"Wait a second" command

derb · #1 April 24th, 2002, 11:48 PM

In answer to "construct" I mean in "strategic movement" not during combat turns. And I wouldn't want to pause an entire turn - just one or more "movement points" so ships from different locations would arrive at a single point at the same time even if they were not exactly the same distance from that point.

dogscoff · #2 April 24th, 2002, 11:57 PM

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very complicated for the 'layman' gamer. It would be nice to have a 'game scripting engine'

(While we're fantasising=-)

how about a drag & drop flowchart generator? Would be incredibly simple to use, read and modify command sets.

Krsqk · #3 April 25th, 2002, 01:41 AM

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When you have ships a little distance from each other and you want them to combine into a single fleet to attack is there any way to ask the ones in the lead to wait while the other ships join before moving forward? If not, there should be!

Actually, if you turn your fleets minister on, you'll see orders like "Join Fleet 1." Now, if only we could figure out a way to do that.

TerranC · #4 April 25th, 2002, 01:46 AM

Actually, there should be MANY orders or options that Ministers have.

One of the more wanted ones: An ability to set your race's mood to others that Political Ministers are able to do.

oleg · #5 April 25th, 2002, 02:28 AM

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Originally posted by Baron Munchausen:

And yes, this could get very complicated for the 'layman' gamer.

Not really. All what we should do is to teach general public that 1+1=10. The rest would be easy.

[ 25 April 2002: Message edited by: oleg ]

Taz-in-Space · #6 April 25th, 2002, 02:33 AM

All true programmers know that 11 = 3

Gaurav · #7 April 27th, 2002, 08:00 AM

Baron,

"Boolean operators" only consist of AND, OR, XOR, and NOT, and combinations of the above. Boolean Algebra is the mathematics of the TRUE/FALSE (or 1/0, YES/NO, etc.) type. TRUE/FALSE are not operators, but literals (the names of the numbers). An operator is a symbol representing an operation, which is something that takes one or more inputs, does something, and results in an output. The other operators you suggest are unneeded in a Boolean system, because for example, A less than (&lt) B would be the same as NOT A AND B. Operators such as < are thus considered "conditional" operators because they take non-boolean input but do generate a strictly boolean result. A scripting engine, of course, requires a lot more than boolean operators to work.

Just FYI.

[ 27 April 2002: Message edited by: Gaurav ]