Fokker Fodder wrote:
dave_t_i wrote:
game 2338, turn43.
L'Orient fired on both side, but one side to Rigging, one side to Hull...
And in a lot of cases, the ship does not fire to the set value (Hull/Rigging), but on the other.

Well, it is not an answer for your problem, but another firing problem.
I think, in your case, there were 2 ships in Formidable's firing range with the least distance: one enemy ship and one friendly ship.
Here the prog chooses randomly, and choosed your ship...