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Old March 8th, 2005, 09:51 PM
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Default Re: I have another question..

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"Simultaneous" means simultaneous. Simultaneous movement happens over a period of 30 "days" in the month that one turn represents. Ships get to move once every 30/speed days. A ship with 6 speed, for example, will move on days 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, and 30. I'm not sure how the game handles rounding. All ship movement on any given day happens all at once and combat only happens after all the movement for the day is done. Note that "seek after" orders will seek after the location of the target at the start of the day. This makes it much easier to flee from an enemy fleet if you happen to be moving at exactly the same speed as your pursuer, and makes it possible for two fleets with the same speed to constantly "pass in the night", switching places all turn long while both seeking after each other.
Not quite right concerning the seek order. If player one is seeking player two, he is sunk. He will move onto player two's fleet and then player two's fleet moves away. If player two is seeking player one, then player one will move and player two will move onto him (assuming he is still in an adjacent sector). In theory all players move simultaneously. In fact, the program handles everything one at a time. Welcome to the digital world.
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