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I'm having trouble trying to figure out how to make a formula that can keep track of the DV increase/decrease for a longer/shorter than optimum barrel length...
Mark <psychophipps@...>
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Jan 7, 2003
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... I don't know about that, but I do know that, IRL, a 1 inch decrease in barrel length will give approximately a 25ft/sec decrease in muzzle velocity, at...
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Jan 7, 2003
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pick up the 3G3 excel sheet from Hyperbooks - that does it all for you! ... back to lurking! ... From: gamer@... To: corps-players@yahoogroups.com...
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... you! ... How far back does it Excel go? My POS computer only has MS Works 4.0. Will the file run on that? Mark(psycho)Phipps( HAHAHA! )...
Mark <psychophipps@...>
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Jan 8, 2003
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i think its an excel 5 or 97 compatible, unfortunately I dont know if it'll run on 4. I had issues with getting it to work on my machine but both Terry Austin...
tim
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On Wed, 08 Jan 2003 00:23:56 -0000, "Mark <psychophipps@...>" ... It is Excel 97. (I seem to have an Excel 5 version, too.) Since it makes extensive use...
Terry Austin
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... It works pretty well in OpenOffice.org Writer. I also have few complaints about it in ThinkFree Office, though ThinkFree is awful slow because it's...
B. Charles Reynolds
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havent tried it but it should work in sun's star office (i think its called that) which u can download for free ... From: B. Charles Reynolds To:...
tim
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The way it works in 3G3 is that you take whatever percentage you change the barrel length from the optimum. If you drop length by 10%, you lose 5% of energy....
Greg Porter
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Jan 8, 2003
11:36 pm
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... change the ... 5% of ... Thanks! Now for the second stupid question. Why is it different when you extend the barrel length? Mark(psycho)Phipps( HAHAHA! )...
Mark <psychophipps@...>
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Jan 8, 2003
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... Huh? It says a 1% change per 2% of barrel length in either direction. The upper limit is to keep people from making super-long guns, plus there is the ...
Greg Porter
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Jan 11, 2003
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... direction. The upper limit is to keep people from making super-long guns, plus there is the problem of friction from the barrel and the decreasing pressure...
Mark <psychophipps@...>
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Jan 11, 2003
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On Saturday, January 11, 2003, at 11:36 AM, Mark ... isn't that a change in Muzzle Energy? ... Incrases in ME are not linear to increase in DV.....
William F. Hostman
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Jan 11, 2003
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on 1/12/03 8:32 AM, corps-players@yahoogroups.com at ... You increase *energy* by increasing barrel length. DV is a function based on the *square root* of that...
Greg Porter
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Jan 13, 2003
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on 1/13/03 8:57 AM, corps-players@yahoogroups.com at ... Shoot! I transposed the words energy and barrel length there, but you know what I mean... Greg...
Greg Porter
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... function based on ... is a barrel ... 10% increase ... you know ... See? I told you it was a dumb question... ;) Mark(psycho)Phipps( HAHAHA! )...
Mark <psychophipps@...>
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Jan 15, 2003
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Dear All Is anyone aware of a quick reference sheet for CORPS available to download? I guess it'd be an unofficial document as I can't find one on the BTRC...
tim
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Jan 20, 2003
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... Actually, if you go to the 'Files' area of the 'corps-players' website (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/corps-players/files/) and look in the RPG folder, you...
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Jan 20, 2003
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Tom Thanks, just what I was after! Tim ... From: Thomas Bagwell <tombagwell@...> To: corps-players@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 3:15...
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... Tim, If you're referring to something like the one page sheet n EABA that lists all the characer traits and their costs, there is not something like that ...
Greg Porter
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Jan 20, 2003
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Howdy, Just for those who may not be familiar with this guy, or his shop, Noble Knight Games just put these items on their product list on the last letter. In...
Aaron Kavli
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Jan 31, 2003
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Hey all: We did a deal a while back with Politically Incorrect Games to let them re-release the original CORPS background with their Active Exploits diceless ...
Greg Porter
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Feb 5, 2003
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Greg: With EABA out, has work on CORPS (the 2nd ed system) been dropped? Or will you be supporting the two in parallel? Also, have you considered creating an...
Bob Slaughter
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Feb 6, 2003
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... I hope not. Despite several features that I like better (the Fate mechanism and the Power system), I and my group still prefer CORPS. ...
Thomas Bagwell
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Feb 6, 2003
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More generally, what do you guys feel to be the difference between CORPS and EABA? (When would you use one over the other?) -dev Thomas Bagwell says... ... -- ...
Dev Purkayastha
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Feb 6, 2003
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... I can't actually get them to try EABA again. We dislike the dice mechanic, preferring the single d10 roll of CORPS. Having to convert back and forth ...
Thomas Bagwell
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Feb 6, 2003
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... One of the main things I liked about CORPS was the single d10-- my experience with GURPS left me as one of those people that *didn't* like rolling handfuls...
Aaron Kavli
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Feb 6, 2003
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Hello all. Brett from Politically Incorrect Games here. As Greg previously announced, we have re-released the original CORPS background for Active Exploits...
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Feb 6, 2003
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on 2/7/03 9:39 AM, corps-players@yahoogroups.com at > Message: 1 ... Actually, I'd like to release the CORPS version of TimeLords about the same time as the...
Greg Porter
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Feb 7, 2003
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EABA: Much more, well, epic. Definitely good for swinging from the chandeliers space-opera-meets-Errol-Flynn. better rules for non-humans. Has my name in it....
William F. Hostman
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