Re: [OT] Unpredictable AI

On Fri, 22 Jun 2001 18:09:24 +1000 Derek Fulton
<derekfulton@bigpond.com>
writes:
>At 09:55  22/06/01 +0200,  Derk wrote:
> >This is what stumped me about fighters. Am I correct in that they 
>move
> >'cinematic' in vector games? In that they retain no speed vector? It
> >strikes me as really silly if I boost my carrier up to speed 35, I 
>launch
> >my fighters, and immediately leave them in the dust behind me? Isn't
> >there a reasonable fix to this, or did I entirely misunderstand the
> >subject at hand?
>
>No, there is no quick and easy fix to this aside from making fighters 
>move 
>the same way as ships. There is a house rule where screening fighters 
>are 
>allowed to move along with the ship they're screening if the ship's 
>velocity is greater than the fighter's movement allowance, this leads 
>to 
>some pretty funny images. A great wave of fighters screening a 
>speeding 
>lone scout, which drags the fighters along at it's velocity in a 
>'attack 
>run' on the enemy fleet and the enemy fleet doing it's best to destroy 
>the 
>scout in order to 'stop' the fighters :)
>
>I suppose this is one of those things to be fixed in the future.
>
>Derek
>

LOL!!  I never thought of that.

Better fix:  take the offender aside, politely whisper something like
"Play the game, not the rules, we'll all have more fun." and go back to
the table.  He/She will figure	it out.  Then before the next game
suggest it might worthwhile to review/add/delete a few house rules...

Gracias,
Glenn/Triphibious
This is my Science Fiction Alter Ego E-mail address.

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