From: | Rob Siemborski <robsiemb@******.ORG> |
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Subject: | More Matrix 2.0 Utility Qualms... |
Date: | Mon, 26 May 1997 20:53:50 -0400 |
had to do extensive checking of my work, and to do that I've been using
the programs that are listed in the hacker house section of VR2.
Everything is working out great and I've found several problems with what
I was doing (and learned how to write these programs correctly for the
first time as well), however one program has me stuck, and I worked it out
by hand and it looks like it's an error in the book. Here's my work, if
someone could check it and get back to me so I know that I'm not crazy,
I'd appreicate it.
The program is Hand Of Doom, according to the stats it is:
Attack-10D, Targeting, Skulk (stealth)-6, optimization, squeeze.
That means that it's base size (no options) is
10 * 10 * 5, or 500
Now, Adding in +2 for targeting, +6 for the stealth, and +1 for squeeze
(this is to find the design size):
19 * 19 * 5 = 1805
And we double that because of the optimization:
1805 * 2 = 3610. If you multiply this by the appropriate cost modifier
you get the price in the book, so this design size is the one they have.
However, the actual size is something different. Squeeze, as stated on
page 104: "The squeeze rating modifier affects the utility's design size
only, not it's actual size."
So we have to recompute the base size, this time with +2 for targeting and
+6 for stealth (no +1 for squeeze).
18 * 18 * 5 = 1620
If you account for the optimization, by dividing by 2 you get
1620 / 2 = 810 -> This is the actual size of the program.
However, in VR2 it lists the actual size as 901 (450 for uploads).
The only way that I have been able to get this is by including the +1 for
squeeze when I compute the actual size:
19 * 19 * 5 = 1805
1805 / 2 is ALMOST equal to 901 (it's 902.5, but it's close enough).
SO:
First, is my math right.
Second, which example do I follow, the one where squeeze isn't included in
the actual size or the one where it is (the latter doesn't make much sense
to me because squeeze is supposed to reduce the actual size, but...)
Thanks for your help!
- Rob -
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