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by virtutis.umbra
Mon Jan 14, 2013 10:31 pm
Forum: Second Edition Development Archive
Topic: Playtest Rules Notes
Replies: 31
Views: 13899

Re: Playtest Rules Notes

Do civilian fleets have a maintenance cost? I can't find it in the rules.
by virtutis.umbra
Tue Jan 08, 2013 8:04 pm
Forum: Second Edition Development Archive
Topic: Playtest Rules Notes
Replies: 31
Views: 13899

Re: Playtest Rules Notes

2013-01-06-A.pdf lists Maintenance Cost on p. 66 as 1/100 of sum of combat factors and special ability factors. Is that intended? 1/10, and rounding up to the nearest half-point, generates maint. costs a bit more like what I was anticipating. Are we expecting to see much, much bigger fleets in VBAM ...
by virtutis.umbra
Wed Nov 28, 2012 9:29 pm
Forum: Officer's Lounge
Topic: 1E or 2E
Replies: 7
Views: 3888

Re: 1E or 2E

Hooray!

*One-Of-Us*

*One-Of-Us*

Welcome to the neighborhood.
by virtutis.umbra
Tue Nov 06, 2012 11:26 pm
Forum: Second Edition Development Archive
Topic: Concerns ...
Replies: 9
Views: 5580

Re: Concerns ...

Emiricol wrote:2010. :lol:
Where's that "Like" button... :D
by virtutis.umbra
Wed Oct 10, 2012 2:22 pm
Forum: Officer's Lounge
Topic: Spreadsheet help
Replies: 10
Views: 7202

Re: Spreadsheet help

Oh, and -- tiny optimization. Where in O6 you have, for example, a hardcoded "2" to represent "Nation 2", if you change it to =INDEX(B5:F5, 1, 2) You'll get an auto-lookup of the other name in the relationship. I had to do this separately for each cell in the column, unfortunatel...
by virtutis.umbra
Wed Oct 10, 2012 2:08 pm
Forum: Officer's Lounge
Topic: Spreadsheet help
Replies: 10
Views: 7202

Re: Spreadsheet help

Ah. Aha. You're omitting the optional final argument, which means Excel is opting for "approximate match" instead of exact match. This is fine so long as all entries are in alphabetical / numerical order (as is the case with "Nation 1", "Nation 2" etc), but as soon as y...
by virtutis.umbra
Thu Oct 04, 2012 9:51 pm
Forum: Officer's Lounge
Topic: Spreadsheet help
Replies: 10
Views: 7202

Re: Spreadsheet help

This version of the function seems to do what you want, assuming BIO and CAP are supposed to take the hit in the case where RAW and BIO are equal: For the RAW field: =VLOOKUP(D4,Data!$A$7:$E$13,2,TRUE)+IF(VLOOKUP(D4,Data!$A$7:$E$13,2,TRUE) > VLOOKUP(D4,Data!$A$7:$E$13,3,TRUE), 1, 0)*VLOOKUP($A4, Dat...
by virtutis.umbra
Thu Oct 04, 2012 9:28 pm
Forum: Officer's Lounge
Topic: Spreadsheet help
Replies: 10
Views: 7202

Re: Spreadsheet help

What if BIO == RAW? Does the quality mod affect RAW?
by virtutis.umbra
Thu Oct 04, 2012 5:54 pm
Forum: Officer's Lounge
Topic: Spreadsheet help
Replies: 10
Views: 7202

Re: Spreadsheet help

Hi Emiricol,

If you can attach the XLS file to a forum post (or put it up on Dropbox or whatever) then I can take a stab at it.
by virtutis.umbra
Mon Oct 01, 2012 7:25 pm
Forum: Second Edition Development Archive
Topic: Concerns ...
Replies: 9
Views: 5580

Re: Concerns ...

That would be Campaign Strategic Combat Resolution (or somesuch similar acronym), the "battle simulation" included in the VBAM rules for those who don't wish to plug in a tactical system of their own.
by virtutis.umbra
Mon Oct 01, 2012 4:47 pm
Forum: Second Edition Development Archive
Topic: Concerns ...
Replies: 9
Views: 5580

Re: Concerns ...

For the sake of a balancing viewpoint: I myself have no real concerns on this. From what I've read so far of the 2E model, I think you can still plugin your own tactical system, assign corresponding construction and maintenance costs, and be good to go. Everything but BC and MC can be eschewed from ...
by virtutis.umbra
Tue Sep 25, 2012 10:20 pm
Forum: Second Edition Development Archive
Topic: Revised Technology and Combat
Replies: 4
Views: 3554

Re: Revised Technology and Combat

But you still ended up with 9 ships per side, which is actually correct for the CR/CC balance as written, so either you made two math errors that cancel each other out or you knew what you were doing the whole time :)
by virtutis.umbra
Tue Sep 25, 2012 10:07 pm
Forum: Second Edition Development Archive
Topic: Revised Technology and Combat
Replies: 4
Views: 3554

Re: Revised Technology and Combat

Tyrel Lohr wrote: CR 6, CC 3

He spends 9 CP on the scenario; this allows him to bring in 3 Bull Run cruisers as squadron command units, and each of those can command an additional 3 cruisers in their squadron.
Assume that "additional 3 cruisers" is actually "additional 2 cruisers" ?
by virtutis.umbra
Mon Sep 24, 2012 6:56 pm
Forum: Second Edition Development Archive
Topic: VBAM 2E Playtest Files (Was: Any Updates?)
Replies: 174
Views: 63500

Re: VBAM 2E Playtest Files (Was: Any Updates?)

Wow. Really excited. That sounds like a lot of drift, mostly of the "ruthlessly simplify, streamline and generalize" variety that seemed necessary given the last flurry of forum discussion around the rules development. Good luck with the feature-lock, and I for one look forward to prying m...
by virtutis.umbra
Tue Aug 07, 2012 3:42 pm
Forum: Second Edition Development Archive
Topic: VBAM 2E Playtest Files (Was: Any Updates?)
Replies: 174
Views: 63500

Re: VBAM 2E Playtest Files (Was: Any Updates?)

Good luck finishing up, and enjoy your vacation!