump from any gravity well in a star system where the scout had used the phase ability to any other gravity well in that same star where the ability was used. I love the mod so much I dont patch my SoaSE because it doesn't seem to work in v1.15.

The concept the guy that wrote it stated, and I like and fully concur, is that space is wide open, and once a location is known you would not have to take a 'Phase Lane', or even several of them, to get to that gravity well any more. I wish dearly someone would update the mod to work with the current patch. But oh well, lol. I dont play it that much anymore to worry over it too much.

If you can't find the mod and want a copy of it let me know and I can put it up on my web site for a few days so you can get it. But it may still be available somewhere.

edit: btw, your idea about jumping from well within the gravity well to another point would go WONDERFULLY with 'Phase scouts'.

senorfrito,

if you read all of the post (no offense), then you would have seen the mod I mentioned. Truthowl also mentions the same mod I D/Led, which I now know probably won't work with my Sins version (1.17).

the question is if you really want to incorporate it... because then all concept of Chokepoints and Fortification is lost...

Whats stopping a large fleet jumping straight to your homeworld, and destroying you from within? Yes i know someone mentioned a mod where a scout was needed to give co-ordinates... but if you spam 15-20 Scouts, you can generally get 5 or more to their final destination...

The the whole concept of Entrenchment is moot. We are back to Vanilla Sins where only a fleet would be able to defend your planets... and if your didnt have enough ships....

I have been able to add the phasescout into a mod in entrenchment1.03 and have it work

harpo