Hut pattern - Page 2

Ming · April 21, 2001, 08:15

quote:

Originally posted by Mixam on 04-21-2001 03:22 AM
I mean first of all you would have to record the x,y location of the first 8 huts and then count off what it is like 6 squares between each pattern horizontally and 4 or so vertically. You actually do that!

Yeah, I do.

If I'm exploring, why not move in a direction that might really pay off.

Mixam · April 22, 2001, 00:39

You're crazy!

Then i never played a game where I had to think all that much b4 hitting enter. AI is no challenge and I don't care about records. By the way I only play on emprorer right now. I am scared of BBD

(Big Bad Diety)

Ming · April 22, 2001, 00:45

Against the AI, I really don't pay much attention either. But against human opponents, any edge helps

Scouse Gits · April 23, 2001, 05:57

Mixam -- as far as half an hour's testing allows -- you are exactly correct!

Mixam's Law: "Every hut has a (possibly hidden) special two squares away from it in the '1' or '9' direction."

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East Street Trader · April 23, 2001, 11:37

"1 or 9 direction"

?

Mixam · April 23, 2001, 14:24

quote:

Originally posted by Scouse Gits on 04-23-2001 05:57
Mixam's Law: "Every hut has a (possibly hidden) special two squares away from it in the '1' or '9' direction."

Ha ha... Mixams Law! I was wondering when you were gunna get back to me on that SG. Nice of you to add words and a name to it. All I did was draw a picture

Edit: EST 1 or 9 direction means the squares the numbers on the keypad correspond to. 1 being down and left and 9 being up and right.
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EOL · April 23, 2001, 20:55

I was just having a look at this and decided i may as well show an image of the pattern. I hope this might make it a little clearer. The hut patterns (4 and 8 hut formations) change latitude depending on the resource seed (as do the mix of buffalo vs wheat).

EOL

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Xin Yu · April 23, 2001, 21:18

There is a definite relatio between hut pattern and special pattern. Hence you can (at least partially) locate a hut from a special.

Every 8 specials are grouped together and form a shape of a small boat. If we consider the 4 close to the center of the boat to be 'center' specials and the other 4 'outer' specials, then for one group of specials, there will be 4 huts two squares aways from the 'center' specials, and the next group will have 4 huts two squares away from the 'outer' specials.

The directions of the huts from corresponding specials will be northeast for the east two and southwest for the west two.

Marquis de Sodaq · April 24, 2001, 22:51

Thanks, EOL, nothing like a screenshot to sum up all that garbled ascii art...

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airdrik · April 25, 2001, 16:49

May I add one last note: The pattern of the specials changes with the resource seed used. Ex:
seed=1?
_11
1111
_11

seed=2?
_11
2222
_11

seed=3?
_12
1212
_12

where 1 is one of the two specials for that terrain, and 2 is the other. These alternate in bands like the wheat and buffalo alternate in the picture. Ex:
_11_ _11_ _11
2222 2222 2222
_11_ _11_ _11

_22_ _22_ _22
1111 1111 1111
_22_ _22_ _22
(tilted and moved arround etc. to match the actual pattern)

any others?

Edit: stupid ascii whatever, deletes spaces if they are the first character in a line

[This message has been edited by airdrik (edited April 25, 2001).]