                         Server : Merc Empire Changes

NAME
   Merc - Changes from KSU code to Merc code

Level: Expert

There  have  been  several  changes/fixes  made to the KSU code for the Merc V
game.  This will outline the various changes and how they will affect you.

Bridges

There was a bug which allowed planes that were on bridges  that  collapsed  to
remain  in  the  sea  sector  and  could be retrieved by either rebuilding the
bridge or moving them onto a 100% highway.  This has been fixed  so  that  any
planes upon a bridgespan which falls will be destroyed.

Uncompensated Workers

Uncompensated  workers  were not paying taxes, even though the version command
provided a tax rate for them.  They now pay the taxes that are shown.

SYNTAX
   [##:##] Command : reject reject announcements *

This command now works, so that you can reject announcements  from  everybody.
This is not recommended though...

Technology

The tech formula has been fixed so that all increases in material result in an
increase in the amount of tech produced.

           if(breakthroughs > 0.75) {
                   above = breakthroughs - 0.75;
                   tech = 0.75 + log2(1 + above);
           }
           else {
                   tech = breakthroughs;
           }

Grind

The grind command now requires available work to grind up bars.   It  takes  5
avail to grind up a gold bar.

Loans

Loans  have been removed from Merc V.  This is an experiment to see how things
go without loans being available.

Country Names

Certain commands only worked with country numbers,  but  they  now  work  with
country  names  as  well.  The primary command that this affects for Merc V is
report.

Production

The production of dust/oil/rads is now limited to the resource content of  the
sector.  It used to be possible to get more out of a sector.,

Starvation

Sectors  that  have  a very large number of civilians that starve will have at
most 499 civilians after the update unless there was enough food to feed  more
than 499 civs.

Attack

The attack command now uses at least 1 mobility point per sector that partici-
pates in any attack.

Pinpoint Bombing

Pinpoint bombing now lists all the commodities in a sector that can be bombed.

Production Report

The  production report now contains a report of what will actually be produced
by your sectors at the next update.  Since some of the rounding  done  by  the
update  code uses a random percentage chance, it is possible that you will get
1-2 units more of some of the items.  The production report command is conser-
vative, and assumes that all rounding will be down.

Version

The  information  in  the version command was modified so that the information
that was printed out would reflect the actual parameters of the game.

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