Playtest One Discussion

[Thorgrimm-28]

Quote from: Tssha on April 11, 2014, 02:04:37 pm

I'm sorry, by massive plus, do you mean massive penalty? As in, penalty to roll? I'm a bit confused by your phrasing, but I think I've sussed out what you meant.

So, in landing, first you roll the photo recon levels, then you roll for the actual landing. If you roll under the photo recon level, all is good, but if you roll over it a penalty is applied to the landing roll, is that correct?


Sorry about that. It means that the die roll made for your landing will have a 30 added to it. So if a normal die roll was 70, you would add 30 to it if you failed your photo recon check, and you just made a new crater on the moon!

If you are not sure of the order, just look at the mission. It tells you the exact order or safety checks.



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[Thorgrimm-28]

Originally posted by Tssha:

Well, so it does. Although, I kinda assumed Photo Reconnaissance was the taking of photos and not relying on photos already collected. So noted.

Turn submitted, prestige assigned.

[Thorgrimm-28]

Quote from: Tssha on April 11, 2014, 02:06:40 pm

Originally posted by Tssha:

Well, so it does. Although, I kinda assumed Photo Reconnaissance was the taking of photos and not relying on photos already collected. So noted.

Turn submitted, prestige assigned.


What the photo recon checks represent is the matching of where your craft is heading against what the comp on board has in memory. By the game functions Apollo 11 failed its photo recon check and had a failure in the LEM on landing, and would have failed as a mission if not for Neil Armstrong piloting the LEM manually to a landing.

See, safety checks and 'naut skills have a reason for being!

The two failed checks:

Photo Recon:
As the descent began, Armstrong and Aldrin found that they were passing landmarks on the surface 4 seconds early and reported that they were "long": they would land miles west of their target point.

LEM Safety Check Failure:
Five minutes into the descent burn, and 6,000 feet (1,800 m) above the surface of the Moon, the LEM navigation and guidance computer distracted the crew with the first of several unexpected "1202" and "1201" program alarms. The program alarms indicated "executive overflows", meaning the guidance computer could not complete all of its tasks in real time and had to postpone some of them.



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[Thorgrimm-28]

All December turns processed. January 59 turns sent out.

It is that time again. Tester reports are due. I will need all of you to answer the following questions in your reports:

1) Do you review each sheet before doing your orders? Or are there sheets you do not use? Give reasons why you do not use them please.

2) What do you like best about the game? Give reasons please.

3) What do you dislike the most? Give reasons please.

4) What would you add or subtract from the game if you could?



Cheers, Thor

[Thorgrimm-28]

Guys, good reports so far. Thank you very much!



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[Thorgrimm-28]

I am still waiting on Mav's tester report before I send out the Feb turns.



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[Thorgrimm-28]

Originally posted by Mavikfelna:

CRAP! My system crashed again on Sunday and I lost everything I'd been doing for my Jan turn. I'll get something up on the playtester reports though.

[Thorgrimm-28]

Quote from: Mavikfelna on April 11, 2014, 02:11:41 pm

CRAP! My system crashed again on Sunday and I lost everything I'd been doing for my Jan turn. I'll get something up on the playtester reports though.


Damn! Sorry to hear that bud! I hope nothing important was lost!

I will go ahead and send out the Jan turns. Mav, just go ahead and send me your Jan turn when you can.



Cheers, Thor