Re: Galaxy Playing (was Re: Galaxy Turn Format)

From: sutin@ra.UCSC.EDU (Brian Sutin)

Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 04:05:33 +0000

In article <1831@idacrd.UUCP> desj@ccr-p.ida.org (David desJardins) writes:
-Brian Sutin <sutin@ra.UCSC.EDU> writes:
-> What would be more useful would be a dumb program to make orders for
-> dropouts and hopeless positions.  Right now, entire empires just grind
-> to a halt at finals week.  Not very realistic.  The program would not
-> have to be very smart, just make up things for ships and planets to do.
-
-Hmm.  On the contrary, I think this might be harder than an automated
-program.  I have had the experience from time to time of missing a turn,
-and finding out that what my routes did automatically (since I missed
-the chance to change them) was worse than nothing at all.
-
-If you are doing a lot of planning and scheduling, having your
-transports go off half empty to a faraway destination where they really
-don't belong might well be worse than having them just sit around for a
-turn.
-
-                                        David desJardins

No, that is not what I meant.  The program is not supposed to save your
butt if you miss a turn.  The program makes your position do something
after you have quit.  This way, empires look alive, even if there is no
brain behind the movement.

I wrote a program which will do a good job running cargos around an empire.
I was using it in Galaxy 6 until I decided to commit suicide a few turns ago
to concentrate on Galaxy Beta.  The program does a better job than I can,
as long as the empire is not growing quickly (which is why I do transport
by hand in Galaxy Beta now).

Brian Sutin				sutin@lick.ucsc.edu
Lick Observatory, UCSC			Santa Cruz, CA 95064
    Fred:   "May I rescue you?"
    Ginger: "No, thank you.  I prefer being in distress."

References

Re: Galaxy Playing (was Re: Galaxy Turn Format)
desj@ccr-p.ida.org (David desJardins)
Thu, 07 Jan 1993 20:21:19 +0000
Re: Galaxy Playing (was Re: Galaxy Turn Format)
sutin@ra.UCSC.EDU (Brian Sutin)
Thu, 07 Jan 1993 21:03:43 +0000
Re: Galaxy Playing (was Re: Galaxy Turn Format)
desj@ccr-p.ida.org (David desJardins)
Fri, 08 Jan 1993 02:31:16 +0000