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From: adb@bu-cs.BU.EDU (Adam Bryant)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.games.bugs
Subject: Re: Conquer 4.3 mining
Message-ID: <35289@bu-cs.BU.EDU>
Date: 26 Jul 89 00:45:43 GMT
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In article <43118@bbn.COM> lkaplan@bbn.com (Larry Kaplan) writes:
>I have noticed while running conquest that even after you find a gold mine
>(say of diamonds), if your wealth then goes down below the threshold,
>you can no longer see the gold rating.  This doesn't really make sense,
>especially if you have redesignated the sector to be a gold mine while you can
>see it.  Once you have redisignated the sector to a gold mine, its gold
>resources should probably remain visible.

Some reasoning:
  It is not your ability to 'see' the metal that is in question.  It
is your ability to mine it.  In other words, you need to maintain a
certain technological level to support your ability to mine certain
levels of metals/jewels.

Some reasons for the reasoning:
  For now, the programming cost to maintain a 'history' of the sector
cannot be done without veering the program away from other
enhancements that are much more important.

  I may add history to the sector when I finally add the major/minor
designations to the game.  But, that will not be until release 5.0,
since it would result in the alteration of the data structure.  At the
least, a sector under seige marker will be added to the designations.

adam






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