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Stars! tech manual - a must read |
Fri, 06 January 2006 17:13 |
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BlueTurbit | | Lt. Commander
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No not really. But some, especially beginners, may find it useful. I started this for myself about a year ago and just found it recently lying around in my computer after replacing the defective hard drive, recovering files from the dying drive, and re-installing everything recently. Sigh.
This is a manual with some useful information. It is a Flash file in the form of a book. Go to site and click on link to view it in webpage or right click and save to download.
http://blueturbit.com/id12.html
Earlier today, I found out in the middle of an edit session, Earthlink had some server problems with their web hosting sites. So if you don't succeed, try again later. Last I checked they were up and running again.
Best wishes.
Edit: I just checked again, and the servers are still running intermittently. You get the webpage and not the files sometimes. So give them some time. This is a rare problem with them. Been using them for years with little trouble.
[Updated on: Fri, 06 January 2006 17:19] Report message to a moderator
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Re: Stars! tech manual - a must read |
Mon, 09 January 2006 20:50 |
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BlueTurbit | | Lt. Commander
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Kotk wrote on Mon, 09 January 2006 19:22 | Useful book. Book effect itself is nice too. Maybe that it turns the pages somewhat slower than reading people do it in real life. I got quite fast computer, so it cant be the reason.
Only thing, seems there is inconsistency in the page turning mechanism. To turn page forward its enough to click "Forward" once. To turn page in reverse order i got to hold down on "Reverse" until page is fully turned. When i click "Reverse" it only lifts page slightly and then it falls back. Maybe its just my flash player.
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Yes, it certainly can be made faster. I basically used someone's source code, a free-to-use example, to accomplish the page turning with only slight modifications. Again, this was when I first learned the programming language, a beginner, so I expect I could do much different if I were to make a new one, having much more experience with the program, especially the scripting language.
Yes, and I almost mentioned it in my last post, there is a kink in the "reverse" that the page returns to start if you release the button. I never bothered to fix it, as I went on to program other things... basically got bored with it, and wanted to learn new territory. You can, however, click instead on the lower portion of the page, and it will turn just fine.
I don't know how much effect a slower system has on this movie. I never tried it on other systems. But I do know there is considerable speed difference in my older win98 system and my newer XP system with running many Flash movies. The flash movies run smoother on the XP, especially when there is lots of intense animation/calculations, like with lots of bitmap movements. A good example would be my "Virtual Aquarium" demo at my website. It runs very good on my XP, but on the much slower 98 system the animation is not smooth but jittery.
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Re: Stars! tech manual - a must read |
Mon, 16 January 2006 02:00 |
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Great site, indeed.
Do you plan to put most Stars! articles on your web site?
I also have some notes about the tech manual:
1. Shortcut links from table of content to each chapter would be good to have, as well as link to table of content for each page.
2. For Stars! Order of events chapter: It would be good to add a note that because population growth happens after building in queue, because teraforming (or AR building starbase), pop growth might be higher next year than indicated by Stars! client. -1% yellow planets would not kill people if teraformed next year, people would grow instead.
3. AR remote mining would be good to mention for order of events.
4. (noticed after posted this): on tech manual 2, MT gifts page, when you hover mouse at the left edge of the book, the left page bottom corner folds. Thats nice effect, however, description is not displayed for lefttmost MT gifts column after that up until you move mouse out of column and return back.
[Updated on: Mon, 16 January 2006 02:07]
WBR, Vlad
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Re: Stars! tech manual - a must read |
Thu, 02 February 2006 01:03 |
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I expect the weight would change with miniaturization, but the others shouldn't.
My (live game) MT Scout has...
mass:193kT
armor:495
shields:525(with RS)
Move:2.25
Scanner:130/32(NAS)
...otherwise the same.
525=375*140% (check)
but
495 != 495*50%
I vaguely remember that some armors were affected by RS and not others...(hull armor unaffected? or armor parts unaffected?) It seems MT items are unaffected too.
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Re: Stars! tech manual - a must read |
Thu, 02 February 2006 01:27 |
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BlueTurbit | | Lt. Commander
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Well, I am looking at a probe with RS and that carries three mega poly shell with 400 armour each, but the total armour of the ship lists only 900 and the shields are 420.
200+200+200+ 250 hull + 50 ? Cargo pod full 50 armour?
EDIT:
The langston shell is a shield and therefore retains the full armour, the mega poly is armour so it loses its value with RS.
Next case...
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Re: Stars! tech manual - a must read |
Thu, 02 February 2006 01:42 |
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BlueTurbit | | Lt. Commander
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gible wrote on Thu, 02 February 2006 00:03 | I expect the weight would change with miniaturization, but the others shouldn't.
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Yeah, those midget scouts. They not only weigh less, but they eat less too.
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