Re: Galaxy: integer rounding From: sjoerd@cs.vu.nl (Sjoerd Schreuder) Date: Thu, 07 Mar 1996 00:00:00 +0000 rmm@maths.warwick.ac.uk (Mr R M Mantel) writes: >Galaxy appears to operate with a few integer values besides the reals: >population, colonists, raw materials (?). No, they all are reals, but trailing zeros are removed. So I think you can predict my answers now ;-) >I have a few questions concerning rounding: >1.) if a ship has 1.99 eff. cargo, will it take two colonists? No, 1.99 >2.) if a ship has mass 4.3, how much raw material is necessary? 4.3 >3.) With the given 8% population increase, will a planet with >population 10 grow or stagnate? Grow to population 10.8 Sjoerd Schreuder Up