26-02-2005 11:38									#121
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The truth is self evident, and so is the commands for my next turn.

The name for the newly build base in the prebuild round is: Axis, if anyone is interested.

P.S. Can I build a temple to tentacle demons for one bp or something?

	26-02-2005 13:19									#122
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quote: Here is something to think about THE MOON.--Hidden enemies, danger, calumny, darkness, terror, deception, occult forces, error

Chapter 1.1
The Temple of Axis
"That's not a moon... that's a temple of tentacle demons!" Such were the last words of many a reckless explorer wandering into the Agath Sector. Indeed, rumors had spread that many of the new creations being commissioned by galactic warlords were far from benevolent.

- - - - -

In a small coffeeshop, two merchants pondered the future. The first, hailing from the mysterious planet Moolah, slowly sipped on his drink.
"This whole peace and prosperity thing is a sham. Lasers like that," he said with a broad sweep of his arm, "are not used for slide shows."
"Why the pessimism?" asked the Danzian manager. "The economy is growing at over 25%."
"You new money people are so shortsighted. Do you not remember the tales of the last Galactic War?"

- - - - -

For the time though, shiploads of tourists would flock to the dark temple on Axis and boast of the sights to their acquaintances back in the Core. The columns and statues looked grand but harmless... who would think that they might be in fact missiles and robots?

	26-02-2005 20:58									#123
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The only path to truth lies in the comprehension of the fundamental nature of life that with hidden within us all. There is no better means to understanding than facing the darkness within ourselves directly, though both action and thought.

Imaginations are merely reflections of the self.

	26-02-2005 22:04									#124
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@Smiley:

I see you haven't received my orders yet, despite them waiting for you in your PM inbox...

	26-02-2005 22:18									#125
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edit: Orders are being reconsidered.

Last edited by snoopy369 on 26-02-2005 at 22:32

	26-02-2005 22:43									#126
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Just got around to wading through the inbox.

11/20.

Exodus Phoeni has until the 20th person sends to send orders, or he will be dropped. Likewise, anyone wishing to join in the two remaining slots may up to that point as well.

	27-02-2005 04:14									#127
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Personel assignments are in, due to overwhelming requests for personal leave, all leaves are denied.

	27-02-2005 04:19									#128
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Double post... whoops.

	27-02-2005 04:24									#129
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We have completed our entirely peaceful preparations for peace and friendship.

	27-02-2005 05:17									#130
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Update on the spreadsheet:

We are 99% done with it. I am run-time testing it now (when another game discussion is done with, civ-related).

	27-02-2005 08:45									#131
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Update #2 on the spreadsheet:

The combat calculations are perfected!!! The spreadsheet properly calculates combat. Now we must only transfer the formats and pictures from Smiley 's spreadsheet (easier to do that, and thus reset the weird picture problems) ... and the world will be SAVED once more! (or at least the spreadsheet will work ... )

	27-02-2005 08:51									#132
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Great job!

Meanwhile, orders status is 14/20

Waiting for:
Snoopy
Hercules
Jonny
Paddy the Scot
Lord Nuclear
Ljube

Do I smell Alliance? Hmmmm....

	27-02-2005 15:25									#133
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Here, you mostly smell Spreadsheet Programming.

Good news though - it's totally done Combat works to a T, graphics work (as long as you are ... careful ... to do things in the right order), and the colors and icons are right

I'll follow this up with a longer post on the way the spreadsheet interprets Smiley's combat rules. They follow them directly, but some things weren't spelled out and so are ... assumed.

	27-02-2005 16:55									#134
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[center]Spreadsheet Combat Interpretation[/center]

The spreadsheet calculates losses in the following manner:
For the first damage taken:
0. Figure the OOBs to deal damage to; OOB1=the first OOB weapon non-maneuver starting with the OOB element targetted; OOB2=next OOB weapon not OOB1 or maneuver; OOB3=the remaining oob weapon.
1. OOB 1, Shiptype Frigate.
* randomly order the fleets
* deduct one ship from each fleet (until damage < one ship's hitpoints)
* assign remaining damage, if less than one ship's hp, to the next fleet
* if more damage left AND more ships left, repeat (start by rerandomizing fleets)
* if more damage left but no more Frigates of OOB 1, go to next bigger ship, repeat until get to titans and finish them off
2. OOB 2, shiptype frigate
* same as OOB1 ...
3. OOB 3, shiptype frigate
* same as OOB1 ...

