mr-frog@sdcsvax.UUCP (05/16/84)
<> (This command is running on a VAX 750, under 4.2 BSD UNIX. It's never been tested under any other version of unix, or on any non-VAX. The code may not be portable) After suffering with the Aircraft Carrier bug for years, I finally wrote a new fly command. The new command has a slightly different flavor to it, which I think is a vast improvement over the old one. This is the way it works now. You fly from a sector, to a target, and then land at another sector. No longer can you re-claim nuclear wastelands with airplanes; this fly command only allows landings on airports and aircraft carriers. Also, new fly will tell you if you can make it to the target or not. The one thing new fly won't do is let you "scout" using airplanes, which is just one of those things. One minor addition: to "fly" a plane now uses oil; also, it only costs 1 mobility unit to fly a plane, no matter how far the plane travels. Planes are pretty nice now... However, the best thing about this command is that I'm giving away the .c file, so you can modify it if necessary. Just think, no more patching with adb! If you are enterprising and wish to add "paratroop landings", air-superiority fighters (on airbases), or any number of interesting little side-abilities onto fly, it can now be done with a minimum of fuss. I've tried hard to use the subroutines provided by Peter Langston with empire, so fly fits nicely in with the rest of the commands. The .o file for new fly is even shorter than that of old fly. Needless to say, the Aircraft Carrier bug is fixed. I've developed many other commands for empire, and re-written a bunch of old ones (I don't like patching .o files with adb). If enough interest is shown I'll post the other commands I've got. Please send any "fly" bug reports to me; unlike PSL I'd be happy to fix them. I've posted the source, a nice document describing "how-to-add- fly-to-empire", and the modified "info" page to net.sources. Dave Pare a.k.a. "Groac" [ucbvax | dcdwest]!sdcsvax!mr-frog "A megaton of prevention..." (Keith Laumer)
alb@alice.UUCP (Adam L. Buchsbaum) (05/17/84)
The new Empire (4/84 version) has done away with the aircraft carrier bug. It has also taken away the fly onto a wasteland bug. Taking away scouting with planes is taking away part of the game.
eric@aplvax.UUCP (05/18/84)
Ok, I'll bite. The new (4/84) version? Where do I get this, what is new, what does it run on, etc? -- eric ...!seismo!umcp-cs!aplvax!eric