Re: Full Thrust and PBEM

Medains wrote:
> 
> I've noted from several web pages that people often play games via
email.	What
> I want to know is a) whether these games are human moderated/computer
moderated
> and b) whether any software tools are available (such as order
processors, image
> generators aso.. )
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Colin Plummer aka Medains

FT Showdown and FT Racing had position reports calculated and generated
by
Perl scripts, using a Trig/FT Perl library I've written.  FTMAP to
generate
maps (available from FT Computer Core - take a look at the FT FAQ for
the 
URL, or I've got a link off of the GZG-L archives I maintain.)	Firing
and
Damage are done by hand, for maximum flexibility.

It takes me about an hour to do a turn, two or three if the firing
orders
are complex, or if there are a lot of ships.  (FT Showdown had 20-25
ships
involved, FT Racing had 8.)

J.

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