Markus Armbruster
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Items, ships, planes and land units all contribute to the power
factor, which determines position on the power chart.
Items are worth
amount * item value * (0.5 + nation tech level / 1000.0)
The item values aren't quite right: producing stuff can *hurt* your
position on the power chart. Food, uw and rads are worth nothng.
Reduce the value of oil, and give rads the same value as oil. Tweak
value of iron and oil products so that production's power change is
roughly zero around p.e. 0.9 (tech 110), except for construction
materials, where it's zero at p.e. 0.5 (tech 0). Construction
materials become less valuable, shells, guns and petrol become more
valuable. Increase value of bars to roughly match the other changes.
It may still be too low. Halve the value of civilians, and give the
other half to uw. Results:
old new change
civ 100 50 / 2
mil 100 100
shell 80 125 * 1.5625
gun 400 950 * 2.375
pet 2 7 * 3.5
iron 10 10
dust 200 200
bar 1000 2500 * 2.5
food 0 0
oil 100 50 / 2
lcm 100 20 / 5
hcm 200 40 / 5
uw 0 50 new
rad 0 50 new
Ships, planes and land units are worth
base value * effic/100.0 * (0.5 + unit tech level / 1000.0)
For ships and land units, the base value is
lcm/5.0 + hcm/5.0
Build cost is ignored, but lcms are valued twice as much "loose" ones
(before this commit). Therefore, building stuff can change your
position on the power chart in both directions, depending on the type
of build.
For planes, the base value is
20 * (0.5 + nation tech level / 1000.0)
Build cost and materials are ignored, and tech is squared. This
is plainly absurd.
Unify to
(power value of money and materials to build) * effic/100.0
This formula is chosen so that building stuff doesn't change your
power factor. Bonus: it doesn't assume anything about possible build
materials.
For ships and land units, factoring in build cost overcompensates the
discounted value of construction materials more often than not.
Noteworthy changes for the stock game:
ship type old new change
ss slave ship 20 5.8 * 0.29 largest decrease
cs cargo ship 20 7.8 * 0.39
ts trade ship 60 25.5 * 0.42
frg frigate 12 7.8 * 0.65
bb battleship 24 21.8 * 0.91
cal light carrier 22 30.4 * 1.38
can nuc carrier 30 84.6 * 2.82 largest increase
land unit type old new change
hat hvy artillery 12 9.6 * 0.8 largest decrease
linf light infantry 2.4 3.32 * 1.38
cav cavalry 3 5.4 * 1.8
inf infantry 3 5.4 * 1.8
lar lt armor 3 6.4 * 2.13
com commando 3 15.4 * 5.13
eng engineer 3 30.4 * 10.13
meng mech engineer 3 45.4 * 15.13 largest increase
For planes, the power value change depends on the type. Below a
certain nation tech level, planes of this type become more valuable,
above less.
For the stock game, planes costing at most $1000 become less valuable
at any nation tech level that can build them, and planes costing at
least $1800 become more valuable at any practical tech level,
i.e. under 400. Noteworthy planes:
plane type new
sam Sea Sparrow 2.1 least valuable
f2 P-51 Mustang 4.34
lb TBD-1 Devastator 5.92
jf1 F-4 Phantom 10.6
tr C-56 Lodestar 10.78
jt C-141 Starlifter 15.86
jhb B-52 Strato-Fortress 33.54
ss KH-7 spysat 41.2 most valuable
The old value is a flat 12 at nation tech level 100, 15 at tech level
250, and 18 at tech level 400.
Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@pond.sub.org>
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.TH Concept "Item types"
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.NA Item-types "Description of the different types of items"
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.LV Basic
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.s1
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The different kinds of people and materials are called items, or
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sometimes commodities.
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.s1
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The show command displays the detailed characteristics of items.
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.s1
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.EX show item
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.NF
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item power value sell lbs packing melt item
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mnem in no wh ur bk deno name
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c 50 1 no 1 1 10 10 10 10 4 civilians
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m 100 0 yes 1 1 1 1 1 1 20 military
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s 125 5 yes 1 1 1 10 1 1 80 shells
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g 950 60 yes 10 1 1 10 1 1 100 guns
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p 7 4 yes 1 1 1 10 1 1 50 petrol
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i 10 2 yes 1 1 1 10 1 1 100 iron ore
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d 200 20 yes 5 1 1 10 1 1 100 dust (gold)
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b 2500 280 yes 50 1 1 5 1 4 200 bars of gold
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f 0 0 yes 1 1 1 10 1 1 2 food
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o 50 8 yes 1 1 1 10 1 1 50 oil
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l 20 2 yes 1 1 1 10 1 1 100 light products
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h 40 4 yes 1 1 1 10 1 1 100 heavy products
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u 50 1 yes 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 uncompensated workers
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r 50 150 yes 8 1 1 10 1 1 1000 radioactive materials
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.FI
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.s1
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The meaning of the headings are:
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.in \w'packing wh\0\0'u
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.L "item mnem"
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A one-letter mnemonic abbreviation of the item name. Commands let you
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use this to select the item.
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.L power
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How much 1000 units of this item contribute to power (see \*Qinfo
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power\*U).
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.L value
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The value if the item is mortgaged.
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.L sell
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Whether you can sell the item on the market.
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.L lbs
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The weight of the item, which determines how much mobility it takes to
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move it.
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.L "packing in"
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The packing bonus the item receives in inefficient (<60%) sectors.
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.L "packing no"
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The packing bonus the item receives in normal sectors.
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.L "packing wh"
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The packing bonus the item receives in warehouse sectors.
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.L "packing ur"
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The packing bonus the item receives in urban sectors.
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.L "packing bk"
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The packing bonus the item receives in bank sectors.
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.L "item name"
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The full name of the item.
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.in
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.s1
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To find out which sectors are in what packing groups, try the "show
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sector s" command.
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.s1
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.SA "Commodities, Products, show, Sector-types, Producing"
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