Non-Involved Combat

Thermodynamics · 2003-12-16T16:18:25

I am trying to come up with a system that will perform space combat simulations with out the player heavily involved. My thought is that the player is in the role of a ship mechanic and would not have a lot of control over how a fight progresses. But he can have an effect on the out come if he designs a ship well. I have tossed around the idea of have the player make general suggestions on how the ship should be used (i.e. long range or short range). But I really would like to find a way to incorporate the actual gun placement. For example: if player a builds a ship that has high powered long range weapons on the right side and all of the armor on the left the ship would soon be shot to pieces. However if the armor was placed around the weapons on the right side the ship would survive many more battles because the right side would be the only side the pilot would show the enemy. Of course the ship would also move in a strange way unless the ship was balanced. I don''t want to end up with a mini RTS game in the middle of my building game. So… are there any novel ideas on how I can accomplish this?

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Started by Thermodynamics December 11, 2003 03:54 PM

9 comments, last by Thermodynamics 21 years, 1 month ago

Anonymous

December 16, 2003 04:18 PM

That is exactly what I am talking about. I was thinking about having the player just design and the computer do the fighting but I realized the computer or the program wouldn''t know how best to use each unit. I am starting a new thread on just that issue.

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