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info/march: Correct and clarify

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Don't claim the army stops when the leader stops.

Don't claim the lowest-numbered land unit is always the leader.

The prompt shows minimum mobility, not leader mobility.

Clarify that a destination sector is also accepted interactively, not
just on the command line.  Fix the example output, and update for
current code.

Replace incorrect landmine hit chance formula by a reference to "info
Hitchance".

Drop incorrect damage limit for missile interdiction, rely on the
reference to "info mission" instead.

The hit chance of missiles and pin-bombers interdicting land units is
not 100%, but depends on the marching land unit that is easiest to hit.

Clarify that interdiction damage is spread evenly among the marching
land units.

Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@pond.sub.org>
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Markus Armbruster 2014-12-29 07:02:05 +01:00
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@ -11,18 +11,13 @@ you are allied with or deity-owned sectors with 1 exception. Spies. Spies
may move anywhere, with a chance of getting caught. See \*Qinfo Spies\*U for
more information.
.s1
If you are moving an army and the lead unit stops, the army stops;
(the lowest numbered unit is always considered the lead unit).
.s1
The program will prompt with the mobility of the lead unit,
the minimum mobility value for the army, and the current sector
coordinates in the form:
The program will prompt with the maximum and minimum mobility of the
land units in the army, and its current position in the form:
.NF
<57.0:23.5: -6,4>
.FI
which means the lead unit has 57 mobility units,
some other unit in the army has 23.5 mobility units and
the lead unit is in sector -6,4.
which means the land units have between 23.5 and 57 mobility units, and
are in sector -6,4.
You may indicate the direction you would like the army to move
by typing a string of letters consisting of any combination of the
following:
@ -95,41 +90,47 @@ interactively:
.EX march 18 yy
.NF
<112.7:112.7: -4, -2> l
Leader is cav cavalry #0
c .
. + .
. h
<105.6:105.6: -24,-2> l
Your capital 100% efficient with 549 civ with 10 mil @ -5,-3
Your highway 100% efficient with 549 civ with 0 mil @ -4,-2
Your harbor 100% efficient with 549 civ with 109 mil @ -3,-1
<112.7:112.7: -4, -2> yh
war band #18 stopped at -5,-3
c .
. + .
. h
<105.6:105.6: -4,-2> yh
cav cavalry #0 stopped at -5,-3
.FI
.s1
You may also simply specify the destination sector
on the command line. In this case,
empire will set the path to be the cheapest path (in terms of
mobility) that currently exists. The unit(s) will move to the
destination sector, and then ask for more input.
You may also simply specify the destination sector. In this case, the
land units will take a cheapest path (in terms of mobility) to the
destination sector.
.s1
For example,
.EX march 18 -6,-2
.NF
<104.2:104.2: -6,-2> h
war band #18 stopped at -5,-3
Leader is cav cavalry #0
Using path 'yyh'
cav cavalry #0 stopped at -6,-2
.FI
.s1
See \*Qinfo Mobility\*U for the mobility cost to march land units.
.s1
Moving a unit through a sector that has been mined
introduces a chance of mines/(mines + 50) that you will be damaged.
Land units entering a sector that has been mined may trip landmines
(see \*Qinfo Hitchance\*U).
Units with engineering capabilities can remove up to five mines per
pass through a sector (indicated by the message \*QSweep...\*U).
Such units also take 1/2 normal damage from mines.
See info lmine for more details.
.s1
Hostile land/sea/air units may fire at/bomb your units, if they're
on interdiction missions (see info mission). If your enemy has a
stack of missiles on interdiction mission, then they will
automatically fire one after another until 100 damage has been done.
Missiles and pin-bombers have a 100% chance of hitting their target
(provided they make it through plane/missile defenses). Collateral
Hostile land/sea/air units may fire at/bomb/missile your units, if
they're on interdiction missions (see \*Qinfo mission\*U).
The chance of missiles and bombs hitting your land units is determined by
the land unit that is easiest to hit (see \*Qbomb\*U for the chance of
hitting). Any damage incurred is divided evenly among
the marching land units. Collateral
damage will be done to the sector that the units were marching into.
.SA "Unit-types, lmine, LandUnits, Transportation, Spies, Moving"