And then we cycle to the next damage taken.

A few points:
* Half points of damage are rounded down. Sorry. Don't have odd numbers that might be divided by two if you're concerned.

* Ships fire at full strength until destroyed completely. This seems to be consistent with the rules as I read them.

* It does allow for partially damaged ships of multiple shiptypes in one weapon; ie if you take damage to your Dreadnought, and later on your fleet (through alliance maybe or something) adds some Battleships, the damage sticks with the dreadnought as well as any taken by the battleships.

That's it! Here's a screenshot of the GUI for the current round ...

http://apolyton.net/upload/view.php?file=51359_picRoundOne.jpg

Last edited by snoopy369 on 27-02-2005 at 17:02

	27-02-2005 17:03									#135
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And since IMG code doesn't seem to work there, here is a smaller screeshot of it.

Attachment: picroundonesmall.jpg
This has been downloaded 82 time(s).

	27-02-2005 18:19									#136
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Snoopy, posting this pic makes round 1 invalid. The players who haven't posted their orders yet can obtain info from it regarding others' building orders.

	27-02-2005 18:24									#137
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Huh? The only thing I can glean from it is the number of bases and the types of ship everyone built in the prebuild, and that's public knowledge. How would Snoopy have private info from the GM, considering he himself is a player too? Why on earth would Smiley give it to him?

	27-02-2005 18:27									#138
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Darn, you're right. Guess I still thought we were on orders for round 1.

	27-02-2005 18:29									#139
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Prebuild is Round 0, technically, the Round 1 is there because after the results of Round 0 are done, the game shifts to the orders phase of Round 1, or something.

And I wouldn't say "darn", not rendering the entire current round invalid saves everyone a lot of time.

	27-02-2005 18:29									#140
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Looks fabulous. But please add the players' names as well as the characters' names

-Jam

	27-02-2005 19:24									#141
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Uh, is there some way I can get a copy of that spreadsheet. I always wonder what excel can really do without trying out all the features myself.

P.S. Just how many post is king anyway....even people that joined at 04 have emperor *grumbles at the lurking habit*

+1

	27-02-2005 20:57									#142
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Orders have been dispatched through the appropriate media.

	27-02-2005 22:08									#143
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quote: Originally posted by MORON Uh, is there some way I can get a copy of that spreadsheet. I always wonder what excel can really do without trying out all the features myself. P.S. Just how many post is king anyway....even people that joined at 04 have emperor *grumbles at the lurking habit* +1

Its some piddling little number like 500 for a king... maybe even less, like 300 Then its 3k for an Emperor and 10k for Deity. Just make 10 posts a day to get to Emperor in less than a year.

-Jam

	27-02-2005 22:17									#144
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301 is Prince, 1001 is King.

	27-02-2005 22:55									#145
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I stand corrected.

* Jamski sends battleships to Vlad Antlerkov*

-Jam

	28-02-2005 00:21									#146
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Snoopy-

Looks great!

Questions:
1. As players get eliminated, how would I go about with modifiying the display?
2. Where are the Buildpoint rectangles?
3. Can you bold the ship count numbers?

	28-02-2005 01:36									#147
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quote: Originally posted by Smiley Snoopy- Looks great! Questions: 1. As players get eliminated, how would I go about with modifiying the display? 2. Where are the Buildpoint rectangles? 3. Can you bold the ship count numbers?

1- Let me make one minor modification, or you can yourself - change the references in the names to $A$ and $T$; then all you have to do is delete the 15 ship icons (the grey/silver ones) and the picture for the person, then (after Delete All has been hit, clearing out all the icons) manually select the rows and delete them; it will work fine that way.

2. They seem to have gone 'clear'. Not sure why. Will look into it asap.

3. Probably. Might run out of room on the spreadsheet though, but we'll see.

	28-02-2005 04:45									#148
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Looks amazing.

	28-02-2005 05:36									#149
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16/20

Four left... hmmm... they are the three Great Overlords of the last era, Lord Nuclear, Hercules, and Paddy. And of course, Ljube. Hmmmmmmmm....

	28-02-2005 05:39									#150
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Sent. As are my orders.

I can't take credit for any of the graphical portion - that's all smiley . I just like playing in excel and excel-VBA.