<r> Thank you for the data points, I'm running on a bit of an exotic setup with a virtual gaming machine using PCI-E pass-through and whatnot, so I was wondering if that might be the reason for the excessive timings. Usually only disk accesses are very much slower, but I did try running SH on a ...

<t> I'm at turn ~65 on a medium sized game and I clocked my turn compute time at 6 minutes 12 seconds, which seems a bit excessive and at the very least breaks the immersion as it is long enough for me to start doing something else.<br/>
I tried starting a new game on the latest beta (1.01 a-beta4 ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Sunburn<br/>
The quantity of weapons vs target depends on a number of factors currently hardwired on the code and thus not editable. You can, however, control the precise weapon allocation by instructing your unit(s) to hold fire (via the Attack menu) and ...

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So essentially what you are asking about is an AI clause that goes like "don't fire any new weapon at this target if another weapon is already about to impact on it".<br/>
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The question then becomes, what constitutes the "about to ...

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In before the '<I><s>[i]</s>yeah, but in wartime they'll throw the book out the window<e>[/i]</e></I>' arguments...
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You are getting tiresome, who died and made you keeper of the faith? And what are you adding to ...

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Because it has to. Tons of functions require DB lookups, and sensor detection checks almost always include line-of-sight checks, which means sampling the terrain, which means reading from disk.<br/>
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We have been clear all along that ...

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Again, do you agree with the logic on the pricing, separating out your future predictions of re-releasing Command?<br/>
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If they had released Cold War at $55, and then charged $35 in nine months?<br/>
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Also note that BFC made ...

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Another potential reader here.. how does this series compare with David Weber's Honor Harrington books, if anyone has read both?
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Very similar feeling. Imho the only major difference in style is that Weber uses ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: RedArgo<br/>
I just finished The Three Musketeers. I didn't really realize there were more books after that, other than the Man in the Iron Mask, so I downloaded 20 Years After and eventually I'll get that one then the last one.
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While I ...