new destruction concept

[spacetrace]

the idea is the following:
some ships (for example the holo fleet carrier) should not be destructed by a ship like the cyclops. We could programm it for every single ship, but now there enough ships to establish a whole class of destruction effects.

like this:

- disable -> 0 LP
weakest destruction type, reconstructable

- destroy -> -5000 LP
heavyly destroyed, but some ships can stand that, for example buildings will not be affected by a destruction effect.

- atomize -> -5000 LP
strongest destruction mode, nothing (or nearly nothing) can stand that.

for example:
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cyclops disables 100 class one ships
doom star atomizes class 1 to 3
mantis destroys all class 4 ships

holo-fleet carrier, ship yard, research center are destruction and disable save
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addition:
( we decided to call it obliterate instead of atomize )


[ This Message was edited by: admin on 2003-02-13 02:32 ]

[Captain Starlight]

I dont know whether you need to have a whole lot of definitions, or just to tinker with the modifiers a bit. For example the cyclops modifies 100 class one ships by -1100 but the apollo modifies 10 by -10, maybe the cyclops modifier should be -3 which would get all of the ships it was designed to kill and would only be marginally affected by sporators.
When you think about it, 100x -1100 is quite a lot of bang for your buck.

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[spacetrace]

[Captain Starlight]

I stand chastised, and where do I get me a 1/4 fighter??

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[spacetrace]

aha! now i understand... you draw me into a hypothetical discussion and after that you demand a 1/4 fighter

[admin]

but the holo-fleet carrier should be destructable.
only disable save

[Lord Philemon]

Are the "effects" sort of new commands for the syntax? If yes I think they really could be useful...

[spacetrace]

this is just a new syntax to make already existing ship-effects simpler to understand (and future ships easier to organize)




[ This Message was edited by: spacetrace on 2002-10-17 14:47 ]

[Captain Starlight]

I think another word other than disable and you have got it then. Destroy, Kill, Obliterate. Disable kind of means it is still there.

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[spacetrace]

we will choose the best fitting words :smile:

[ This Message was edited by: spacetrace on 2002-10-17 15:06 ]

[BladeTech]

just a question out of curiosity: if the doomstar atomizes, then it should be able to affect class 4 ships too. perhaps you can make this possible but increase the mp needed for the ship. =)

[Metody I The Evil]

Nah, that'll make it possible for it to kill buildings also, and to take out a player, you'll need just 1 doomstar

[BladeTech]

true but if it has a higher mp like 3500-4200, then if the enemy has only 1 figter, and one mothership, you'd lose a heck of a lot of points. that way it'll be more risky. so... i'm just wondering. thanx for ur opinion though =)