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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2018 1:04:28 GMT -5
As seen [here]A few question for ffilz : Is there an executable version, or does it have to run in Javascript? If it has to run in JS, does it have to be through a browser? When I try to run it, whether through a browser or not? I get this:  |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2018 9:18:01 GMT -5
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Post by ffilz on Mar 18, 2018 22:42:14 GMT -5
You need to add the minscore option to help direct toward scouts: minscoreSpecify the minimum score for the preferred service (applies to the random service if a preferred service is not specified). The score is normally the enlistment bonus the character has for a particular service. The selection algorithm normally takes the preferred service (random or using the service option above) and starts with the enlistment bonus for that service. It then checks each service in order, if the examined service has a higher enlistment bonus that the currently selected service, it switches. If they are the same, there is a 2D roll, 8+ switches. 0 - default value, score is calculated for each service as above 1-3 - these values give a preference to the chosen service 4 - since 4 is higher than the maximum enlistment bonus, the selected service will be chosen for enlistment, the draft can still occur. 8888 - overrides the draft with the preferred service (the character is still treated as having been drafted, but the preferred service is chosen). 9999 - overrides the enlistment roll, forcing enlistment to the selected service (no draft). |
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Post by ffilz on Mar 18, 2018 23:05:20 GMT -5
As seen [here]A few question for ffilz : Is there an executable version, or does it have to run in Javascript? If it has to run in JS, does it have to be through a browser? When I try to run it, whether through a browser or not? I get this: I've never run it in Explorer (I've run it in Firefox, Chrome, and Symphony). The code is only JavaScript, which initially I wasn't too excited about. But then when I realized I could host the latest version as modified by me (Paul Gorman has taken most of my changes, but not the latest) on a basic web page, I came to accept JavaScript. Frank |
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Post by ffilz on Mar 18, 2018 23:06:22 GMT -5
BTW, I would really appreciate it if Paul Gorman was given primary credit. I have made significant updates, but Paul wrote the original code and did all the work of converting the Book 1 chargen tables to code.
Frank
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2018 23:09:42 GMT -5
BTW, I would really appreciate it if Paul Gorman was given primary credit. I have made significant updates, but Paul wrote the original code and did all the work of converting the Book 1 chargen tables to code. Frank Done! |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2018 23:19:38 GMT -5
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Post by Admin Pete on Mar 22, 2018 21:42:40 GMT -5
I rolled a dozen or so up for fun and I noticed a result that says
I did not remember seeing that before. Which version of the rules is that in and what is the max number of times that could come up? Is it possible (though highly unlikely) to roll that it is completely paid off? Also if there is a 40 year mortgage and it is half paid off and you sell it, is there a way to know what is the range you could sell it for?
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Post by flightcommander on Mar 23, 2018 0:30:11 GMT -5
I'm looking at The Traveller Book but I think was specified in the 1st edition. Page 30: "If the ship benefit is received more than once, each additional receipt is considered to represent actual possession of the ship for a ten-year period. The ship is thus ten years older, and the total payment term is reduced by ten years. It is possible for a character to own a ship, free and clear, by successively rolling the ship benefit five times (once to obtain it, and four times to pay off the four 10-year sequences of payment). The ship is also forty years old."
I should add, I think this rule is specific to the Type A Free Trader only.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2018 5:19:07 GMT -5
I rolled a dozen or so up for fun and I noticed a result that says I did not remember seeing that before. Which version of the rules is that in and what is the max number of times that could come up? Is it possible (though highly unlikely) to roll that it is completely paid off? Also if there is a 40 year mortgage and it is half paid off and you sell it, is there a way to know what is the range you could sell it for? It's in the '77 rules, at least. I'm pretty sure that rule is in other editions as well. |
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Post by creativehum on Mar 23, 2018 8:38:20 GMT -5
Yes, it's in every edition.
The thing about those Basic Traveller rules is that the are dense... and a lot of rules interlock with rules across the three books. You sort of have read them as a whole to see how they fit together. I love them for this... I think there's a brilliance in how much Miller packed into them. But it also means a few rules can slip away from one's attention!
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Post by True Black Raven on Mar 23, 2018 17:49:13 GMT -5
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Post by flightcommander on Mar 23, 2018 20:35:58 GMT -5
"The ship is also forty years old." I also love the idea of starships that have been in service for like a century. |
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