Call for Players: Hvy Plastic 2 --- Plastic Explosives
Markus Armbruster
Hvy Plastic is designed to be the easy-going little brother in the Hvy
Metal family. It runs Hvy Metal code, on a pretty vanilla fairland map,
with game parameters set somewhere between the stock game and full Hvy
Metal. Overall, it should be less creatively cruel to players than its
big brothers. Plastic is softer than metal.
The opening of the game is tentatively scheduled for Jan 16, but that
date may well slip a bit. Test blitz opens at least a week before the
game.
We'll have a few quick updates, then settle into a regular Monday,
Wednesday and Friday schedule, with the occasional break for a holiday.
Updates will be 22:00 UTC or so.
The usual bla-bla: no deity play, unbroken countries will be disposed
of, players determine victory, the more players the merrier, may cancel
game if we don't get enough.
I'll post more details as I nail them down.
Neither code nor setup are quite ready yet, but I'm accepting player
registrations now. Send me your e-mail address, your real name (not
strictly required), country name (starting with a letter unless you are
Mr. Tedrick; no spaces for anyone), password, and estimated skill level
(optional). You should be able to reply by e-mail to this post; if not,
address your message to <arm...@pond.sub.org> and put "Hvy Plastic" in
the subject. If you don't hear from me within a few days, check your
bleepin' SPAM filters for misconfiguration, then try again, or cry for
help on r.g.e.
Markus
Markus Armbruster
Hvy Plastic is designed to be the easy-going little brother in the Hvy
Metal family. Overall, it should be less creatively cruel to players
than its big brothers. Plastic is softer than metal.
Several players have signed up for the game already, but we need more!
Send me your e-mail address, your real name (not strictly required),
country name (starting with a letter unless you are Mr. Tedrick; no
spaces for anyone), password, and estimated skill level (optional). You
should be able to reply by e-mail to this post; if not, address your
message to <arm...@pond.sub.org> and put "Hvy Plastic" in the subject.
If you don't hear from me within a few days, check your bleepin' SPAM
filters for misconfiguration, then try again, or cry for help on r.g.e.
The opening of the game is tentatively scheduled for January 25, but
that date may well slip a bit.
The game will be hosted at
EMPIREHOST=empire.stdio.com
EMPIREPORT=6665
A test blitz is running at
EMPIREHOST=empire.stdio.com
EMPIREPORT=6664
Country 1-12, password 1-12, just grab one, and change the password.
Many thanks to the good folks at stdio.com for having us.
The game will run 4.3.24 with only a few modifications that should not
affect players. That means you won't have to endure another round of
the LIMBER experiment at this time.
The map will be pretty vanilla fairland map, but with concentrated, Hvy
Metal style resources. Game configuration is pretty vanilla as well.
Options are default, except AUTO_POWER is on. Yes, Virginia, that means
NOFOOD is on. Units are from Hvy Metal, but with eccentricities pruned
back some. Nukes are on sale!
You will receive extra sectors and people for a speedy start.
The usual bla-bla: no deity play, unbroken countries will be disposed
of, players determine victory, the more players the merrier, may cancel
game if we don't get enough.
The first update will be a few days after the game opens. We'll have an
update every weekday (Monday to Friday) initially, at 21:00 UTC. We'll
switch to a more leisurly Monday-Wednesday-Friday schedule at the
deity's discretion, but no later than the 10th update. There will be
breaks for major holidays. I estimate the game to last no more than
about 35 updates.
More detailed information can be found at
http://www.pond.sub.org/~armbru/empire/hvy-plastic.html
Now go send me your country names!
Markus
Concept : Hvy-Plastic
NAME
Hvy-Plastic - Special rules for Hvy Plastic 2
Level: Basic
Ship types are customized. Better check show for the details.
Dreadnoughts are more heavily armored. Frigates are more fragile.
More ships can carry choppers. Some ships are not ideal for this, and this is
reflected by the lack of large petrol and shell storage.
Land unit types are heavily customized. Better check show for the details.
Non-mechanized units are slower and more vulnerable, artillery firing ranges
differ, few units are light (but troop transports and landing ships can carry
non-light units).
Planes are tweaked somewhat. show is your friend.
Nukes are on sale, but nuclear plants are not. Did I mention the show com-
mand?
Infrastructure is disabled.
Fortresses cost maintenance, like capitals.
Your refineries make less petrol from each barrel of oil than usual.
