Sentience

No, sorry.

IndBen + ResBen + EnergyBen

Each of the factions core benefits.

Or maybe we should take an average of them all and times the final might figure by that?

The lines are mostly being drawn there my friend - it does look a little disjointed though...

PS - Sentience is running at 1024*768 in those screenshots.....

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Originally posted by Behemoth
2) while running this for the screenshots, I requested 800*600 resolution cos it was the default and i couldnt be bothered faffing. The screenshots however, are 1024 * 768 ?!

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and why is this? does 800 X 600 not work properly?

It saves the last run resolution, so when you next run the launcher it automatically picks the last used resolution...

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Originally posted by Arbiter
No, sorry.

IndBen + ResBen + EnergyBen

Each of the factions core benefits.

Or maybe we should take an average of them all and times the final might figure by that?

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You understand now?

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Originally posted by Arbiter
It saves the last run resolution, so when you next run the launcher it automatically picks the last used resolution...

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whichever it picked, it reported it as 800 * 600

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You understand now?

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no, what are you talking about? why are you giveing them an additional bonus? what is this in reference to?

It's just an additional way to record a factions might based on their core values. It was just a thought.

Each faction has their own strengths and weaknesses which can be altered using special projects. It was a way of measuring a factions might based on the modifiers they have...

i gotta go now. talk to you later.

Cool phrases:

Biomatter resequencer
Bioneural circuit (another name for organic circuitry really)
Causality loop ( a loop where the cause and affect cannot be determined - possible product of time travel)
temporal invariance (could be used to phase weaponry through shielding?)
Continuum distortion propulsion (warp speeeeeed)
Isomagnetic disintegrator (big gun)
Metagenic weaponry (wipe out them yetis!!!)

Oh right, cool, ummmm - bye?

sorry pal, back now.

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Originally posted by Arbiter
Cool phrases:

Biomatter resequencer
Bioneural circuit (another name for organic circuitry really)
Causality loop ( a loop where the cause and affect cannot be determined - possible product of time travel)
temporal invariance (could be used to phase weaponry through shielding?)
Continuum distortion propulsion (warp speeeeeed)
Isomagnetic disintegrator (big gun)
Metagenic weaponry (wipe out them yetis!!!)

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I really like these. I think we should keep adding to them, eventually, we'll come up with something useful.

techs:
singularity synthesis
photosynthetic plastics


fragments:

singularity
technology
tectonics
interference
neuro
plasma
temporal
stable / stability
entropy
disturbance
magnetic
interaction
charge
synapse / synaptic
geological
paradigm
theory
distortion
refinement / refinery
process
terraform
transmission
engineering
nano
synthetic
lubricant
servo
subatomic
fundamental
harmonic
chapter
(super)string
organic
field
resonant
chromosonal
relative (relativity)
compound
genetic
index(ing)
viral
event horizon
annihilation
stasis
infiltration
software / hardware


ill keep editting and adding to this post. I suggest you do likewise to yours

Cool and the gang. We can build on those later. :)

How are you getting on with graphics for me?

slowly making progress on a sensor building as requested. having a little trouble with illustrator though (it didnt want to save the last couple of hours work, so I cut it out and pasted it in a new document. its going to be a pain to glue back together later :rolleyes: )

I've just bought your present. Its cool, but I havent the faintest idea how im gonna wrap the *****in thing. heheh :p

anyway, the pub calls. speak to you soon.

quick request -
can you stick in printscreen functionality? I've got a mate whos testing on a laptop without a printscreen key.

Not got you owt at the mo. Sh*t. Ummm.... errrrr.......

Print screen's not so easy to implement you know - gonna be a bit....

Anyways, talk to you tomorrow...

Morning hairball, how ya feeling today?

You available for posting?

:D

Morning baldy :p

I'm feeling fresh as a pansy- no, a daisy. Definitely a daisy (phew!)

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Originally posted by Arbiter
Cool phrases:

Biomatter resequencer
Bioneural circuit (another name for organic circuitry really)
Causality loop ( a loop where the cause and affect cannot be determined - possible product of time travel)
temporal invariance (could be used to phase weaponry through shielding?)
Continuum distortion propulsion (warp speeeeeed)
Isomagnetic disintegrator (big gun)
Metagenic weaponry (wipe out them yetis!!!)
Elementary Particle Theory (a new early tech)
Electroweak Theory
Unified Gauge Theory
Quantum Chromodynamics
Statistical Mechanics
Catastrophe Theory

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Just bringing it onto this page. Giving this some serious thought - will be posting quite a bit on these later...

yeah, I can post (sort of...)

