New PBW game: Ancient

[Phoenix-D]

Well, in the abilities.txt file, it says "value 1: chance the star will explode per year". Thing is, by default that is set to ZERO.. and even setting it to 1000 doesn't seem to have any effect.

Phoenix-D

[Puke]

if this is accurate, that message does not mean squat:

From Abilities:

Star - Unstable
Value1 = Chance that sun will explode each year.
Value2 =

From Stellar Abilities:

Name := Normal Star
Number of Poss Abilities := 2
Ability 1 Chance := 100
Ability 1 Type := Star - Unstable
Ability 1 Descr := Star is unstable and could collapse at any time.
Ability 1 Val 1 := 0
Ability 1 Val 2 := 0
Ability 2 Chance := 100
Ability 2 Type := Star - Unstable
Ability 2 Descr := Star is prone to violent eruptions and has an unstable core.
Ability 2 Val 1 := 0
Ability 2 Val 2 := 0


on the other hand, it might simply indicate that only those systems with that tag are candidates for the star destruction random event. i seem to remember a long time ago that value 1 indicated .1% /turn that the star would be destroyed. can anyone who has an old Version installed (like 1.19, i know its the same as above in 1.30) verify this?

[Rollo]

quote:

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Originally posted by Quikngruvn:
No, not in the text description of the star, but in a bullet point under the star description in big white letters. Hopefully I can get a massive system shield, 'cos a ringworld is still probably fifty years away!

Quikngruvn the nervous

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Ooops, I knew I forgot something...

No, just kidding, I set severity to high to prevent that, since we already have enough to worry about. We don't want any of our valuable stars to blow up, now do we? (At least not as a natural event, anyway )

Rollo

[capnq]

Yes, anyplace in the data files that talks about chances or percentages is in tenths of a percent. I can't remember if I've ever seen a star explode in a game, but I have seen planets break up due to core instabilities, and warp points spontaneously collapse.

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Cap'n Q

The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the
human mind to correlate all of its contents. We live on a placid
island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was
not meant that we should go far. -- HP Lovecraft, "The Call of Cthulhu"

[This message has been edited by capnq (edited 31 July 2001).]

[geoschmo]

That's interesting. I've never seen a warp point collapse for natural reasons. But I have seen plenty of stars blow up. Had one in a multiplayer game that took out most of my ships and finished me off.

In a single player game once had my home star go nova after about 10 years. That was one of the best single player games I ever had. Got that message right away that the star was unstable and played the first part of the game under the gun trying to find a home for my population to move too before the planet went away.

Geo

[Quikngruvn]

URGENT MESSAGE TO ALL SENTIENT BEINGS WHO RECEIVE THIS TRANSMISSION

Without provocation or warning, the Borg Collective has obliterated two Hepcat colonies. Any other sentient beings, take extreme care when dealing with these beings. They have demonstrated a complete disdain for any living beings with the destruction of these two colonies. The Hepcats can only hope that our plight will serve as a warning to others to take the Borg threat as deathly serious.

END TRANSMISSION

OOC: God, I feel so embarrassed. This is what I get for working on infrastructure before defense....

Quikngruvn the Unready