ATLANTISv2 atl-players-digest #76 From: csd@microplex.com (Christian Daudt) Date: Wed, 31 May 1995 00:00:00 +0000 I thought I was going to get thousands of responses asking me to keep this digest (maybe I just wanted to massage my ego ;-)) But I received enough responses, so I'll keep the digest going. ---------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 30 May 95 07:50:04 PDT From: "GDUNBAR.US.ORACLE.COM" <GDUNBAR@us.oracle.com> Subject: Re: Giving units to other factions. --Boundary-10651118-0-0 No: GIVE <unit> UNIT Where <unit> is a unit in the faction that you wish to give your unit to. Note that, as for all GIVE orders, <unit> must be in the same region, and have a Friendly attitude. Geoff --Boundary-10651118-0-0 X-Orcl-Content-Type: message/rfc822 Received: 30 May 1995 05:56:20 Sent: 30 May 1995 05:55:40 From:"M.L. Wilson" <owner-atl-players@tango.rahul.net> To: Atlantis,Mailing,List,atl-players@tango.rahul.net Subject: Giving units to other factions. Reply-to: owner-atl-players@tango.rahul.net X-Orcl-Application: Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Orcl-Application: Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Is the format for giving a unit to another faction GIVE UNIT FACTION XXX ? I've checked in the rules but it doesn't say anything. Ta Steve Dillon m.l.wilson@ncl.ac.uk http://www.ncl.ac.uk/~n264946/new/ --Boundary-10651118-0-0-- ---------------------------------------------------------- From: Lewis Haddow <9235367@arran.sms.ed.ac.uk> Date: Tue, 30 May 1995 15:47:00 +0000 Subject: Re: The Enquirer Utility v0.9 Beta > > The latest version of EnqUtil can be downloaded from; > ftp.nrg.dtu.dk /uploads/enqut??.zip > It will later be move to a separate atlantis directory, > I don't know which at the time. > Take the one with the largest number where the ?? are. > > If you don't have access to ftp, I can send you a UUENCODED > version. > I tried to get this enqutil file, but I kept getting "bad path found". Plus, the version of Enq2.zip that I have has errors and I can't fix it. Furthermore (!) I don't have gunzip, only pkunzip. Can anyone help me get hold of a checker, a mapper and so on?? Lewis ---------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 30 May 95 15:47:24 BST From: dean@memex.co.uk (Dean Burton) Subject: Atlantis Police Yet again my unit Tiny is on the list of theives. HE IS NOT A THEIF. HE IS A MAGE. Would the person who submits this dribble to the time get in touch. I would like to have a few words with him. So if anyone knows who is responsable for the atlantis police please get in touch. Dean B. ---------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 30 May 95 07:49:04 PDT From: "GDUNBAR.US.ORACLE.COM" <GDUNBAR@us.oracle.com> Subject: Re: Joining Units --Boundary-10651090-0-0 You have to give all the items to the other unit. Note that if you forget some of the items, they won't be lost, but will instead be given to another unit in the same region. Someone else suggested the GIVE <unit> UNIT approach; note that this does _not_ combine units. It is used to give a unit to another faction. Geoff --Boundary-10651090-0-0 X-Orcl-Content-Type: message/rfc822 Received: 30 May 1995 05:56:20 Sent: 30 May 1995 05:55:34 From:"Damian Penney " <owner-atl-players@tango.rahul.net> To: Atlantis,List,atl-players@tango.rahul.net Subject: Joining Units Reply-to: owner-atl-players@tango.rahul.net X-Orcl-Application: Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Orcl-Application: Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII When you wish to join two units is it enough to simply give away all your men or do you have to give their possesions as well i.e If I had 50 ORCS with 50 swords and 5000 silver would I need to enter GIVE unit 50 ORC or GIVE unit 50 ORC GIVE unit 50 SWO GIVE unit 5000 SIL Cheers Damian - MIBS(62) Email Address : damian.penney@ncl.ac.uk World Wide Web : http://www.ncl.ac.uk/~n264946/ Atlantis WWW : http://www.ncl.ac.uk/~n264946/new --Boundary-10651090-0-0-- ---------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 30 May 95 07:54:04 PDT From: "GDUNBAR.US.ORACLE.COM" <GDUNBAR@us.oracle.com> Subject: Re: Couple o' questions... --Boundary-10651178-0-0 If a buy order fails for a unit that has nothing it in. Is the unit number given still valid to purchase units into the next turn? No. Secondly. What is the number after a skill used for? IE I studied CONSTRUCTION magic and have Construction 1 (30) I am reffering