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:D

Morning baldy :p

I'm feeling fresh as a pansy- no, a daisy. Definitely a daisy (phew!)

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That's good to hear.

Did you get any graphics done last night?

ARe you free either tonight or tomorrow evening?

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Just bringing it onto this page. Giving this some serious thought - will be posting quite a bit on these later...

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I've been updating mine too...

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That's good to hear.

Did you get any graphics done last night?
*was working on sensor buildings - theres an update in the posts above (somewhere). Went straight to bed after the pub

ARe you free either tonight or tomorrow evening?
*err...sort of. Dentist tonight (shouldnt take long), but I want to crack on w/ the graphics. We could theoretically converse on MSN if you like...

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Temporal Invariance:

The science behind the phasing of time sequences. By oscillating the temporal location of an area through a billionth of a second, an object can be made to inhabit the present for a subsection of the current time line, allowing it to pass through none time phased fields with ease and limit the effect of 'static time' attacks.

Benefits:
Temporal Torpedoes (missiles that can pass through shielding)
Invariance Shielding (new shield type)

Yeah, I'll have MSN on whilst I'm programming. We can talk then. I was wondering when you'd like to come round for beers?

Check out this puppy!!!

I'll strip the juicy bits out in a minute...

Institute of Theoretical Science

University of Oregon
The Institute of Theoretical Science is a center for research in several interrelated disciplines that encompass theoretical physics, theoretical chemistry, and mathematics. Elementary particle theory is one of the active areas of research. Topics under investigation include electroweak and unified gauge theories, quantum chromodynamics, production and decay of heavy quarks, quark-gluon plasma and heavy ion collisions, and the design of novel accelerators. Another active area is astrophysics, in which members study neutron stars, gravitational waves, and general relativity. Other members are interested in atomic theory, condensed matter, statistical mechanics, foundations of quantum theory, group theory in mathematics and chemistry, and catastrophe theory. The Institute houses faculty members and students and encourages the exchange of ideas that lead to cross-fertilization and new insights.

VB Code:

[i]Need comments / amendments to the below... esp. bits with (?)'s
 
Bits in ()'s are my comments[/i]
 
[b]Techs[/b]
 
Temporal Invariance: (late tech)
 
The science behind the phasing of time sequences. By oscillating the temporal location of an area through a billionth of a second, _
an object can be made to inhabit the present for a subsection of the current time line, allowing it to pass through none time phased fields_
with ease and limit the effect of 'static time' attacks.
 
Benefits:
    Temporal Torpedoes (missiles that can pass through shielding)
    Invariance Shielding (new shield type)
 
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Metagenic Tinkering (?) (late tech)
 
Advanced research into the manipulation of genetics and living organisms. (needs some more description adding)
 
Benefits:
    Research into biological crap increased
    (needs more)
 
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Elementary Particle Theory (early tech)
 
A basic foundation in the fundamentals of particle interaction and a glimpse of the many_
 applications for this technology.(needs some more description adding)
 
Benefits:
    Light Particle Cannon (pretty pansy version of the big PPC stylee weapons available in a later tech)
 
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mf

posting frenzy!!!

(and I've broke the width as well - I'll fix that in a mo)

BUT LOOK WHAT I FOUND!!!

VB Code:

' Updates players diplomacy values based on troop positions
 
Sub CalcDipBasedOnTroopPlacements()
    Dim x As Byte, md As Single
    Dim GoodPlayerScaryVal As Single, EvilPlayerScaryVal As Single
    
    For x = 1 To 7
    
        GoodPlayerScaryVal = cmScaryVal(currplayer, x)
        EvilPlayerScaryVal = cmScaryVal(x, currplayer)
        
        md = (GoodPlayerScaryVal / EvilPlayerScaryVal) * player(currplayer).admin.dipben
        
        player(currplayer).admin.dip(x) = player(currplayer).admin.dip(x) / md
        
    Next x
 
End Sub
 
 
' Calculates ScaryVal
 
Function cmScaryVal(goodplayer As Byte, evilplayer As Byte) As Single
    Dim Hd As Single, Ed As Single
    Dim x As Integer
    
    Hd = calcdistance(player(goodplayer).building(1).xc, player(goodplayer).building(1).yc, _
player(evilplayer).building(1).xc, player(evilplayer).building(1).yc)
    
    For x = 1 To UBound(player(evilplayer).unit)
        Ed = calcdistance(player(evilplayer).unit(x).xc, player(evilplayer).unit(x).yc,_
 player(goodplayer).building(1).xc, player(goodplayer).building(1).yc)
        If Ed < Hd Then
            cmScaryVal = cmScaryVal + (((Hd - Ed) * player(evilplayer).unit(x).might) / player(evilplayer).admin.dipben)
        End If
    Next x
 
End Function

in no particulary order...

