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Re: JavaScript Cold War simulation

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Post by tantalor » Wed, Jun 10, 2015, 4:53 AM UTC

gruez wrote: post #5

Can you give an explanation about what each type of unit does?

Factories are triangles. Cities are circles. Bases are squares. In the center is a more different square with the defcon. Cities are required to supply factories. Factories are required to make new units. Bases are required to launch units.

Fighters target bombers and fighters. Satellites target ICBMs. Bombers and ICBMs target factories, cities, bases, and defcon. Bombers target in that order; ICBMs seem to target randomly.

Game over when defcon is destroyed.

Launching an ICBM requires defcon Defcon changes to 4, 3, 2, and 1 if a bombers crosses the circular boundaries (radar?) around the center. You can see this happen when the boundary flashes.

Re: JavaScript Cold War simulation

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Post by simonswain » Wed, Jun 10, 2015, 4:53 AM UTC

beefsack wrote: post #19

This is a hot war simulation, is it not?

Technically, yes. It's meant to escalate from cold to hot as munitions stockpiles build.

But that doesn't make for a very interesting presentation, so it goes direct to Hot.

Re: JavaScript Cold War simulation

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Post by masswerk » Wed, Jun 10, 2015, 4:54 AM UTC

simonswain wrote: post #20

masswerk wrote: post #11

For "authorized" advice, see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2v0YuDatpc (Declassified USAF training material, 1958), alternate source: https://archive.org/details/AirForceSpecialFilmProject416pow... (Amazing actors' performance included.)

This video is great... and so dark. This stuff was for real.

Personally, I think the opening sequence can't be topped by anything in the context of Cold War.

Re: JavaScript Cold War simulation

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Post by zatkin » Wed, Jun 10, 2015, 5:10 AM UTC

>Doing heavy lifting with JavaScript in IE8 is just not fun.

Please force your customers to upgrade their browser. You'll do the better good for yourself, your customers, and mankind in general. :)

Re: JavaScript Cold War simulation

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Post by evilotto » Wed, Jun 10, 2015, 5:18 AM UTC

anti-shill wrote: post #2

the only winning move is .....

To play, perfectly, waiting for your opponent to make a mistake. (https://xkcd.com/832/)

Re: JavaScript Cold War simulation

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Post by simonswain » Wed, Jun 10, 2015, 5:22 AM UTC

anti-shill wrote: post #2

the only winning move is .....

It's not whether you win or lose. It's how you play the game.

Re: JavaScript Cold War simulation

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Re: JavaScript Cold War simulation

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Re: JavaScript Cold War simulation

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Post by lotusko » Wed, Jun 10, 2015, 5:47 AM UTC

need more visual

Re: JavaScript Cold War simulation

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Post by simonswain » Wed, Jun 10, 2015, 5:51 AM UTC

smacktoward wrote: post #13

zachrose wrote: post #4

Yikes! Is this realistic? There seems to be a doctrine that ICBMs will only be launched upon receiving a complete nuclear strike, and once that happens it's pretty much game over. This makes fighter jets a critical buffer because the only way a defense can prevent mutually assured destruction is to prevent non-ICBM first strikes.

If you're looking for realism in your apocalyptic nightmare scenarios, there's an ooooold DOS game called Bravo Romeo Delta you should track down. I wrote a little bit about it here: http://jasonlefkowitz.net/2014/11/choreographing-armageddon-... It's fallen into abandonware hell, so you can't buy a copy at GOG or anything like that, but cough I'm sure you could find a copy if you looked on the right sites.

This is awesome... so much detail.