#140 Steal Attempts at Busted Ports

[Anonymous]

From wrd2032@hotmail.com:

I love the program, but after I went evil I noticed my experience
kept dropping like a rock. I've watched a bit, and it seems that
when I use the Evil Pair Analysis, then use AutoSSM, the script
keeps going back to busted ports.

I've watched the script try to steal from a clean port, get busted,
then come right back to the same port and try to steal again.
The sector display at the bottom will even say (Last Steal Here)
and (BUSTED HERE) but it tries to steal anyway. Obviously
this makes the steal script useless, because even at 40k xp
I get busted down to 10 or 15k before I've racked up 10mil in
cash.

I'm not sure what info you need, but the ship I'm using has
255 holds, and I've had the same problem with a steal factor
from 30 to 300. This is on an unlimited turn game, and I'll
often set the hops between ports up to 4 or 5 on the analysis.
Then when I hit AutoSSM, sometimes I change the hops
parameter to match what I used in the analysis, and
sometimes I leave it at 7. I always crank the steal factor way
up, because I'm hoping that with some ridiculously high factor
I just won't get caught the first time.

If you need more info, let me know and I'll send what I've got.
I'd send you a log of this happening, but I can't seem to get the
logs to work either. :)

Thanks for a great program though, it's the only thing that keeps
TradeWars fun anymore.

Bill

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** The Java(tm) Telnet Application
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** Build: 20010723-1208
jta: loading plugin 'Socket'
jta: loading plugin 'Telnet'
jta: loading plugin 'TW'
J-TWAT VERSION 1.5 Beta
SST2.0 DEF ARGS GOT CALLED
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: TWHelp.TestScript2
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
at java.lang.Class.forName(Unknown Source)
at TWHelp.TWSession.addObject(Unknown Source)
at TWHelp.TWSession.addScript(Unknown Source)
at de.mud.jta.plugin.TW.<init>(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Native Method)
at de.mud.jta.PluginLoader.m1(Unknown Source)
at de.mud.jta.PluginLoader.addPlugin(Unknown Source)
at de.mud.jta.Common.<init>(Unknown Source)
at de.mud.jta.Main.main(Unknown Source)
at TWLaunch.main(TWLaunch.java:63)
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: TWHelp.KillPorts
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
at java.lang.Class.forName(Unknown Source)
at TWHelp.TWSession.addObject(Unknown Source)
at TWHelp.TWSession.addScript(Unknown Source)
at de.mud.jta.plugin.TW.<init>(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Native Method)
at de.mud.jta.PluginLoader.m1(Unknown Source)
at de.mud.jta.PluginLoader.addPlugin(Unknown Source)
at de.mud.jta.Common.<init>(Unknown Source)
at de.mud.jta.Main.main(Unknown Source)
at TWLaunch.main(TWLaunch.java:63)
jta: loading plugin 'TWStatus'
jta: loading plugin 'BSFRunner'
GOING TO SLEEP!!!
jta: loading plugin 'ProxyServer'
jta: loading plugin 'Terminal'
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