to the 30. Days of study. (30 days per month) I just wannamake sure I get the orders right this time. Its amazing how a failed order in this game can cascade your entire turn into nothing. I've had personal experience with this (though not in Atlantis 2.0). Geoff --Boundary-10651178-0-0 X-Orcl-Content-Type: message/rfc822 Received: 30 May 1995 00:35:56 Sent: 30 May 1995 00:35:50 From:"Paul Defenbaugh " <owner-atl-players@tango.rahul.net> To: atl-players@tango.rahul.net Subject: Couple o' questions... Reply-to: owner-atl-players@tango.rahul.net X-Orcl-Application: Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Orcl-Application: Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII If a buy order fails for a unit that has nothing it in. Is the unit number given still valid to purchase units into the next turn? Secondly. What is the number after a skill used for? IE I studied CONSTRUCTION magic and have Construction 1 (30) I am reffering to the 30. I just wannamake sure I get the orders right this time. Its amazing how a failed order in this game can cascade your entire turn into nothing. "Spectrum Vigilance" --Boundary-10651178-0-0-- ---------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 30 May 95 08:02:20 PDT From: "GDUNBAR.US.ORACLE.COM" <GDUNBAR@us.oracle.com> Subject: Re: Times? --Boundary-9272045-0-0 Do Times submissions work like orders: the latest copy supercedes the others? Yes. Geoff --Boundary-9272045-0-0 X-Orcl-Content-Type: message/rfc822 Received: 28 May 1995 18:30:04 Sent: 28 May 1995 18:29:26 From:"Joshua Higham (NMH96" <owner-atl-players@tango.rahul.net> To: atl-players@tango.rahul.net Subject: Times? Reply-to: jhigham@k12.oit.umass.edu Do Times submissions work like orders: the latest copy supercedes the others? Thanks. -- !!!! This address void on July 1. Use: jhigham@nyx.cs.du.edu !!!! This .sigfile is a thought virus. Its mission in life is to ensure that it does not get read, thought about, or duplicated. So DO NOT --Boundary-9272045-0-0-- ---------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 30 May 95 07:52:04 PDT From: "GDUNBAR.US.ORACLE.COM" <GDUNBAR@us.oracle.com> Subject: Re: RE: SHIPS --Boundary-10651139-0-0 As long as you aren't sailing the ship, you can do anything aboard the ship. Of course, as for WORKing, wages are generally 0 in the ocean, so it won't make any money. Geoff --Boundary-10651139-0-0 X-Orcl-Content-Type: message/rfc822 Received: 30 May 1995 01:00:14 Sent: 30 May 1995 01:00:09 From:"D.J. McGaw" <owner-atl-players@tango.rahul.net> To: Paul,Meisner,Paul.Meisner@egc.ericsson.se Subject: RE: SHIPS Cc: Atlantis,Players,atl-players@tango.rahul.net Reply-to: owner-atl-players@tango.rahul.net X-Orcl-Application: In-Reply-To: <2FC61CC4@msmail.egc.ericsson.se> X-Orcl-Application: X-Mailer: Aide de Camp Mail System [Version 0.9] > >>Can you WORK while onboard a ship? > > Better yet, can you Train or Produce while onboard a ship? > > I dunno, ask the imortal one. I would expect that fishermen would be able to produce while at sea. It standsto reason, doesn't it? It may cost a movement turn, ie weigh anchor and get fishing, then move off the next turn?? Training?? Well the men don't really have much to do, unless sailing is a 24 hour thing? I would like to think they could get training. However, where are they gonna get the food to survive the training period? Rations could be tight!!!! As for Working? Who is gonna pay them? The dolphins???? Regards Dave --Boundary-10651139-0-0-- ---------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 30 May 1995 11:59:18 -0400 (EDT) From: John Barclay Ittner <jbi2@columbia.edu> Subject: Magic To all Magic users in Atlantic City: I am interested in learning magic use. I am willing to pay for teachers in these arts. Please let me know if you are interested. Captian Barclay ---------------------------------------------------------- From: "J.P. Harvey" <u3jph@csc.liv.ac.uk> Subject: Re: Atlantis Police Date: Tue, 30 May 1995 17:04:33 +0100 (BST) > Yet again my unit Tiny is on the list of theives. > > HE IS NOT A THEIF. HE IS A MAGE. > > Would the person who submits this dribble to the time get in touch. I would > like to have a few words with him. > > So if anyone knows who is responsable for the atlantis police please get in > touch. > > Dean B. > > I too would be EXTREMELY interested in this information. As far as I can tell,the whole suspect list is a big lie. Jon. Email Address : u3jph@csc.liv.ac.uk