Re: Technical Question

From: "Lurker" <Nevermind@all.com>

Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 00:00:00 +0000

You could do it the way Star Fleet Battles handels it.  Each turn is divided
into a number of phases.  Each PC / NPC has a speed, and this determines
during what phase the character moves in.  If a Turn has 10 phases - then a
character with a speed of 10 would move in every phase while a character
with a speed of 5 would move every other phase and a character with a speed
of 1 would move only during a single phase.  Come to think of it, I believe
Steve Jackson's Car Wars uses a phased turn sequence too. You would still
need to loop through the characters who move in the same phase.

Another option would be to use some sort of initiative stat for all the
players / npc's.  The stats could be compared and a roll made to see which
earns the right to move first.  This stat could be modified in game based on
a characters current state or other such thing.

Just some ideas <shrug>
Paddy

"Chris Williams" <williac6@rjrt.com> wrote in message
news:ClYd5.4809$U56.146607@newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net...
>
> > On Wed, 19 Jul 2000 16:34:28 GMT, "Chris Williams" <williac6@rjrt.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > >Ok,
> > >
> > >I'm working on my PBM, which will be computer moderated, and I've come
to
> my
> > >first major hurdle. (Ok, perhaps not major, but significant...)
> > >
> > >
> > >1st question: What is the fairest method for processing identical
orders
> > >issued in the same location at same time.
> > >
> > >Ex: Player A and Player T are both in a room, and there is a piece of
> > >treasure on the floor. Assuming they are both an equal distance from
the
> > >treasure, and they issue orders in the same sequence (i.e. move, move,
> > >grab), how do you determine who gets it?  Pure random?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >2nd question: When you have a dungeon full of characters, monsters and
> NPCs,
> > >how do you process all the orders simultaneously?
> > >Assuming each character (and monster & NPC) can perform multiple
actions
> per
> > >turn. Do you:
> > >
> > >a) loop through each map location and process everyones (including
> monsters
> > >and NPCs) first action, then loop through and process 2nd action, 3rd,
> > >etc...
> > >b) loop through each character and process each first action, then
repeat
> > >for 2nd, 3rd, etc
> > >c) another way I haven't thought of
> > >
> > >B doesn't really seem fair as the same characters would always go
first,
> > >right? Unless you sort the list by Character (or monster) speed.
> > >
> > >
> Evilb <nowhere@here.com> wrote in message
> news:39781bbd.872182171@news.dial.pipex.com...
> > If its computer moderated, why not use the order in which the turns
> > were received back ? This can easily be logged. It would be a fairly
> > easy process to log files appearing in a folder, and in which order
> > they appeared. (You can't always use date/timestamp).
> >
>
>
> Thanks for your suggestion, but I don't think that's quite the answer I'm
> looking for. I want to process simultaneous actions as best as possible.
> Running the game sequentially, as you suggest, would defeat that
objective.
>
> For example: I'm in NC, and if I mail out orders all over the country, the
> guy who lives in CA would get screwed everytime. The NC guys could have
> their orders in several days before the CA guys. If I'm only running turns
> once every two weeks, then it doesn't really make sense.
>
> Now granted, I do plan on offering emailed turns at some point, but
> currently the plan is for a postal game. (PBM, not PBeM)
>
> This brings me back to my initial question...
>
> If I have a 3D dungeon grid (x,y,z) populated with people and monsters,
what
> is the best way to process the orders "all at once"?  By person or by
> location? and why?
>
>

References

Technical Question
"Chris Williams" <williac6@rjrt.com>
Wed, 19 Jul 2000 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Technical Question
nowhere@here.com (Evilb)
Fri, 21 Jul 2000 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Technical Question
"Chris Williams" <williac6@rjrt.com>
Fri, 21 Jul 2000 00:00:00 +0000