Re: [spoon-discuss] Re: [Spoon-business] That's a lotta bulldozers

[Daniel Lepage <dplepage@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wednesday, April 2, 2003, at 04:25  PM, Orc In A Spacesuit wrote:

> > From: Daniel Lepage <dplepage@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > On Wednesday, April 2, 2003, at 03:21  PM, Orc In A Spacesuit wrote:
> >
> > > [[On spoon-business this time.]]
> > > [[A little bug I found in mining:  you can strip mine a location
> > > that's being strip mined already.  As such,]]
> > > IiSstrip Mine (9,5), paaaying thequaalitycost.
> > > IiSstrip Mine (9,5), paaaying thequaalitycost.
> > > IiSstrip Mine (9,5), paaaying thequaalitycost.
> > > IiSstrip Mine (9,5), paaaying thequaalitycost.
> > > IiSstrip Mine (9,5), paaaying thequaalitycost.
> > > [[Question is, is this a bug or a feature?  We could say that more
> > > crews in the same place work faster.  Also note that it will pay out
> > > for starting with gravel each time, but the payout for finishing
> > > will vary with each set of mining will depend on the substance that
> > > particular crew finds.  I say it's at least partially a bug, with
> > > all this starting bonus.]]
> >
> > It will not pay out for starting with gravel each time; they'll all 
> > finish in order, and every time the substance will change from 
> > whatever it was before *that particular finishing*, to one of {Rock, 
> > Water, Earth, and Gravel}. Then the next one will finish, changing it 
> > from whichever of those was selected to something else. In each case, 
> > it looks at the 'new' and 'old' substances *with respect to the 
> > change*, meaning what it was changed from and what it was changed to. 
> > So you do get 10 bonus RUs from starting on Gravel for the first one, 
> > iff it's still Gravel when the mining finishes.
>
> Hmmm.  Yes, this is true.  Each time one finishes, it does change what 
> is counted for next time.
>
> > This is a bit of a bug as it circumvents the restriction on how many 
> > mining ops can go on at once - there's a limit on how many *squares* 
> > can be mined at once, but not on how many times a given square can be 
> > mined.
>
> Yes, didn't notice that part.  Four other places could be mined.

Or one place mined a thousand times.

> > Regarding Glotmorf's point about Depth - it's legal if it all starts 
> > when it's at the right level. Once any of these finishes, you won't 
> > be able to do more.
>
> See my response to Glotmorf; elevation matters nary a whit, and never 
> did.

As Mining can only happen on Surface squares, it sure does matter. Once 
you've mined away (9,5,0), you can't mine it again, 'cause the Surface 
Square is now (9,5,-1).

--
Wonko

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