ATLANTISv2 atl-design-digest #62

From: csd@microplex.com (Christian Daudt)

Date: Thu, 30 Nov 1995 00:00:00 +0000

Errors to csd@microplex.com
Now there should be a digest whenever (a) there are 10 emails
or (b) whenever there is an email waiting for more than 48 hours
for a digest to be completed.
So don't get worried if the digest has only 1 or 2 emails, that
just means the list has been slow.
(I hope it works)
If you want previous versions, they are available via WWW at
http://www.microplex.com/~csd/atlantisv2/
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Date: Mon, 27 Nov 1995 21:48:22 -0500
From: nims@cris.com (M. Inman)
Subject: Atlantis Design

Having played for about 30 turns now, I think I can
safely say that the single biggest pointless pain in
writing my orders comes from having to disburse funds
to my studying units.

I would suggest either: (1) Allow studying units to
share silver the same way they do for maintenance, or
(2) have a SCHOLARSHIP flag, whereby a unit can set
itself up to automatically disburse funds to units
who require them for STUDYing.  The flag adds complication
but would enable players who like the current system
to continue as they have.

To a lesser degree, the same goes for exchange of
wood, iron and other raw materials when BUILDing or
PRODUCing something, I suppose to fit these cases
SCHOLARSHIP could instead be called SHARE, but
really shifting the silver around is the big problem.

It doesn't affect the play of the game one way or the
other, and it would make order entry MUCH simpler (for
me :), I would call that a potential major improvement.

I am all for the idea of a selectable orders template,
my favorite flavor would be one where the orders template
contains all the information from the turn report plus
a copy of last months orders.

The @ORDER idea is O.K., but I don't see any reason not to
simply repeat ALL of last month's orders and edit as required.

Spell suggestion:
Create Magic Hammer.  A magic hammer, in the hands of a skilled
woodworker (Carpenter or Shipbuilder) will double that worker's
productivity.

M. Inman
nims@cris.com