Re: [Explorer-devel] suggestion for planet identification

[Kenneth D. W. <ke...@qu...>]

On Thu, Apr 17, 2003 at 03:08:41PM +0200, su...@fo... wrote:
> Dear Kenneth,

> Thanks a lot for this clarification. Do you or one of your friends
> happen to know when the interceptors lock upon their targets, and
> when and in which order they are dispatched? We're contemplating
> some changes to the GE intercept mechanism - but not the target
> definition, which is markedly different from NG's and Blind's ones -
> so I'm curious as to how this works in other engines. I do have an
> older NG code at home for reference, of course, but it would be nice
> to get kickstarted.

I just took a look at the code. The intercept phase happens between
fleet creation and the move phase.

There is also a comment in the code that the intercept phase is buggy
and semi-random things might happen if there's a lot of movement
happening.=20

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