In revamping the movement code I notice that it's possible for a unit to be attacked quite a large number of times in one turn - in particular, once for every...
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iyhael
Jul 2, 2011 11:53 am
... This is the case in Olympia - a unit can be attacked by another unit on any day of the month. In my humble opinion that is not excessive, but just the...
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iyhael
Jul 2, 2011 12:10 pm
... Nice. Something is happening after all. I got distracted by writing stuff for one of my other distractions, though. ... Sounds good. This way every unit...
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Stephen Baillie
argentrune
Jul 4, 2011 6:02 am
... You mean, other than where I described it right after the table of speed vs movement phases?...
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iyhael
Jul 4, 2011 10:51 am
... Yes, please. At least I guess I got a little confused with the multiple uses of phase, speed, ticks and movement. I guess we do not have any standard...
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Andrey Repin
anrdaemon
Jul 5, 2011 12:12 pm
Greetings, Stephen Baillie! SB> In revamping the movement code I notice that it's possible for a unit to be SB> attacked quite a large number of times in one...
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Andrey Repin
anrdaemon
Jul 5, 2011 12:29 pm
Greetings, iyhael! ... i> Yes, please. At least I guess I got a little confused with the multiple i> uses of phase, speed, ticks and movement. I guess we do...
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Andrey Repin
anrdaemon
Jul 5, 2011 12:33 pm
Greetings, Stephen Baillie! SB> speed SB> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 SB> x SB> x x x x...
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Andrey Repin
anrdaemon
Jul 5, 2011 10:35 pm
Greetings, Andrey Repin! SB>> speed SB>> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 SB>> x SB>> x x x x...
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Stephen Baillie
argentrune
Jul 6, 2011 3:02 am
... However, what I suggested wouldn't make any difference in that case - the immunity to further attacks would only apply to units that have been routed, so...
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Stephen Baillie
argentrune
Jul 6, 2011 3:07 am
... Well, when I posted it it didn't look like that - I suspect something in your mail client is mangling my lovely formatting of the table, and thereby ...
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stabliser
Jul 6, 2011 8:43 am
Just so someone says it: "I dont like it" This movement change to phases, its going to change atlantis from a strategic game to a tactical game, so seeing it...
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iyhael
Jul 6, 2011 4:54 pm
... I would re-phrase Your statement into this: It will give a strategic game a improved, much more solid tactical component. I do not like the current...
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Stephen Baillie
argentrune
Jul 7, 2011 5:09 am
... I assumed I could find Thera in the Atlantis-Tools repository on github ( https://github.com/Atlantis-PBEM/Atlantis-Tools), but much to my surprise that...
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Anthony Briggs
anthony_s_br...
Jul 7, 2011 6:42 am
Yeah, I haven't gotten around to moving it from Sourceforge just yet, although if enough people are using it, I might move it (probably to bitbucket though,...
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Arno Saxena
torojima
Jul 7, 2011 7:07 am
... Hash: SHA1 ... I would not recommend that. True, we do not need "W" since we do not have the direction "west" as such, but since it could be misinterpreted...
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Andrey Repin
anrdaemon
Jul 7, 2011 8:05 am
Greetings, Stephen Baillie! ... SB> However, what I suggested wouldn't make any difference in that case - the SB> immunity to further attacks would only apply...
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Stephen Baillie
argentrune
Jul 7, 2011 9:21 am
... While it's interesting that you think such mechanics are exploitable, they are what currently happens in Atlantis, and don't have anything to do with what...
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Stephen Baillie
argentrune
Jul 7, 2011 9:32 am
... Good point. Any other votes? It's a good suggestion, but I don't know which of the D/P/H is best, so would welcome any reasons to prefer one of them over...
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Arno Saxena
torojima
Jul 7, 2011 11:41 am
... Hash: SHA1 ... what are the probabilities for a single men scout to kill one opponent in a mayor force? I think they are negligible... On the other hand,...
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Arno Saxena
torojima
Jul 7, 2011 12:57 pm
... Hash: SHA1 ... I think, the immunity for routed units is not very realistic. If I would plan to destroy an enemy unit and have surrounded this unit with...
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Stephen Baillie
argentrune
Jul 9, 2011 12:27 am
... When I started coding these changes, I didn't think it would be possible to make this a gamedef, as too much stuff had to change to make it work. However,...
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Stephen Baillie
argentrune
Jul 9, 2011 1:47 am
I think, the immunity for routed units is not very realistic. If I would ... If you have a sufficient attack force then you can already wipe a unit out, and...
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stabliser
Jul 28, 2011 12:23 pm
... I dont think more gamedefs is what the atlantis code needs, and I suspect that a couple of games using your new movement system and people would see that...
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iyhael
Jul 28, 2011 8:34 pm
... I think there is already a 4.0.10 server running at Arno's site - so the latest 5.0 code would probably something more interesting. Note that there is also...
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Stephen Baillie
argentrune
Jul 29, 2011 2:32 am
... As I understand it, the reason we have so many gamedefs is that the Atlantis project is primarily an engine that people can use to set up their own games....
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Stephen Baillie
argentrune
Jul 29, 2011 2:35 am
... Sadly the version of the Arcadia code that has been committed hasn't been integrated properly into the Atlantis code base, and doesn't compile as is. I've...
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stabliser
Jul 29, 2011 8:55 am
... Oooooh, hook,line, sinker, and copy of angling times. <snip> ... Like a moth to a flame, I'll be an ordermonkey. Pete...
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iyhael
Jul 29, 2011 4:55 pm
Beeing bound to Olympia - and doing my own things here and there - I am afraid I must refuse. I would be glad to see the rules, however :)...
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iyhael
Jul 29, 2011 4:58 pm
... I will email Bradley about it - although I have no hopes that he will take up his old work again....
