| Exploding minefield sizes |
Thu, 26 October 2006 05:59  |
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I've been fiddling with some data and thought this might be useful...
*For MMLs with 2 or more M40's (and I assume 50/80/130)
*Minefield constantly exploding
Number of mines in minefeild will eventually settle to:
Mines added/(0.27 + (0.01 * no. contained planets) )
tested up to 800 mines added for 0 planets and to 560 mines for 1 planet (and once for 2 planets) - is accurate to within +/-2 mines. 
Same accuracy for a single M40 but the %error is much bigger lol.
[Updated on: Fri, 27 October 2006 23:15] Report message to a moderator
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| Re: Exploding minefield sizes |
Thu, 26 October 2006 11:16  |
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Thanks Gible. Very usefull little nugget of info.
So if you want an exploding minefield of radius R light years, to maintain it you will need a laying capacity of approximately:
( R ^ 2 ) * ( 0.27 + ( 0.01 * planets ) )
Example: radius 101ly, containing 2 planets, would need 2958 laying capacity. So as SD you'd need 10 MML each with 2 M80, for example. Hehe, expensive if you want it blowing every year!
EDIT: Doh! Typo! Thanks Gible
[Updated on: Fri, 27 October 2006 22:36] Report message to a moderator
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| Re: Exploding minefield sizes |
Fri, 27 October 2006 21:17 |
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| Dogthinkers wrote on Fri, 27 October 2006 04:16 |
( R ^ 2 ) * ( 0.27 + ( 0.1 * planets ) )
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Just checking...should that be .01 instead of .1? (+1% per planet)
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| Re: Exploding minefield sizes |
Fri, 27 October 2006 22:34 |
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| gible wrote on Sat, 28 October 2006 11:17 |
| Dogthinkers wrote on Fri, 27 October 2006 04:16 |
( R ^ 2 ) * ( 0.27 + ( 0.1 * planets ) )
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Just checking...should that be .01 instead of .1? (+1% per planet)
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In the mystery arts of mathematics honours graduates, it is common practice to add and remove 0's at random, to confuse people.
Just for you, I'll put it back in...
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| Re: Exploding minefield sizes |
Fri, 27 October 2006 23:16 |
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| Dogthinkers wrote on Sat, 28 October 2006 15:34 |
In the mystery arts of mathematics honours graduates, it is common practice to add and remove 0's at random, to confuse people.
Just for you, I'll put it back in...
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heh I've noticed that..
for the sake of clarity, I've put the leading unit zeros into my first post too 
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