Re: Galaxy - cargo tech formula suggestion

From: shaffer@uic.edu

Date: Wed, 04 Nov 1998 00:00:00 +0000

Benjamin Foy <bfoy@access1.digex.net> wrote:
> On Tue, 27 Oct 1998, Christopher Shaffer wrote:
>
> > Thus, I would rather see cargo be calculated as:
> >
> > capacity = (tech * num) + (((tech * num) + (tech * num))^2/10)
>
> new capacity = tech * num + 0.4 * tech^2 * num^2
>
> For tech = 1, num = 1:  new capacity = 1.4
>            2        1                  3.6 (weight = 1.8)
>            3        1                  6.6           2.2
>            4        1                 10.4           2.6
>            5        1                 15.0           3.0
>            1       10                 50.0
>            2       10                180.0          90.0
>            3       10                390.0         130.0
>
> This formula is clearly broken!
>
> Better would be capacity = tech * num + (tech * num)^2/10
>
> 					- Ben

Yes, you're correct.  I'm not the world's best mathematician :-)

Chris

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References

Galaxy - cargo tech formula suggestion
Christopher Shaffer <shaffer@uic.edu>
Tue, 27 Oct 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Galaxy - cargo tech formula suggestion
Benjamin Foy <bfoy@access1.digex.net>
Wed, 28 Oct 1998 00:00:00 +0000