[delta_v] Re: delta_v Digest, Vol 4, Issue 3

[Keith Ichinaga]

There's a set number for ships (64), but a different number for weapons on screen (I think it's 128)

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> Isn't it 64? I think this is the case because I saw some kind of cheat 
> that allowed you to get tons of fighter bays, which would allow you to 
> flood the system with so many fighters that only one or two enemy ships 
> could come out of a planet when you're trying to dominate it. I'm not 
> sure of the exact number, but I think 64 is right.
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> MadMan80513 at aol.com wrote:
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> >I don't think it would be possible to have 999 children projectiles, because 
> >Nova (like the other engines before it) has a limit of items in each system. 
> >Anyone know what this is?
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> Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 01:37:25 GMT
> From: Master Mitch <mitchr at eznet.net>
> Subject: Re: [delta_v] Max shots on screen
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> > Isn't it 64? I think this is the case because I saw some kind of cheat 
> > that allowed you to get tons of fighter bays, which would allow you to 
> > flood the system with so many fighters that only one or two enemy ships 
> > could come out of a planet when you're trying to dominate it. I'm not 
> > sure of the exact number, but I think 64 is right.
> > 
> > G3rm4n P1r0
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> According to the Nova Bible, 64 is indeed the max number of ships in a
> system.  That isn't the issue here, though.
> 
> The bible indicates that the "Max Shots On Screen" is 128, in addition to a
> maximum of 64 beams on screen.  This is interesting, since there can be
> shots in the system that aren't on the screen (unlike asteroids, which are
> only on the screen).  Makes you wonder what would happen if an AI ship
> tried to fire a few hundred shots at you from off-screen...
> 
> I don't happen to know what the limit was in the old EV engine, but I do
> know that when two of the infamous Golem Battlestations from my 'Rochester'
> plug-in got into a fight, they quite easily hit that limit.  Then again, I
> did give it a mass driver turret with a delay of 1.  If you had the tractor
> beam, you could kill Alien Fighters with that thing.  =)
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> -Master Mitch
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> (Not that I've done a public update of the plug in five years)
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