ORIGINAL: Numdydar
Sorry to be dense but it has been a while since I last did any programing [:(]
Random(30)/30 means a random number between 1-30 is generated and then that result is divided by 30. Do I have that right? So 1/30 times you are able to get a 'bonus' of an extra plane produced?
If that is true, 29/30 times this will have 0 as a result as you only have a 1/30 chance of getting a 1. Unless you always round up. If you round up, then you always get 1 as a result.
So a 2(0) production factory whould have 2 points produced + a 1/30 chance of a +1. Then the Production routine would modify this to see if an actual plane was produced or not.
A 2(0) R&D factory would still be 2 points produced + a 1/30 chance of a +1 as for production factories
Then another random number based on the most likey outcome of the above which would be 2, would produce either a 1 or 2 as there were two devices. If the 1/30 'bonus' point was generated then this numbe could be 1,2, or 3. Correct so far?
As all these results would be 0 when divided by 10, (2/10= 0 rounded down) no R&D points would be generated.
However because the R&D factory was fully repaired, it gets a 'bonus' of 1 point
So ANY R&D factory that has less than 9 factories fully repaired could never exceed getting 1 point towards acceleration. If you had 9 then you would have a 1/30 chance of getting 2 points. ([9 factories + 1/30 chance of +1]/10 =1 + 1 'bonus' for fully repaired =2)
To complete the picture, 2 cities with 1 2(0) R&D factory each would generate 2 points/day. So every 50 days this plane would accelerate.
While 2 cities with 1 30(0) factory each would most likely produce 6 points/day. This would allow an acceleration every 16-17 days.
And if you can do it, 3 cities with 3 30(0) factories each could produce 27 points/day (3 cities * 3 factories * 3 points generated = 27). Evey 4 days or so you would accelerate.
Of course getting the R&D factories repaired is the key to all of this [:D] Once that is done and you have factories spread out in different cities, things can really speed up [:)]
Thanks for ALLyour help Michael. Hopefully I have it right now. Finally, right [:)]
Using the correctly restored initial formula for R&D, which is the same formula used for daily production.
active devices + random(30)/30
However I can see that the way it is written in not mathematically correct. it should be written as "(active devices + random(30))/30". And it just uses integer arithmetic which is truncating fractions.
A 30(0) factory would produce on a day "(30 + random(30))/30" planes - a number from (30+1)/30 to (30+30)/30; ie 1 to 2 with '1' more common.
(a) If a production factory, it would go off and build the number of planes from above.
(b) If a R&D factory with no damaged devices and the number above was >0, it would follow my original formula:
(i) divide by 10 -> 1 or 2 divided by 10 would be '0'
(ii) add 1 as there are no damaged devices -> above (0) + 1 would be '1'
If the factory was 2(0), the calculation for the initial number per day would be '0' for most days of the month.
This is why I say that 30(0) is a good size factory as it ensures some R&D per day.
To gain more from (b)(i) would require that the daily production be 10+ which would equate to a 300+ factory.
