Markus Armbruster
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The autonavigation feature has issues:
* Autonavigation orders are executed at the update. Crafty players
can use them to get around the update window.
* Usability is poor:
- The order command is overly complex, not least because it can do
five different things: clear, suspend, resume, declare route, set
cargo levels.
- Unlike every other command involving movement, order does not let
you specify routes, only destination sectors.
- Setting cargo levels can silently swap start and end point of a
circular route, because "this keeps the load_it() procedure
happy". Maybe it does, but it surely keeps players confused.
- Setting "start" cargo levels actually sets the "end" levels, and
vice versa. Has always been broken that way.
- Predicting what exactly autonavigation will do at the update isn't
easy.
* The info pages documenting it amount to almost 400 non-blank lines
formatted. They claim only merchant ships can be given orders.
This is wrong. Unlikely to be the only error.
* Few players use it, and its workings at the update a fairly opaque.
Makes it a nice hidey-hole for bugs. Here are two:
- Unlike the scuttle command, autonavigation happily scuttles trade
ships while they're on the trading block.
- Unlike the load command, autonavigation can load in friendly and
allied sectors.
* It's more than 700 lines of rather crufty code nobody wants to
touch. Thanks to a big effort in Empire 2, it shares code with the
navigation command. It still duplicates load code. The sharing
complicates fixing the bugs demonstrated by navi-march-test.
Reviewing, fixing and testing this mess isn't worth the opportunity
cost. Remove it instead. Drop commands order, qorder and sorder.
Drop ship selectors xstart, xend, ystart, yend, cargostart, cargoend,
amtstart, amtend, autonav.
xdump ship sheds almost half its columns. struct shpstr shrinks, on
my system from 200 to 160 bytes.
Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@pond.sub.org>
100 lines
3.5 KiB
Perl
100 lines
3.5 KiB
Perl
.TH Command VERSION
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.NA version "Display parameters of this world"
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.LV Expert
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.SY "version"
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The version command prints out the current settings of parameters
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affecting the Empire game.
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Included are the creation date for this version,
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the size of the world, (X by Y),
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etc.
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.s1
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For example:
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.s1
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.EX version
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.NF
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Wolfpack Empire 4.3.32
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The following parameters have been set for this game:
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World size is 64 by 32.
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There can be up to 99 countries.
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By default, countries use their own coordinate system.
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Use the 'show' command to find out the time of the next update.
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The current time is Sat May 25 16:42:56.
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An update consists of 60 empire time units.
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Each country is allowed to be logged in 1440 minutes a day.
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It takes 8.33 civilians to produce a BTU in one time unit.
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A non-aggi, 100 fertility sector can grow 0.12 food per etu.
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1000 civilians will harvest 1.3 food per etu.
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1000 civilians will give birth to 5.0 babies per etu.
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1000 uncompensated workers will give birth to 2.5 babies.
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In one time unit, 1000 people eat 0.5 units of food.
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1000 babies eat 6.0 units of food becoming adults.
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No food is needed!
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Banks pay $250.00 in interest per 1000 gold bars per etu.
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1000 civilians generate $8.33, uncompensated workers $1.78 each time unit.
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1000 active military cost $83.33, reserves cost $8.33.
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Up to 50 avail can roll over an update.
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Happiness p.e. requires 1 happy stroller per 10000 civ.
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Education p.e. requires 1 class of graduates per 10000 civ.
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Happiness is averaged over 48 time units.
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Education is averaged over 192 time units.
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The technology/research boost you get from the world is 50.00%.
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Nation levels (tech etc.) decline 1% every 96 time units.
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Tech buildup is limited to logarithmic growth (base 2.00) after 1.00.
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Sectors Ships Planes Units
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Maximum mobility 127 127 127 127
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Max mob gain per update 60 90 60 60
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Max eff gain per update -- 100 100 100
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Maintenance cost per update -- 6.0% 6.0% 6.0%
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Max interdiction range 8 8 -- 8
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The maximum amount of mobility used for land unit combat is 5.00.
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Fire ranges are scaled by 1.00.
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Flak damage is scaled by 1.75.
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Torpedo damage is 2d40+38.
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The attack factor for para & assault troops is 0.50.
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12% of fallout leaks into each surrounding sector.
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Fallout decays by 28% per update.
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Damage to Spills to
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Sector People Mater. Ships Planes LandU.
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Sector -- 100% 100% 0% 4% 30%
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People 10% -- -- -- -- --
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Materials 10% -- -- -- -- --
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Efficiency 10% -- -- -- -- --
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Ships 10% 100% 100% -- 0% 0%
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Planes 10% 0% 0% -- -- --
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Land units 10% 0% 100% -- 0% 0%
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You can have at most 640 BTUs.
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You are disconnected after 15 minutes of idle time.
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Visitors are disconnected after 5 minutes of idle time.
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Options enabled in this game:
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ALL_BLEED, BLITZ, EASY_BRIDGES, FALLOUT, GODNEWS, INTERDICT_ATT,
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NOFOOD, NOMOBCOST, NO_PLAGUE, RAILWAYS, SAIL
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Options disabled in this game:
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AUTO_POWER, BRIDGETOWERS, GO_RENEW, GUINEA_PIGS, HIDDEN, LOANS,
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LOSE_CONTACT, MARKET, MOB_ACCESS, NO_FORT_FIRE, RES_POP, SUPER_BARS,
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TECH_POP
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See "info Options" for a detailed list of options and descriptions.
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The person to annoy if something goes wrong is:
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Wolfpack <wolfpack@wolfpackempire.com>.
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You can get your own copy of the source from <http://www.wolfpackempire.com/>.
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Copyright (C) 1986-2014, Dave Pare, Jeff Bailey, Thomas Ruschak,
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Ken Stevens, Steve McClure, Markus Armbruster
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This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
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warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
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.FI
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.s1
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.SA "Innards, Basics, Playing"
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