Re: Those pesky ships

hiya,

>    I am in the process of setting up a spreadsheet to desing starships.
>Well, actually I am done.  My problem is that all the numbers match up
>fairly well (give or take some large errors) but I can refine that.  The
>main problem is that the price is ALWAYS way too high.  I tested it using
>desings from the manual and seeing if I got the same amount.  Unfortunately
>not, any ideas where this might be going wrong, as in the designs in the
>book are all off?  Just wondering if anyone else had this problem.

Sorry, to mention this but I've already written a ship design program
and it is currently having some documentation written for it (hopefully :)

The program is written in mostly machine independent C and I'll be making
it available sometime real soon.  I have tried to stay as compatable as
possible with the current MT design rules, and I think I have succeeded
quite well.  There will also be a version for TDR when the TDR vehicle
design rules stablise a bit.

I cannot really help you with the mysterious errors, it could have something
to do with rule interpretation.  I should also say that I haven't checked
out the designs in the GDW books, so it could be GDW is at fault!!!!  ;-)


        						Pauli
seeya

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