June 11th, 2002, 08:11 PM
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Re: Non-integer values in data files?
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Originally posted by Ed Kolis:
Why _not_ assign 10 movements to the slowest engine? Just make your ships require 10 times as many engines per move 
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Because movement points are tracked by a single byte. That means a maximum limit of 255. At 10 movement points per engine that's only 25 engines max in any size ship before you cause a range check error. If it goes higher from there it will be much less. So, you see the problem? |