should not be able to attack figs and shields on a planet. Could we get a toggle for this behavior? I understand shield riding but I think you should have to use a ship that can land on a planet to do it.
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I don't know if I want to change the way the IC can interact with planets in general, but it might be good to change just that one thing, making it drop off the planet when it moves. I could put in a setting to disable riding shields in general, in fact. Like I said, I recently fixed the bug that caused that, so it would be a simple matter to put it on a toggle.

About the CLV and high scores being in sync, I think as long as the gameop can set them to be in sync, that's sufficient, isn't it? Then you can decide if you want clv to provide more info when you're in the game, or the same amount as the high score screen.

landing on planet used to be a toggle item. i am currently driving in Missouri i will have to look later.

Toyman it is a toggle item in the Ship Editor (for whether a ship can land or not) but the toggle I am speaking of would keep a ship that cannot land from attacking a planet at all. I imagine if you tried to land you would get the "Ship too Massive" Message and get dumped back into the sector without a pause and never see the shield or fig prompt.

The default behavior is that you can attack shields and figs and when they are all gone, you get the 'Ship too Massive" Message

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ah ok i understand what your saying now.....my mistake.
probably shouldn't be driving and reading/posting forum at the same time.

I see this as really two different things. One, whether or not to allow the ship to ride the shields. Two, whether or not to allow the ship to attack the planets. Helix, was the goal to limit riding shields here? Because that can be done without requiring that the ship be unable to attack a planet.