1) can't post other than on my lunch now :( my boss spotted me and asked me to close my browser.

2) need a tech for singularity synthesis. Would this be a generator type?

3) cool. glad you found it. does it fit in with our opinion/complex work?

4) how about metagenic praxis? :D

• http://www.thesaurus.com/cgi-bin/search?config=roget&words=praxis
• http://www.dictionary.com/cgi-bin/dict.pl?term=praxis

5) you've not fixed the width yet

basically, the techs can be subdivided into the main (faction) models (I think)

Industry (provides building, unit or industry bonus)
Research (provides tech bonus)
Diplomacy/Infiltration
Military (defence or attack)
Geographical (map and resource info)
errmm...others

as well as providing a stepping stone to the next level.

I really like these. I think we should keep adding to them, eventually, we'll come up with something useful.

techs:
singularity synthesis

fragments:

singularity
technology
tectonics
interference
plasma
temporal
stable / stability
entropy
disturbance
magnetic
interaction
charge
synapse / synaptic
geological
paradigm
theory
distortion
refinement / refinery
process
terraform
transmission
engineering
nano
synthetic
lubricant
servo
subatomic
fundamental
harmonic
chapter
(super)string
organic
field
resonant
chromosonal
relative (relativity)
compound
genetic
index(ing)
viral
event horizon
annihilation
stasis
infiltration
software / hardware
automata
algorithm (ic)
logic
analysis
Condensed Matter
strategies


ill keep editting and adding to this post. I suggest you do likewise to yours

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in no particulary order...

1) can't post other than on my lunch now :( my boss spotted me and asked me to close my browser.

2) need a tech for singularity synthesis. Would this be a generator type?

3) cool. glad you found it. does it fit in with our opinion/complex work?

4) how about metagenic praxis? :D

• http://www.thesaurus.com/cgi-bin/search?config=roget&words=praxis
• http://www.dictionary.com/cgi-bin/dict.pl?term=praxis

5) you've not fixed the width yet

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1) Gay!
2) Probably, or an incredibly nasty weapon!
3) It will do... ;)
4) Nice
5) Yes I have, you should have seen it before!

For starters...

Tectonic Engineering
Sub Atomic Lubricants
Superstring Harmonics
Resonance Theory
Entropy Anullment
Genetic Indexing

Attached is the latest version of the overview spreadsheet for your review.

Of particular note is the changes I've made to the might calculations.

I've been thinking and I reckon we need a couple more screens in Sentience.

1) A might screen, where you can see the might of all the factions broken down (or at least - as much as you know of it)

2) A faction overview screen where you can see what you know of the other factions.

A breakdown of your/their units/techs/buildings etc

Which brings me to the question of how you're going to know when a faction has researched a particular technology.

Deducing it from what components you can see in their mechs is ludicrous as it would absolutely devour processing power. Unless I had a flag for each mech marking it as 'read'.

Looks like I've answered my own question. Shiiitaroo that's a lot of coding. Gay.

Right - I'll be starting work on that soon enough.

Random code I've been working on blindly...

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Originally posted by Arbiter
I've been thinking and I reckon we need a couple more screens in Sentience.

1) A might screen, where you can see the might of all the factions broken down (or at least - as much as you know of it)

2) A faction overview screen where you can see what you know of the other factions.

A breakdown of your/their units/techs/buildings etc

Which brings me to the question of how you're going to know when a faction has researched a particular technology.

Deducing it from what components you can see in their mechs is ludicrous as it would absolutely devour processing power. Unless I had a flag for each mech marking it as 'read'.

Looks like I've answered my own question. Shiiitaroo that's a lot of coding. Gay.

Right - I'll be starting work on that soon enough.

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:p :D
I love watching you argue with yourself. You have the most bizzarre brain processes ;)

btw, im ok posting for the next 10 mins cos im on my break :rolleyes:

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Originally posted by Arbiter
For starters...

Tectonic Engineering
Sub Atomic Lubricants
Superstring Harmonics
Resonance Theory
Entropy Anullment
Genetic Indexing

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Wow! genetic indexing sounds cool as funk! perhaps thats the tech that allows you to choose which creature you build instead of spitting out random ones?