[VANILLA-L:1343] Re: [VANILLA-L:1340] Notes on INL Robot

[Dave Ahn <ahn@vec.wfubmc.edu>]

On Thu, Feb 04, 1999 at 09:04:12PM -0800, Tom Holub wrote:
> 
> * Increase observer ports

Although this is outside the scope of the INL robot, what do people think
about the idea of a dual-state galaxy where players can interact with
players, observers can interact with observers, but only observers can
see both the players and observers?  Such a setup would allow, for example,
players on wait queue to be kicked over to the observer galaxy where he
can go practice dogfighting vs. observers until the queue is empty, at which
point he would be automatically switched into the real galaxy.  This would
mean that there can be up to 24 observers for a game.  This is possible
without client or protocol mods (at the expense of some player/observer
interaction).  Or, this could allow a 10 vs 10 game with 20 observers
(not sure what I think about that).

> * Rank increases at 5x, or some other method, possibly a sliding scale
> where something like 20 DI gets you Admiral.

For the long haul, the LTD stats do not use ratings as a basis for rank.
While ratings are calculated for client & protocol compatibility, the
check for ranking can be just about anything.  One interesting mod I
thought about for pickup use is to have ship-dependent requirements.
Something interesting would be no rank credit for DD's, weighted
offense credit for BBs and weighted bombing credits for SC's.  Maybe
to reach Admiral, you'd need to play at least 4 ships with some
minimum group of stats per ship....Similar approaches apply in INL
mode where a player could gain rank just by being in an SB, etc.

> * Have server save and generate statistics on its own

Please look over the ltd_stats.h file I attached to an earlier message.
Any other stats you need should be requested now.

On Fri, Feb 05, 1999 at 04:22:49PM +1100, James Cameron wrote:
> 
> Are there any other coders available to take some of this work in order
> to reduce the risk?

I'm afraid that I don't have computer access over the weekends.  Can't
help...

Dave
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