From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 5746 invoked by alias); 13 Dec 2003 04:40:42 -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 5739 invoked from network); 13 Dec 2003 04:40:41 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO garm.central.cmich.local) (141.209.15.48) by sources.redhat.com with SMTP; 13 Dec 2003 04:40:41 -0000 Received: from leon.phy.cmich.edu ([141.209.165.20]) by egate1.central.cmich.local with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6713); Fri, 12 Dec 2003 23:40:16 -0500 Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by leon.phy.cmich.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC8CA70012; Fri, 12 Dec 2003 23:40:12 -0500 (EST) Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 05:11:00 -0000 From: Eric McDonald To: bboett@adlp.org Cc: xconq7@sources.redhat.com Subject: Re: fighters fighting without ammo In-Reply-To: <20031207181259.GG1378@adlp.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-OriginalArrivalTime: 13 Dec 2003 04:40:16.0160 (UTC) FILETIME=[344F2200:01C3C133] X-SW-Source: 2003/txt/msg01017.txt.bz2 Hi Bruno, On Sun, 7 Dec 2003, Bruno Boettcher wrote: > > In fact, what is the "ammo" supposed to represent for fighters? Certainly > > not bullets. :-) Three passes or strafing runs? Three 100-round bursts? > > Three volleys of rockets? It could be argued that a fighter attacking a > heh... fighters nowadays a multi-system weapon platforms :D > in this case i suppose they are only areal defense mechanisms, thus i > vote for the bursts :) Ammo can represent different things to different targets, and Xconq can actually deal with this via the 'hit-by' table. In fact, you can have one weapons platform use different types of ammo for different types of targets with the 'hit-by' table. > > I guess if the AIs start to get smarter I'll have to work a little harder. > heh if the ai gets somewhat stronger we will need skill levels to be > setted at some time ;) I think we still have quite a ways to go before we reach that stage, but I certainly look forward to that day. The AI is certainly my highest priority in the post-7.5 landscape. Eric