So called "plague prevention"

[oleg]

I am playing AIC mod, simul. turns. My home system has Biomed facility III - "prevents plague in the system" up to level 3 according to facilities.txt (no errors there, I checked it many times). News flash - bio disaster - Plague level II on one of my planets http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif - OK, may be it will be cured before actual damage. Wrong ! Next turn, my colony is dead http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon8.gif Apparently, in simult. turns, plague ALWAYS can make one turn of the damage REGARDLESS of "plague - prevention" facilities <- what a crap http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon8.gif

[Fyron]

Yeah... I suggest changing the description to "cures plagues". http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif The scientists obviously need a month to work out the cure to the diseases.

[oleg]

To his credit, JLS uses description "plahue-cured" for facility http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif . What we must really do is ask MM to fix the actual "ability" description. "plague - prevention" is plainly wrong. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif

BTW, 30 turns later my other planet was targeted by plague II. It had ~200m people (HUGE number for proporyions' type colony ! ) and I was afraid they all will expire. No, "only" 58M people die http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif So now I am still confused how much damage plagues do.

[Puke]

so, what level of plague is a personality transforming parasite from cat's brains that infects humans?

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/lake/orl-lklmud08090803sep08xx,0,5867345.column?coll=orl-news-print-asec

http://mt.essortment.com/whatistoxoplas_rhjv.htm

[narf poit chez BOOM]

sounds kinda far-fetched to me. a part in there sounded like they where blaming it for 30% of stillbirths!

[General Woundwort]

Originally posted by Puke:
so, what level of plague is a personality transforming parasite from cat's brains that infects humans?

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/lake/orl-lklmud080 90803sep08xx,0,5867345.column?coll=orl-news-print-asec (http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/lake/orl-lklmud08090803sep08xx,0,5867345.column?coll=orl-news-print-asec)
http://mt.essortment.com/whatistoxoplas_rhjv.htm<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">What more obvious proof is needed for the inherent evilness of cats. They should be all rounded up and shot into space. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

[ September 24, 2003, 11:31: Message edited by: General Woundwort ]

[Loser]

Hey GW was it you that supplied that amusing LotR parody with the cats-for-orks/dogs-for-elves quote?

[General Woundwort]

Of course. Isn't the connection obvious? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

EDIT - great truths are worth repeating...

"Do you know how cats came into being? They were dogs, once. Then they were captured by the Dark Powers. Tortured, and mutilated. A ruined, and horrible form of life!"

[ September 24, 2003, 13:56: Message edited by: General Woundwort ]

[Loser]

Excellent. New sig in e-mail.

Wait, who said it? The original, I mean.

[ September 24, 2003, 15:14: Message edited by: Loser ]

[General Woundwort]

Saruman, in the Fellowship of the Ring movie. The origin of orcs is found in The Silmarillion, I believe.

[Puke]

Originally posted by General Woundwort:
http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif[/img] <font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">They'd just come back, the very next day.

[General Woundwort]

We don't know that. After all, the song stopped after they tried to shoot the cat out of a cannon. A cannon's shot away just wasn't far enough. Obviously sterner measures are required. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

[Loser]

Song?

Perhaps there was more than one cat...

[Fyron]

Originally posted by oleg:
To his credit, JLS uses description "plahue-cured" for facility http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif .<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">So do I. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif