A Better Vehicle Design System

schoon · 09-24-2004, 05:45 PM

Since I believe that someday we'll be seeing Car Wars back in a meaningful way, I thought I'd brandy about a few ideas I had concerning the VDS, which should really be the first order of business, rather than trying to "retro-fit" it to existing designs.

So, a few notions in no particular order:

I think body styles are unnecesary beyond cycle, car, or truck, meaning that if you want a car body with X spaces, the rules should be able to provide it for you. This is fairly easy to implement by using a wt/$$ per space formula for each type, and eliminates many of the artificialities of the old body types.
Counter size can then be based on total spaces for the vehicle.
Likewise, Power Plants can use the same concept using a wt/$$ per power point formula. This formula need not be linear if one wishes to reflect diminishing returns.

That ought to be enough to generate a little discussion...

Thoughts?

09-24-2004, 05:45 PM	#1
schoon Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Oakland, CA, USA	A Better Vehicle Design System Since I believe that someday we'll be seeing Car Wars back in a meaningful way, I thought I'd brandy about a few ideas I had concerning the VDS, which should really be the first order of business, rather than trying to "retro-fit" it to existing designs. So, a few notions in no particular order: I think body styles are unnecesary beyond cycle, car, or truck, meaning that if you want a car body with X spaces, the rules should be able to provide it for you. This is fairly easy to implement by using a wt/$$ per space formula for each type, and eliminates many of the artificialities of the old body types. Counter size can then be based on total spaces for the vehicle. Likewise, Power Plants can use the same concept using a wt/$$ per power point formula. This formula need not be linear if one wishes to reflect diminishing returns. That ought to be enough to generate a little discussion... Thoughts?