Re: VGA Planets -- Players needed

From: cbusch@ub.d.umn.edu (Chris)

Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1993 20:35:33 +0000

>>I'm still waiting to hear from someone what the TRANSPORTATION, DEFENSE, and
>>PATROL missions do, in game terms.
>
>Most of these commands are fairly redundant and don't truely make any
>difference that I have seen, but defense I believe will try to defend
>any ships or planet that is about to be attacked.  Basically, use it to
>be a buffer for freighters in deep space or protect other ships in
>planetary orbit.  Patrol I haven't any idea what it does... And
>transportation basically means a ship transporting supplies.  I believe
>that these were mainly put in to help the player figure out what his ships
>are doing.  I hope this helps some.
>
    Actually the above is incorrect.  In section 3.10 "Ship Missions"
from the VGAPlanets documentation from version 2.1 Tim  the author
writes that:
     "Patrol, defense, and transportation currently dont do anything
     In a future version (3.0) I will turn these missions into
     'Lay Mines', 'Sweep for Mines', and 'Special'."

I believe when it comes to destroyers defending frieghters, the destroyers
may sit idle while a frieghter right next to it gets blown up.  To
have the equivilent of 'defense', I think the best strategy is to have
a destroyer follow a freighter. If a nasty ships gets to close
then have the destroyer intercept the nasty ship and kill it, then
have the destoyer return to the pack of frieghters.

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References

Re: VGA Planets -- Players needed
wws@sunray.att.com (Bill Stoll)
Mon, 01 Feb 1993 19:39:00 +0000
Re: VGA Planets -- Players needed
thamilto@fnugget.intel.com (Tony Hamilton)
Tue, 02 Feb 1993 16:41:37 +0000

Referenced By

Re: VGA Planets -- Players needed
wws@sunray.att.com (Bill Stoll)
Mon, 01 Feb 1993 19:39:00 +0000
Re: VGA Planets -- Players needed
thamilto@fnugget.intel.com (Tony Hamilton)
Tue, 02 Feb 1993 16:41:37 +0000