Natural resources gold, oil and uran deplete much slower than usual. A 100%
gold resource contains 2500d, a 100% oil resource contains 2500o, and a 100%
uranium resource contains 500u. Fully depleting a sector will take you sev-
eral updates, and a small fraction of the resource contents will be lost.
Gold in mountains does not deplete at all.
Oil production does not depend on tech; you don't have to micro-manage to con-
serve oil.
Server time is in UTC, which means there will be no daylight savings time.
Missed updates due to server problems will be forced if caught within 15 min-
utes of planned update time or skipped otherwise.
Everything you do in this game is logged by the deities for their own nefari-
ous purposes. However, the logs are treated confidentially.
Make the deity laugh and get up to 5 gold bars.
Source code and configuration is available from
http://www.pond.sub.org/~armbru/empire/hvy-plastic-2/
SEE ALSO
Introduction, Server, show
Wolfpack Empire 4.3.24
The following parameters have been set for this game:
World size is 160 by 80.
There can be up to 99 countries.
By default, countries use the deity's coordinate system.
Use the 'show' command to find out the time of the next update.
The current time is Sun Jan 10 16:57:03.
An update consists of 60 empire time units.
Each country is allowed to be logged in 1440 minutes a day.
It takes 8.33 civilians to produce a BTU in one time unit.
A non-aggi, 100 fertility sector can grow 0.12 food per etu.
1000 civilians will harvest 1.3 food per etu.
1000 civilians will give birth to 5.0 babies per etu.
1000 uncompensated workers will give birth to 2.5 babies.
In one time unit, 1000 people eat 0.5 units of food.
1000 babies eat 6.0 units of food becoming adults.
No food is needed!
Banks pay $250.00 in interest per 1000 gold bars per etu.
1000 civilians generate $8.33, uncompensated workers $1.78 each time unit.
1000 active military cost $83.33, reserves cost $8.33.
Up to 100 avail can roll over an update.
Happiness p.e. requires 1 happy stroller per 10000 civ.
Education p.e. requires 1 class of graduates per 10000 civ.
Happiness is averaged over 48 time units.
Education is averaged over 192 time units.
The technology/research boost you get from the world is 50.00%.
Nation levels (tech etc.) decline 1% every 96 time units.
Tech Buildup is limited to logarithmic growth (base 2.00) after 1.00.
Sectors Ships Planes Units
Maximum mobility 127 120 127 80
Max mob gain per update 60 90 60 60
Max eff gain per update -- 100 100 100
Maintenance cost per update -- 6.0% 6.0% 6.0%
Max interdiction range 8 8 -- 8
The maximum amount of mobility used for land unit combat is 5.00.
Ships on autonavigation may use 6 cargo holds per ship.
Fire ranges are scaled by 1.00.
Flak damage is scaled by 1.75.
Torpedo damage is 2d40+38.
The attack factor for para & assault troops is 0.50.
12% of fallout leaks into each surrounding sector.
Fallout decays by 28% per update
Damage to Spills to
Sector People Mater. Ships Planes LandU.
Sector -- 100% 100% 0% 4% 30%
People 10% -- -- -- -- --
Materials 10% -- -- -- -- --
Efficiency 10% -- -- -- -- --
Ships 10% 100% 100% -- 0% 0%
Planes 10% 0% 0% -- -- --
Land units 10% 0% 100% -- 0% 0%
You can have at most 640 BTUs.
You are disconnected after 15 minutes of idle time.
Options enabled in this game:
ALL_BLEED, AUTO_POWER, BLITZ, BRIDGETOWERS, EASY_BRIDGES, FALLOUT,
GODNEWS, INTERDICT_ATT, LANDSPIES, NOFOOD, NOMOBCOST, NO_PLAGUE,
RAILWAYS, SAIL, TREATIES
Options disabled in this game:
GO_RENEW, GUINEA_PIGS, HIDDEN, LOANS, LOSE_CONTACT, MARKET, MOB_ACCESS,
NO_FORT_FIRE, RES_POP, SLOW_WAR, SUPER_BARS, TECH_POP, TRADESHIPS
See "info Options" for a detailed list of options and descriptions.
Customized in this game:
product, sect-chr, ship-chr, plane-chr, land-chr, nuke-chr,
infrastructure
Check "show" for details.
The person to annoy if something goes wrong is:
Markus Armbruster
(arm...@pond.sub.org).
You can get your own copy of the source from http://www.wolfpackempire.com/
Copyright (C) 1986-2010, Dave Pare, Jeff Bailey, Thomas Ruschak,
Ken Stevens, Steve McClure
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
Markus Armbruster
[...]
