Re: Galaxy Help

From: gdeyoun@farmcredit.com

Date: Tue, 05 May 1998 00:00:00 +0000

In article <354e1990.1430958@news.tele.dk>#1/1,
  skynet96@post5.tele.dk (Kim Jorgensen) wrote:
>
> Is it possible to calculate how many turns it will take your
> ship to travel from one planet to another. I'm using GTV.
>
> skynet96@post5.tele.dk
>
>

This is very simple.  Galaxy TV will tell you how many turns it will take
that unit to reach its destination.  When you double click the unit you want
to give orders to then choose add from the order list.  Then select the
destination in the pull down box.  Just right of that is a ETA box.  In this
box it will tell you how many turns it will take.

The second way is to look to see what the speed of the unit is.  Then right
click your mouse on the originating planet.  Then left click on the
destination planet.  A line will appear between the planets telling you the
exact distance to the third decimal point.  Then just divide the total
distance by the speed of the ship and round up to the next whole number.(ie.
3.35 = 4 turns, 2.12 = 3 turns, 5.85 = 6 turns and so on)

The third way is to use basic geometry.  You must know the X and Y
coordinates of the oringinating and destination planet.  First, take the X
value of the Orig. planet and subtract the X value of the Dest. planet.  Then
do the same for the Y values.  If one or both of the values return a negative
value, disregard the negative (ie. -5 = 5, -34 = 34)  Theen we plug those
values into this equation: Distance between planets = SquareRoot ( X^2 + y^2 )
  Then use the same thing as the sencond way.  Divide the distance by the
ship speed and round up for the number of turns.

Hope one of the three ways helps.

- Greg (Warlocks)

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References

Galaxy Help
skynet96@post5.tele.dk (Kim Jorgensen)
Mon, 04 May 1998 00:00:00 +0000