Re: [VANILLA-LIST:2883] some mods to make netrek more accurate

[Tom Holub <doosh@best.com>]

On Sat, Feb 19, 2000 at 08:14:39PM -0500, Mark Mielke wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 19, 2000 at 05:07:49PM -0800, Tom Holub wrote:
> > On Sat, Feb 19, 2000 at 07:24:52PM -0500, Mark Mielke wrote:
> > > > greater impact in hockey.  I don't really care about wall conditions,
> > > > they don't occur in any significant way in normal games.
> > > >  -Tom
> > > Most of netrek contains little "implementors didn't care about this."
> > > Is there a problem with having it fixed?
> > Wall conditions, no.  Things which change game play, yes.
> 
> I shall make every attempt to not change game play without it being
> completely optionally and even then requiring a statement in the
> .sysdef file... :-)
> 
> > > I didn't declare the lowered fuel usage a "fix", I said it could be an
> > > option to provide some realism. I declare the pulling to distance=0 a *fix*.
> > Actually that will hose hockey too.
> >  -Tom
> 
> Oh? Care to explain?

Steals in hockey in low-speed situations come from the movements of the
puck as it gets pulled through the ship holding it one way and then
the other.  If it gets on top of him and then doesn't move, you never
would get a chance to grab it.
 -Tom