> More detailed information can be found at
> http://www.pond.sub.org/~armbru/empire/hvy-plastic.html
Oops, pasto! Please surf to
http://www.pond.sub.org/~armbru/empire/hvy-plastic-2/
instead.
[...]
Markus Armbruster
to another host. Regrettably, this delayed things. The opening of the
game is now scheduled for February, 6.
This gives you all ample time to succumb to your inner warlord and sign
up for the game!
Hvy Plastic is designed to be the easy-going little brother in the Hvy
Metal family. Overall, it should be less creatively cruel to players
than its big brothers. Plastic is softer than metal.
About a dozen players have signed up for the game already, but we can
always use more! Send me your e-mail address, your real name (not
strictly required), country name (starting with a letter unless you are
Mr. Tedrick; no spaces for anyone), password, and estimated skill level
(optional). You should be able to reply by e-mail to this post; if not,
address your message to <arm...@pond.sub.org> and put "Hvy Plastic" in
the subject. If you don't hear from me within a few days, check your
bleepin' SPAM filters for misconfiguration, then try again, or cry for
help on r.g.e.
The game will be hosted at
EMPIREHOST=empire.pond.sub.org
EMPIREPORT=6665
A test blitz is running at
EMPIREHOST=empire.pond.sub.org
EMPIREPORT=6664
Country 1-12, password 1-12, just grab one, and change the password.
Many thanks to my friends at pond.sub.org for having us.
The game will run 4.3.24 with only a few modifications that should not
affect players. That means you won't have to endure another round of
the LIMBER experiment at this time.
The map will be pretty vanilla fairland map, but with concentrated, Hvy
Metal style resources. Game configuration is pretty vanilla as well.
Options are default, except AUTO_POWER is on. Yes, Virginia, that means
NOFOOD is on. Units are from Hvy Metal, but with eccentricities pruned
back some. Nukes are on sale!
You will receive extra sectors and people for a speedy start.
The usual bla-bla: no deity play, unbroken countries will be disposed
of, players determine victory, the more players the merrier, may cancel
game if we don't get enough.
The first update will be a few days after the game opens. We'll have an
update every weekday (Monday to Friday) initially, at 21:00 UTC. We'll
switch to a more leisurly Monday-Wednesday-Friday schedule at the
deity's discretion, but no later than the 10th update. There will be
breaks for major holidays. I estimate the game to last no more than
about 35 updates.
More detailed information can be found at
http://www.pond.sub.org/~armbru/empire/hvy-plastic-2/
Markus
Concept : Hvy-Plastic
Level: Basic
Infrastructure is disabled.
Wolfpack Empire 4.3.24
By default, countries use their own coordinate system.
Use the 'show' command to find out the time of the next update.
The current time is Sat Jan 30 10:11:26.
Markus Armbruster
and there's still plenty of time until the first update on Thursday,
21:00 UTC. Reply by e-mail if you want to play. If you can't make the
first update, I can let you play your first turn in your very own
server, then transplant you back into the real game, where you then play
your second turn along with everybody else.
Gregory E. Garland
arm...@pond.sub.org says...
Let's just call a spade a spade, shall we? We both know why countries
are dropping out and not breaking sanctuary. They took a look at the
countries that are playing and ran away with their tails between their
legs. And we know which country caused that. Look, everyone knows that
Thistle is a badass, and Aquitaine (assuming its the real Aquitaine)
knows his butt from a hole in the ground. Rimfire is a player, and I
remember Bloodstar being around... but we all know they are running away
because they are afraid they might have to face me in a one-on-one fight
they know they will lose. What a bunch of cowards...
--
Gregory E. Garland - Alive, occupying space, and exerting gravitational
force
Gemini
To be honest - after looking at who is playing - I'm surprised I mowed yet...I wonder
if I'll survive to update 2.....
Gemini
Gemini
Meant to say " I'm surprised I haven't been mowed yet..."
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Markus Armbruster
Country is in good shape. Current ruler is willing to assist. Send me
e-mail if you're interested.
Gregory E. Garland
arm...@pond.sub.org says...
>
> A work-related emergency is going to handicap one of the players.
> Country is in good shape. Current ruler is willing to assist. Send me
> e-mail if you're interested.
why not just break into his office computer and plant some porn on it?
after he gets fired he'll have plenty of time to play.
Markus Armbruster
business (I beg you to refrain from joking about it this time around).
Send me e-mail if you're interested in taking over.