Re: [GZG] More beta ships

[Doug Evans <devans@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Woof....

Do you find yourself needing start and end ship movement markers, or it's
obvious which situation it is when you play this?

The_Beast

R wrote on 10/11/2005 11:58:59 AM:

> On Tue, Oct 11, 2005 at 10:47:57AM -0600, Eric wrote:
>
> >I have to wrap my brain around the moving through the
> wave mechanic.  If I
> >understand correctly, moving through the wave area from
> behind means you
> >avoid all damage.  Is "from behind" through the small edge of the
> >trapezoid (towards the origin of the shot)only?
>
> Not sure what you mean by "the small edge of the trapezoid". What
> matters is position relative to the leading edge of the wave (the
> wavefront):
>
> If your ship is in front of the wavefront before the
> wavefront moves,
> and behind it afterwards, i.e. the moving wavefront
> crossed the ship's
> position, it takes damage.
>
> If your ship moves through the wavefront from front to
> back during the
> ship's own movement phase, it takes damage.
>
> If your ship moves through the wavefront from back to
> front during the
> ship's movement phase but gets out of the way far enough not to get
> caught when the wavefront moves, it does not take damage.

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