Re: [VANILLA-LIST:2641] transwarp bug

[Tom Holub <doosh@best.com>]

On Tue, Sep 21, 1999 at 04:58:54AM +0000, James Cameron wrote:
> Carlos is looking into this for us.
> He has reproduced it already.
> 
> I've also detected that ten updates per second removes the randomness
> from gaining orbit around planets, because the ntserv process is what
> does the lock navigation, and it does it at the update rate.
> 
> This needs to be clarified; should cloaking takers switch to 1u/s for
> the duration of a take in order to randomise their orbit commencement,
> or should we move the code to the daemon and have the navigation
> decisions be made at 5u/s anyway, so as to bring back the previous
> probabilities?

I don't think good takers rely on the lock code anyway; I orbit where
I decide to orbit.
 -Tom