From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 7672 invoked by alias); 20 Sep 2004 01:33:39 -0000 Mailing-List: contact xconq7-help@sources.redhat.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: xconq7-owner@sources.redhat.com Received: (qmail 7664 invoked from network); 20 Sep 2004 01:33:38 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO smtp807.mail.sc5.yahoo.com) (66.163.168.186) by sourceware.org with SMTP; 20 Sep 2004 01:33:38 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.1.101?) (sampln@sbcglobal.net@67.121.168.201 with plain) by smtp807.mail.sc5.yahoo.com with SMTP; 20 Sep 2004 01:33:37 -0000 Subject: Re: Using terrain coatings and existing code to model topography, weather, and vegetation From: Lincoln Peters To: mskala@ansuz.sooke.bc.ca Cc: Xconq list In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1095644154.15989.26310.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 02:35:00 -0000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SW-Source: 2004/txt/msg01201.txt.bz2 On Sun, 2004-09-19 at 18:02, mskala@ansuz.sooke.bc.ca wrote: > I think if I wanted to model a hurricane, I might do it by having the > storm be a unit that detonates on every turn but doesn't destroy itself > when it detonates. Then the detonation effect could cause damage to > nearby units and potentially even modify terrain. I'm not sure how I'd go > about making it move in a storm-like way, although I think maybe it could > be made to be blown around by the existing "wind" code. I assume that the hurricane would be an independent unit, and the independent side would have an AI (and thus could do things). It would get especially tricky to move the hurricane in a storm-like way, since the iplayer would try to use it like a normal unit. Of course, since it doesn't understand detonating units, it might behave in amusing (?) ways, but it would not behave like a hurricane. --- Lincoln Peters Q: "What is the burning question on the mind of every dyslexic existentialist?" A: "Is there a dog?"