I've just added 2 software packages to the traveller archive on Sunbane
(and updated a 3rd one), which should help ease the load on you busy
MT referees.
First, there's a C program called 'tnc' (for 'trade-n-commerce') which
automates the tedious trade & commerce drugery of randomly generating
freight, cargo, and passenger lists for your merchant players. The
program is interactive and requires that you know the UWP for your
source and destination star systems, along with skill levels {Admin,
Streetwise, Broker, Liaison, & Steward} used by your players to modify
the results. The program, along with documentation and a Makefile,
are in ~ftp/pub/traveller/software/trade.tar.
The second program is called namegen, and generates random words/names,
based on patterns formed by the contents of a template file. If you
want a list of vaguely oriental-sounding names, just give a list from
your telephone book to namegen and it will crank out permutations based
on that list. The source, along with documentation, a Makefile, and
an ~1200-line names template file, are in ~ftp/pub/traveller/software/
namegen.tar.
The third program is an updated version of the X-windows base subsector
viewer program, 'ssv'. This new version allows you to include political
borders in the datafiles, so that they don't have to be re-rendered by
hand each time you regenerate a subsector. As a result, a '-p' parameter
has also been added, so that a printer file can be produced directly
without the subsector actually being displayed in a window. The new
copy is located in ~ftp/pub/traveller/software/ssv.c.
Have fun with these things and please let me know about any defects
you find. I can't fix 'em if I don't know about 'em! :-)
Later,
- Mark F. Cook (TDR Archivist)
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