Re: Solitaire robots for FT

Mark D. wrote:

>	I am working on a partly random but mostly scripted oponent at
the 
> moment.  Some information from the general FT public would help
though.
>	How fast do people normally move?

Depends on the thrust ratings of the ships and the movement rules you
use.
For the standard movement rules, speeds of 15-40 are the most common -
only
thrust 8 ships go faster than 40, and normally only thrust 2 ships go
slower than 15. For vector movement (see the Page for details), the
speeds
are lower - about 2-4 x the Main Thrust rating of the ship. These speeds
go
down quite fast as the gaming area gets smaller, though.

>	How Big is the average game board?

My table is 120 * 80 cm, but since I measure all distances in cm that is
equivalent to 
10' * 6'8".

>	How big is the average fleet?

The most common fleet sizes are 5-10 ships or so - 1000-2000 points, but
the average gets a bit higher thanks to some, well, big battles (25+
ships
per side).

>	I'll try to post a prototype some time soon no matter what
people say.
> based on my own expierence I am probably going to use spee 12 and a
12'by
7'
>  game area. Fleet saze of about 1200 points. 

For a 12' by 7' game area, I'd say that speed 12 is very slow for any
unit
with a thrust rating of 3 or more.

Later,

Oerjan Ohlson

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What you get out of it, depends on what you put into it."
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