format of turns

hal@ll.mit.edu
Wed, 24 Nov 93 11:09:07 -0500

Thanks for changing the ordering of the turn reports. I think it is a
marked improvement having the character reports first, although it will
take some getting used to.

There are still a couple tweaks I would like to see. The most important is
to list the activity log section for each character and location at the end
rather than beginning of that characters/locations report.

Example:
========================================================================
Forest [ct27], forest, in Lesser Atnos
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1: Vellos Knoss [4603], lord 5327, arrived from City [ew50].
2: Vellos Knoss [4603], lord 5327, left for Forest [ct26].
2: Xeros [3012], lord 3882, with ten peasants, arrived from Forest [ct26].
2: Mac the Grey [3882], lord 708, with 17 workers, arrived from
2: City [ew50], accompanied by:
2: radon [5353], lord 3882
3: Xeros [3012], lord 3882, with ten peasants, left for City [ew50].
3: Mac the Grey [3882], lord 708, with 17 workers, left for Forest [ct26],
3: accompanied by:
3: radon [5353], lord 3882
11: Xeros [3012], lord 3882, with ten peasants, arrived from City [ew50].
12: Xeros [3012], lord 3882, with ten peasants, left for Forest [ct26].
18: Mac the Grey [3882], lord 708, with 17 workers, arrived from
18: Forest [ct26], accompanied by:
18: radon [5353], lord 3882
19: Mac the Grey [3882], lord 708, with 17 workers, left for City [ew50],
19: accompanied by:
19: radon [5353], lord 3882

Routes leaving Forest [ct27]:
North, to Forest [cs27], 8 days
East, to Ocean [ct28], Atnos Sea, impassable
South, to Ocean [cu27], Atnos Sea, impassable
West, to Forest [ct26], 8 days

Inner locations:
City [ew50], port city, 1 day
========================================================================
changed to this...
========================================================================
Forest [ct27], forest, in Lesser Atnos
------------------------------------------------------------------------

Routes leaving Forest [ct27]:
North, to Forest [cs27], 8 days
East, to Ocean [ct28], Atnos Sea, impassable
South, to Ocean [cu27], Atnos Sea, impassable
West, to Forest [ct26], 8 days

Inner locations:
City [ew50], port city, 1 day

1: Vellos Knoss [4603], lord 5327, arrived from City [ew50].
2: Vellos Knoss [4603], lord 5327, left for Forest [ct26].
2: Xeros [3012], lord 3882, with ten peasants, arrived from Forest [ct26].
2: Mac the Grey [3882], lord 708, with 17 workers, arrived from
2: City [ew50], accompanied by:
2: radon [5353], lord 3882
3: Xeros [3012], lord 3882, with ten peasants, left for City [ew50].
3: Mac the Grey [3882], lord 708, with 17 workers, left for Forest [ct26],
3: accompanied by:
3: radon [5353], lord 3882
11: Xeros [3012], lord 3882, with ten peasants, arrived from City [ew50].
12: Xeros [3012], lord 3882, with ten peasants, left for Forest [ct26].
18: Mac the Grey [3882], lord 708, with 17 workers, arrived from
18: Forest [ct26], accompanied by:
18: radon [5353], lord 3882
19: Mac the Grey [3882], lord 708, with 17 workers, left for City [ew50],
19: accompanied by:
19: radon [5353], lord 3882
========================================================================

Secondly, I like the fact that the characters are now listed in the same
order in the character report section as in the order template section. It
makes it faster writing out orders. However, I think it would be easier yet
if both of these sections were written in numerically increasing order of
the character unit numbers.

Harold
hal@ll.mit.edu


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