Add a minesweeper

QwerYT

Maybe add a minesweeper that can push mines out of the way without triggering them

BattleCruiserCommander

QwerYT unless mines are buffed in some way, these can't make into the game. Minesweepers would already be countering something that's pretty useless enough.

kola2134

QwerYT Or just make a shield ship that glides in front of whatever your protecting

DeathWolf

QwerYT while incredibly inefficient and likely lag inducing, a very wide bullet who's type corresponds to negative proximity acceleration component added to the mine should achieve the effect of pushing mines.

Lafiel

Mines ignore shields.

If you want to clear a mine field then what you need is a fast drone that just speeds through the mine field. It would trigger the mines but won't actually get hit by shrapnel.
But it's far more easier to use PD or better yet Flak to destroy them. The only problem is time and no enemy ship around shooting at you.

As an enemy you can't pass mines without triggering them. They would be useless if you could. Maybe future added features like cloaking or ECM/sensor disruptors could make that possible but not now.
There is another way you could do but takes some time....
it's simpler to wait for them to disappear or fly around

Lafiel

Ditto. Mines move slow so the shot has to be slow, too. For a large mine field which discourages flying around...
by the time a path for a large ship is cleared the mines probably will start to self destruct and disappear anyway. lol
If you talk about modding using tractor beams is probably the fastest way to do it.

DeathWolf

Lafiel although impulse works well, maybe I wide beam with impulse would do the job, problem being in my experience a lot of mines moving at a time, quickly becomes taxing. Because of the mines repulsion from each other you would be moving more than just those effected.

Lafiel

DeathWolf That's true for both cases but with impulse tractors you can target each and send it flying very fast. So the mines may not be in range of the field any longer to cause movement chaos. Maybe I should really add that option to Abh's...

DeathWolf

Lafiel I found with the part I was using an impulse of 400 the mines practically disappear, then the field gradually shifts to fill the gap. Mind you I don't remember what speed I was running the game at but it was likely 1/4. At that impulse I found the shot mine can get well within the repulsion range as it goes past.
P.S.
Oh hah it just hit me the mine fields I was testing with had between 72 and 144 mines in them. I was using a part that was basically a medium cannon that I modded to create 24 mines per shot.

Lafiel

DeathWolf Ah, the problem comes up if the mine being shot is surrounded by the field. (I haven't done any test on this yet). The tractor beam should have a shorter range so it would only target the closes, hence, at the edge. And maybe limit the firing arc. So sweeping would require the ship to move/turn more and somewhat slow enough as not to have mines inside targeted.
Ofc this works bad if the mine field is being actively deployed on mass. It basically becomes a race.