[net.games.emp] more on deity command problems

mclure@sri-unix (05/31/82)

Our current game allows 25 minutes per country per day (bureaucratic
hassle). During the first 25 minutes of each Deity day, the Deity
is allowed all the usual commands. After 25 minutes, the Deity is
allowed only the VIS commands in empmod.c. We are running with three
overlays and no players are missing any commands, so this appears to
be a problem. The Deity can't even send telegrams after those 25 minutes.

sjb (06/02/82)

What version are you running?  In ours (the most recent one,
I don't know the number offhand), the Deity can run any command
he/she wants to at any point (i.e. even after passing the
time limit -- I have not checked this with 0 BTU's though)
However, if you are Deity, it really doesn't matter, since
you can change your time used using empfix (you CAN invoke
empfix directly, without going through empire).