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Re: [Campaign] cubic moves

From: "Imre A. Szabo" <ias@s...>
Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2002 15:58:27 -0400
Subject: Re: [Campaign] cubic moves

> Most people find adding up 2's and 3's easier than 1.5's ;-)

Well then add 3/2...  It's all the same.  :-]

> > You can't beat cubes for space.  I built a method based
> > on hexagonal close packed lattice structures, but it was much more
> trouble
> > then the sqrt( x^2 + y^2 + z^2 ).
>
> You can expand the above method for a 3-d cubic grid:
>
> 2 MP = move across a cube's face ( like a 2-dim edge )
> 3 MP = move across a cube's edge ( like a 2-dim corner )
> 4 MP = move across a cube's corner ( a reasonable approximation of 2 *
> Sqrt(3) = 3.73...)

I like fractions.  Why most people are so affraid of them I don't know
and
don't understand.  So I preffer 1MP, 3/2 MP, 11/4 MP, or in constant
denominators 4/4, 6/4, 11/4.

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