Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ncar!tank!kus3 From: kus3@tank.uchicago.edu (Bob Kusumoto) Newsgroups: comp.sources.games.bugs Subject: Re: conquer v4.5 Message-ID: <5335@tank.uchicago.edu> Date: 9 Sep 89 03:01:00 GMT References: <1989Sep7.090059.10743@gec-mi-at.co.uk> Organization: University of Chicago Computing Organizations Lines: 37 From article <1989Sep7.090059.10743@gec-mi-at.co.uk>, by reader@gec-mi-at.co.uk (Glenn Reader): > ERROR: told to put 2188 civilians in sector 14,43 not owned - placed in capitol > > On inspection 14,43 is a tokus city with about 2188 people in it. > The sector I took at 15,43 had about 50 edland people. > Result after the update instead of reducing edlands population > it went from about 55000 to over 70000. > THIS IS NOT FAIR. When I was playtesting the v4.0, this happened when I surrounded a sector owned by an NPC and they tried to move people out to a different sector I occupied. The problem is how to make the computer move the people. Since you get to make all your moves before the update, and the computer only moves during the update, you certainly have a slight advantage. The computer just says, error: moved those people to the capitol now that our orignal move was void. So how would you resolve this to make it fair to both the players and the NPC. Since the NPCs aren't as advanced as I certainly like them to be, throwing them to the capitol isn't a bad idea. There is a definate problem with the population increasing THAT much during an update. That's roughly a 30% increase. Unless they demobolized a lot of troops (unlikely unless they just got out of a war, or claimed another elven country, or a different country with SLAVER powers), this should never have happened (should be at a population level around 60000 after the update). No answers to this one. Then again, I haven't tested the code since it was put in comp.sources.games so I'm not the best source of information either. Hope this helps. Bob -- Bob Kusumoto | Turned enough to see his gun, Internet: kus3@tank.uchicago.edu | I said, BITNET: kus3@tank.uchicago.bitnet | "Let's go out and have some fun." UUCP: {gargoyle,oddjob}!tank!kus3 | --- New Order, "Perfect Kiss"