From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 21892 invoked by alias); 11 Jul 2004 21:24:28 -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 21879 invoked from network); 11 Jul 2004 21:24:27 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO david.io.com) (199.170.88.28) by sourceware.org with SMTP; 11 Jul 2004 21:24:27 -0000 Received: from webmail.io.com (columbia.io.com [199.170.88.107]) by david.io.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id i6BLMoCI005173 for ; Sun, 11 Jul 2004 16:22:51 -0500 Received: from webmail.io.com (webmail [127.0.0.1]) by webmail.io.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id i6BLOQm2016349; Sun, 11 Jul 2004 16:24:26 -0500 Received: (from apache@localhost) by webmail.io.com (8.12.8/8.12.8/Submit) id i6BLOPUQ016346; Sun, 11 Jul 2004 16:24:25 -0500 X-Authentication-Warning: webmail.io.com: apache set sender to hcobb@io.com using -f Received: from 68.122.234.217 (SquirrelMail authenticated user hcobb) by webmail.io.com with HTTP; Sun, 11 Jul 2004 16:24:25 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <2241.68.122.234.217.1089581065.squirrel@webmail.io.com> In-Reply-To: <1713.68.126.82.218.1089405036.squirrel@webmail.io.com> References: <40EEAD66.50109@phy.cmich.edu> <200407040055.i640tDx17333@panix5.panix.com><1088896371.19592.ezmlm@sources.redhat.com> <2465.68.126.82.218.1088896685.squirrel@webmail.io.com> <200407040055.i640tDx17333@panix5.panix.com> <200407041512.i64FCx018057@panix5.panix.com> <32786.68.122.234.217.1089262126.squirrel@webmail.io.com> <40EDFCDE.9000902@phy.cmich.edu> <3302.68.126.82.218.1089339533.squirrel@webmail.io.com> <40EEAD66.50109@phy.cmich.edu> <1713.68.126.82.218.1089405036.squirrel@webmail.io.com> Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 01:25:00 -0000 Subject: Carrier groups From: "Henry J. Cobb" To: xconq7@sources.redhat.com User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.2-1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-SW-Source: 2004/txt/msg00712.txt.bz2 Every time I see a lone empty unescorted aircraft carrier wandering around my coastline my respect for the AI goes down a bit. While I don't have a full topology and fractal fix for the AI I think we ought to be able to define standard unit combinations for it in the game files. So a carrier strike group would be defined as a group of units centered on a carrier. (With a full load of fighters and a battleship.) The entire group moves with the carrier and withdraws with it when the carrier is low on fuel, ammo or aircraft. When a carrier is first built it recruits the rest of the strike group to it and marks up a scorecard for priority production if it can't get enough aircraft or escorts. The aircraft assigned to the carrier will always return to it if they can and no other aircraft will land on the carrier except if they are assigned to a free slot. (This keeps the carrier from launching a strike then filling up with land based aircraft that will then crowd out the returning airwing.) Once the aircraft carriers are survivable we can worry about making amphib operations work correctly. -- Henry J. Cobb's Completely Unofficial list of GURPS Vehicle Builder fixes and workarounds. http://www.io.com/~hcobb/gurps/gvb_faq.txt