Re: ATTN: All players for "P&N on PBW, take 2"
 

So in essence, in our P&N PBW game, I could move a ship to the edge of the map, and tell it to warp and if a FTL Warp point exists in this location it will randomly warp to another location. Correct?

Is it always a random warp, or can you specify where to warp to, or once you know where is going it always goes there?

Re: ATTN: All players for "P&N on PBW, take 2"
 

No, not unless the game is using the FTL map.

But if it were, you would see 12 blue swirlies arranged around the edge of the system.
If you gave an order to move to one of them and then warp, you would end up in Hyperspace, and in a sector corresponding to the system you came from.

If you then wanted to travel to a system 30 lightyears away (3 map squares, quite close), then you would spend 3 MP to fly in that direction, to a stack of 12 blue swirlies. You'd give an order to warp into one of the twelve, and would appear in realspace, at the edge of the new starsystem. Where exactly you appear depends on which warppoint you give the order to travel through.
It is not random, there is a pattern to it. IIRC, the first WP in the stack goes to the top left of the realspace system, and the rest follow in a clockwise direction.

Re: ATTN: All players for "P&N on PBW, take 2"
 

Thanks SJ.
I now understand how it works, which only leaves 1 question.

Are we using the FTL Map? Cause I can't remember any "blue swirlies arranged around the edge of the system"

Re: ATTN: All players for "P&N on PBW, take 2"
 

Nope. If we were, your map would have a very cool 3D effect because of all the warplines going to the hyperspace systems.
Plus, you'd have aliens crawling uncontrollably all over your empire.

[ November 19, 2002, 01:58: Message edited by: Suicide Junkie ]

Re: ATTN: All players for "P&N on PBW, take 2"
 

I have enough of a nuisance with Vorlon's all over my system, let alone having Alien's too. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

Thanks SJ.

Re: ATTN: All players for "P&N on PBW, take 2"
 

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">What's wrong with Vorlons? They bring order to a troubled people.

Re: ATTN: All players for "P&N on PBW, take 2"
 

Yeah! Vorlons rule! They're so powerful, advanced, and wise! Even vampiric Vorlons... Hmm, Imperator Fyron, are you still a vampiric Vorlon? If so, if you bite me, will I get super P12+ telepath powers?

Re: ATTN: All players for "P&N on PBW, take 2"
 

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Umm... the Vorlon Encounter Suit was a disguise. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif I am still a vampire though. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

Re: ATTN: All players for "P&N on PBW, take 2"
 

I CAN'T STAND IT ANYMORE!!!

I want to run the game turns offline until PBW comes back up. There's only one problem: I failed to keep your email addys. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/blush.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon8.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/blush.gif

1. If anyone still has an old news email that I've sent out, we can get this game moving again. Just private message me the list...

2. If you failed to upload the new game turn before "The Crash", send me a private message w/your email addy, your player #, and your reason for calling http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif . I'll email you the .gam file so that you can run your turn.

3. If you had played the current turn, send me a PM with your email addy, your player #, and your reason for calling. I'll send you a quick email, which you can then add to your address book as you send your .plr file as a reply.

In other words, everyone needs to send me a PM with their email addy and player #. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

[ January 09, 2003, 10:31: Message edited by: dumbluck ]

Re: ATTN: All players for "P&N on PBW, take 2"
 

Heh. I should throw temper tantrums more often. PBW is back up, so I don't have to worry about all this now. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif