Splash damage

[kryptic]

Do nukes cause splash damage? For example, if two cities are very close together, will nuking one kill citizens in the other? What about if someone places an airbase right next to (or on top of) a city? Will nuking one of them damage the other?

[xander]

NDA! NDA! NDA!

Though I'd be willing to bet that one of the beta testers will be along at any moment to say something cryptic...

xander

[Nutter]

NDA! NDA! NDA!

Though I'd be willing to bet that one of the beta testers will be along at any moment to say something cryptic...

xander

If a tree falls in the forest and there is nobody around does it make a sound?


.... mission accomplished

[Aod]

i'm guessing no, because if you look at screenshots where some cities are really close together, it wouldn't be fair on the player with those cities if one nuke could kill people from lots of them.

[NeoThermic]

NDA! NDA! NDA!

Though I'd be willing to bet that one of the beta testers will be along at any moment to say something cryptic...

xander

If a tree falls in the forest and there is nobody around does it make a sound?


.... mission accomplished

Oh please, it must relate to the question:

If a nuke hits a forest, and there's trees around, do they also get damaged? (and does that make a sound? )

NeoThermic

[Traece]

NDA! NDA! NDA!

Though I'd be willing to bet that one of the beta testers will be along at any moment to say something cryptic...

xander

If a tree falls in the forest and there is nobody around does it make a sound?


.... mission accomplished

I think what he's trying to say is... The tree falls because a nuke several miles away exploded, and the tree kills a woodland animal.
...
Or maybe he's just being funny?
(I doubt they have splash damage.)
Edit: Darn, Neo beat me to it.

[Napalm Sushi]

If a nuke hits a forest, and there's trees around, do they also get damaged? (and does that make a sound? )

Well, there may be simultaneous forehead-smacking and brief cursing from the manufacturers of the missile's guidance system, which would certainly be audible. Unless the forest was the intended target, with the objective of wiping out all the 'ickle squirrels and birdies, you cold, cold bastard.

[Zarkow]

Actually, if there is any screencaps posted that shows scoretables, you would already see the answer...

[NeoThermic]

If a nuke hits a forest, and there's trees around, do they also get damaged? (and does that make a sound? )

Well, there may be simultaneous forehead-smacking and brief cursing from the manufacturers of the missile's guidance system, which would certainly be audible. Unless the forest was the intended target, with the objective of wiping out all the 'ickle squirrels and birdies, you cold, cold bastard.

This is the result when you mix up lat and long

NeoThermic

[xander]

If a nuke hits a forest, and there's trees around, do they also get damaged? (and does that make a sound? ;))

Well, there may be simultaneous forehead-smacking and brief cursing from the manufacturers of the missile's guidance system, which would certainly be audible. Unless the forest was the intended target, with the objective of wiping out all the 'ickle squirrels and birdies, you cold, cold bastard.

This is the result when you mix up lat and long ;)

NeoThermic

Or, if you are from the US, it happens when you forget to convert from imperial to metric.

xander

[NeoThermic]

If a nuke hits a forest, and there's trees around, do they also get damaged? (and does that make a sound? )

Well, there may be simultaneous forehead-smacking and brief cursing from the manufacturers of the missile's guidance system, which would certainly be audible. Unless the forest was the intended target, with the objective of wiping out all the 'ickle squirrels and birdies, you cold, cold bastard.

This is the result when you mix up lat and long

NeoThermic

Or, if you are from the US, it happens when you forget to convert from imperial to metric.

xander

I was actually going to say that, but AFAIK, most distances are measured in nautical miles for missiles. Also, you target using lat/long; it would be silly to say "Launch the nuke south-west for 2256 nautical miles!"

NeoThermic

[Deestan]

Also, you target using lat/long; it would be silly to say "Launch the nuke south-west for 2256 nautical miles!"

"Yarr! Load ye starboard ICBMs! Aim for 2256 miles inland, lads!"

[xander]

Or, if you are from the US, it happens when you forget to convert from imperial to metric.

xander

I was actually going to say that, but AFAIK, most distances are measured in nautical miles for missiles. Also, you target using lat/long; it would be silly to say "Launch the nuke south-west for 2256 nautical miles!"

NeoThermic

I would have said the same thing about the Mars Polar Lander several years ago :) At any rate, not only do you have to worry about where you want the missle to go (pounds of thrust? or newtons?), how much the missle weighs/masses (stones? pounds? kilograms?), &c.

xander

[NeoThermic]

Or, if you are from the US, it happens when you forget to convert from imperial to metric.

xander

I was actually going to say that, but AFAIK, most distances are measured in nautical miles for missiles. Also, you target using lat/long; it would be silly to say "Launch the nuke south-west for 2256 nautical miles!"

NeoThermic

I would have said the same thing about the Mars Polar Lander several years ago At any rate, not only do you have to worry about where you want the missle to go (pounds of thrust? or newtons?), how much the missle weighs/masses (stones? pounds? kilograms?), &c.

xander

The MPL's problem was that the software though the vibration of the entry was actually the impact on the ground and helpfully shut down the engine while the lander was 40m above the ground..

NeoThermic

[goobermaster]

I doubt that they would, I mean the cities might look close together, but remember that this is on a world map, and that 'close' may be several hundred kilometers, which is far outside the immediate blast of a nuclear strike.