Re: Investment Suggestions

From: miteke@my-deja.com

Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 00:00:00 +0000

In article <VA.00000d2c.010e21da@oemcomputer>,
  Ken@timepatternspbm.demon.co.uk wrote:
> miteke wrote:
> > I mean more like 1 hour in real-time is 1 day in
> > game time. By real-time what I really mean is to remove the blocking
> > that traditional PBM games have.
>
> You mean by running the game clock whether or not a player puts
> orders in?
> Starglobe runs 1 in-game year to 1 real-world day, but that's got
> to count as a traditional PBM game since it's been running since
> 1983. Movement, growth, builds, even battles run automatically
> until a player puts in orders to change 'em.
> I'm puzzled - don't all games without set deadlines run like this?
> Or have I got hold of the wrong end of the stick?
> Maybe it's a method that isn't so suitable for deadlined games,
> where the game clock needs to match with the deadlines?
>
> Ken
>
>
Most PBM games work with more discrete order durations processed in
batch during set intervals rarely less than one day apart. Can you issue
a study order that lasts for 1 year, 1 week, 1 day, 35 minutes, or any
period of time you wish? Or does your study order last for a given
discrete amount of time? Will your travel time be computed down to
minutes, or is it in terms of turns or game years? In general, can you
have a unit perform an action for an arbitrary amount of time and
complete it on a non-predetermined boundary time?

I envision a log like the following:

Unit A arrives in Plethora at 3/16/99 23:03
Unit A starts studying Combat at 3/16/99 23:04
Unit B arrives in Plethora at 3/18/99 13:07
Unit B starts resting at 3/18/99 13:08
Unit B starts moving to Giral at 3/19/99 08:00
Unit A Starts moving to Digersville at 3/23/99 15:05
Unit B changes destination to Digersville at 3/25/99 8:00

Where each unit can be given a different order at any time, as long as
the server is up. The key here is are all your orders of fixed duration
or can you choose arbitrary durations for some of them.

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References

Re: Investment Suggestions
Ken Mulholland <Ken@timepatternspbm.demon.co.uk>
Thu, 20 Apr 2000 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Investment Suggestions
miteke@my-deja.com
Tue, 18 Apr 2000 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Investment Suggestions
lindahl@rt.com (Greg Lindahl)
Wed, 19 Apr 2000 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Investment Suggestions
miteke@my-deja.com
Wed, 19 Apr 2000 00:00:00 +0000