carlton@genrad.UUCP (Carl Hommel) (10/31/84)
Warning! The following Mack Truck-sized hole will spoil what little
challenge is left in empire, after the previous few net submissions.
Well, You Asked For It. Don't Say You Weren't Warned....
There is a major flaw in the interaction between contanerising and the
update command. Contanerising is how a warehouse groups 10 widget for
easier movement, an urban center 10 civilians, or banks 4 gold bars.
When contracting OR DELIVERING a bundled product, the update command
creates 9 extra widgets.
To create near-infinite amounts of products, just have them delivered out of
a warehouse. For example:
[20:120] map #
. - - - -
. - w + -
. - - - -
[20:120] deliv d 1,0
deliver dust from warehouse @ 1,0 in direction? j (200)
[20:120] commod #
sect mob sgpidbolh sgpidbolh sh gun pl iron dust bar oil lcm hcm
1,0 w 126 ....j.... ......... 0 0 0 0 210 0 0 0 0
3,0 + 126 ....j.... ......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
.
.
.
[20:30] update
[20:28] commod #
sect mob sgpidbolh sgpidbolh sh gun pl iron dust bar oil lcm hcm
1,0 w 126 ....j.... ......... 0 0 0 0 200 0 0 0 0
3,0 + 126 ....j.... ......... 0 0 0 0 100 0 0 0 0
Of course, this will work for all products.
Carl Hommel
Wife: Why are you crying, dear?
Husband: Now I have to find another game to hack.