World Wide Web : http://www.csc.liv.ac.uk/users/u3jph/index.html Atlantis WWW : http://www.csc.liv.ac.uk/users/u3jph/Atlantis/index.html ---------------------------------------------------------- From: "D.J. McGaw" <u3djm@csc.liv.ac.uk> Subject: Re: Giving units to other factions. Date: Tue, 30 May 1995 17:30:15 +0100 (BST) > Is the format for giving a unit to another faction > > GIVE UNIT FACTION XXX > > > ? > > I've checked in the rules but it doesn't say anything. > Ta > Steve Dillon > > m.l.wilson@ncl.ac.uk > > http://www.ncl.ac.uk/~n264946/new/ > > In a word - NO!!!! The way you give a unit, ie from trade or sale or whatever, is like this : GIVE xxx UNIT where xxx is a unit of the other faction! You have to be in the same region, or the order will fail. You cannot simply put : GIVE Faction UNIT Regards Dave ---------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 30 May 95 12:44:46 EDT From: schissel@math.cornell.edu (Eric Schissel - grad - Barbasch) hrm. i guess my last message to the list was sent to the wrong place... 1) the person who sent his/her own rules to the list did newbies like me a favor and did not deserve so much a stern reprimand as a helpful hint warning :) 2) around what day of the week does the game month start? Tuesday? (GMT, for portability.) -Eric Schissel (no neat Faction nickname yet, but units go by names of obscure classical composers.) ---------------------------------------------------------- Date: 30 May 1995 12:39:29 -0400 From: "Stuart Miller" <stuart_miller@qmrelay.mail.cornell.edu> Subject: Bill Posters is innocent ! Subject: Time:1:36 PM OFFICE MEMO Bill Posters is innocent ! Date:5/30/95 I can indeed confirm that the accused, one "Tiny" is a Mage and not a thief, Lunchnicks litigators have been contacted....see you in court bub ! ---------------------------------------------------------- From: "J.P. Harvey" <u3jph@csc.liv.ac.uk> Subject: Spakker Warning! Date: Tue, 30 May 1995 19:47:17 +0100 (BST) Hi Guys, I bring BAD NEWS from the spakker region. An allience has sprung up there calling themselves the SPAKKER ALLIENCE. When the gate there first opened, they sent trained horse troops in. They have now passed into the surrounding 4 regions (excepting the Sea hexes, and set up guard. They have thieves operational inSpakker City, although the surrounding area seems safe so far. Myself and some allies were lucky to be able to move our forces in the first turn, and are now CUT OFF from spakker City. There seem to be at least 100 soldiers in the spakker Allience, in four hexes around the city. Their thieves are at at least STE 4 to be able to steal in the City! I have no observers on the region at all, so can't even tell you theirfaction numbers! We are trying to escape to Yakleks to the SW, but our scouts report large numbers of troops in the swamps too. I'm just trying to advise you all not to go to Spakker - It looks like it willdie like Komarken soon! Anyone in the Yakleks area who needs some allies, please contact me ASAP! Jon. Email Address : u3jph@csc.liv.ac.uk World Wide Web : http://www.csc.liv.ac.uk/users/u3jph/index.html Atlantis WWW : http://www.csc.liv.ac.uk/users/u3jph/Atlantis/index.html ---------------------------------------------------------- From: "Adam Waters" <swater@glob.glob.com> Date: Tue, 30 May 1995 15:04:22 -0700 Subject: Spakker woes... > There seem to be at least 100 soldiers in the spakker Allience, in four hexes > around the city. This is CRAZY! Spakker's turning into a war zone! I know of at least two other medium sized alliances that are going to war here and for what! Frozen swamps and forest. Am I having a bad dream? Just lemme build a boat and sail the hell away from this place! *YUCK* Adam -- Adam Waters swater@glob.com [My garbanzo bean,] (415) 329-9619 [is your chick pea] ---------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 30 May 1995 18:25:06 -0700 (PDT) From: Kit Carson <winsor@nevada.edu> Subject: Re: Giving units to other factions. But, as I found out, the receiving faction MUST have a that unit in the hex with you. If that faction does not have a presence already in the hex, you cannot create one by giving units to the faction. Kit On Tue, 30 May 1995, Niclas Olofsson wrote: > > In my version the GIVE command has this version: > > GIVE <unit> UNIT > > It gives the entire unit to the specified unit's faction. > > Pretos Niclas Olofsson > House Lythandar m93nol@student.tdb.uu.se > The Southern Empire > Up