ELITE PBEM !!! From: Alexander Shabarshin <shaos@mail.ru> Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 10:14:06 +0000 Hello what do you think about play in Elite game by e-mail? :) I think that absolutly all zx-spectrum people know this game. And you remember the big universe in the Elite game (8 galaxies with 256 planet systems in every galaxy). So, a few days ago I surf the Internet and have found C sources of text version of Elite game with original universe scheme :) and I think about developing free PBEM version of it (PBEM = Play By E-Mail). Text Elite program have STDIO/STDOUT interface: Welcome to Text Elite 1.4. Commands are: Buy tradegood ammount Sell tradegood ammount Fuel ammount (buy ammount LY of fuel) Jump planetname (limited by fuel) Sneak planetname (any distance - no fuel cost) Galhyp (jumps to next galaxy) Info planetname (prints info on system Mkt (shows market prices) Local (lists systems within 7 light years) Cash number (alters cash - cheating!) Hold number (change cargo bay) Quit or ^C (exit) Help (display this text) Rand (toggle RNG) Abbreviations allowed eg. b fo 5 = Buy Food 5, m= Mkt Cash :100.0>L Galaxy number 1 * LAVE TL: 5 Rich Agri Dictatorship (0.0 LY) * REORTE TL: 6 Poor Agri Dictatorship (4.4 LY) * RIEDQUAT TL: 4 Poor Agri Anarchy (7.0 LY) * LEESTI TL: 11 Poor Ind Corporate State (3.8 LY) * ZAONCE TL: 12 Average Ind Corporate State (5.7 LY) * DISO TL: 8 Average Agri Democracy (3.6 LY) * ORERVE TL: 6 Mainly Ind Feudal (6.8 LY) Cash :100.0>M Food 3.6 16t 0 Textiles 6.0 15t 0 Radioactives 20.0 17t 0 Slaves 6.0 0t 0 Liquor/Wines 23.2 20t 0 Luxuries 94.4 14t 0 Narcotics 49.6 55t 0 Computers 89.6 0t 0 Machinery 58.8 10t 0 Alloys 33.2 12t 0 Firearms 75.6 0t 0 Furs 52.4 9t 0 Minerals 10.8 58t 0 Gold 36.8 7kg 0 Platinum 64.4 1kg 0 Gem-Strones 16.0 0g 0 Alien Items 51.2 0t 0 Fuel :7.0 Holdspace :20t Cash :100.0>Q and so on :) So, I ready develop mail robot for free playing in the Elite by electronic mail. You will buy/sell 17 kinds of goods and jump from planet system to planet system for getting more credits :) Rules for my mail-robot: - Message header: To: rwar@shaos.ru Subject: ELITE Commands are in the message body. - Registration in game: user Name ; name of gamer pass Pass ; password for authorithation on my server lang English ; identification of your favorite language (Eng or Rus) start Planet ; planet for starting game and some words about yourself :) - Commands in game (identifications by first letter) from Name ; name of gamer pass Pass ; password for game Buy tradegood ammount ; buy goods Sell tradegood ammount ; sell goods Fuel ammount ; buy ammount Light-Year of fuel Jump planetname ; space jump limited by fuel Galhyp ; jumps to next galaxy (ring of 8 galaxies) Info planetname ; detail info on planet system Mkt ; shows market prices Local ; lists systems within 7 light years Help ; page of help - Communication between gamers from Name ; name of writer pass Pass ; password in game to Name ; who is reader subj Subject of message #mail message body (to #end command). #end If you forget "TO" command, then message will be send to absolutly all people in current galaxy. You can send each other market tables from different planet systems (you can see only current planet system market table). Mail-robot will make steps daily. For one step you can a few attempts of buying/selling and the only attempt to jump to another planet system (attempt can be invalid by a few credit or little fuel amount). we need to discuss ability of battles, armor buying and target of game (more money or more killed :) So, If you want to play it, then you are welcome :))) Alexander Shabarshin (shaos@mail.ru) Referenced By Up