NationStates Jolt Archive

I am in the process of making a war generator to show battles between nations. If you want to be a tester or have any php / html experience (you dont need any to test it) - I am also looking for help to design it.

It is called NS Battle and I am hosting it on my server. If you want to be a tester, telegram my country (xenose). It is not very graphical at the moment, but it will get better as i add features to it.

Right now it is just 1 nation on 1 nation - it shows the battles so you cn copy and paste it into a forum and then you can give the link for the next nation to attack back. (or however you think would be the best way to use it).

I need 10 testers to give ideas and feature request to make it better. I could also use a fellow programmer to help with the features. So the first 10 people to telegram my nation gets to test it!

here is the link to it so far:
http://secretp.ath.cx/ns/test1.html

you will need a password to use it untill it is finished, then it will be open to everyone! the first 10 ppl to telegram me gets the password.
:sniper: :mp5: :gundge:

Let me break it down to you it uses your nationstates scores in loyalty & your defense budget along with a little randomness (for the randomness of war) and your troops (approx 2 - 2.5% of your population) - then breaks them down into 10 divisions to use...

God bless you, i tged ya, wanted to try it eairlier though, on the "lets fight" thread

I love you plotanically, thank you i'll TG you

((Very interesting (and potentially great) idea. And already telegramed you too.))

I TG'd you, for testing

Very cool, I can't wait to see how this turns out.

anybody else?

Me pick me! Nation of Cornbread Fanatics! ME ME ME!!! :D

Also i dont know your nation,so i cant TG you :(

thats 10!

If you dont have time to tg me the bugs / typos / ideas...pass the link / pass on to somone else (1 person) lol. its not ready to be full blown for the whole game...not enough graphics / features yet.

I telegrammed you!

You can put features / bugs / etc here in this forum!

What do you mean by graphics? If you mean actual images, then I can help you there.

I'd be interested in helping test it if possible.

~ Romandeos.

Scribed and TGed

Ok one i found:

When one country has one divison left, compared to an enemies 8, and says victory is within sight !

And it seems that each division is the exact amount of the total army strength. Odd.

Heres a typo

Daily War Report: We are planning and fortifing our defenses, no action taken this turn...

Its supposed to be Fortifying

Another Typo

Daily War Report: Commander, Our fighter jet squadron reports did damage to enemy front line of defense!... Substancial casualties to enemy reported

Its supposed to be Substantial

it is still pretty basic! no end_code to show the victor (should be obvious) and there are still a few bugs - and the graphics / text is still pretty basic...but it seems to work!!!

Keep on! i love it!

Willing to provide graphics, if that's what you mean. Not much of a scripter though.

And it seems that each division is the exact amount of the total army strength. Odd.

actually because there are 10 divisions per military... it is 1/10th of the total... If you count the zeros, there will be one less in the division versus the total

Ack. Curse my lack of counting skills.

actually because there are 10 divisions per military... it is 1/10th of the total... If you count the zeros, there will be one less in the division versus the total

good work!

it is still pretty basic! no end_code to show the victor (should be obvious) and there are still a few bugs - and the graphics / text is still pretty basic...but it seems to work!!!


I found that out by waiting for 5 min to load an ending.. Lol, another thing: make more messages for daily reports, i belive i saw "Our fighter jet squadron reports did damage to enemy front line of defense!..." 4 times in 9 turns.

Another Typo

Daily War report: Battlefield report: Today our elite tactical ground unit along with the mountian division, surrounded and ambushed an entire enemy division!... Substancial casualties to enemy reported.

First one is supposed to be mountain,and the second one is Substantial

I got an idea,How about sabotaging the enemy's weapons productions so they can slow down logistics support which weakens the enemy,or destory the enemy's power plants to slow production of weapons. :)

Another Typo

Daily War report: Battlefield report: Today our elite tactical ground unit along with the mountian division, surrounded and ambushed an entire enemy division!... Substancial casualties to enemy reported.

First one is supposed to be mountain,and the second one is Substantial

I got an idea,How about sabotaging the enemy's weapons productions so they can get less weapons,or destory the enemy's power plants to slow production of weapons. :)
good idea...in the future there will be choices like that...i just need someone to help write the text...etc...

Daily War report: Battlefield report: Today our elite tactical ground unit along with the mountian division, surrounded and ambushed an entire enemy division!... Substantial casualties to enemy reported

Moutian is suppposed to be Mountain, heh.


Edit: Uhoh, posted too late.

Yeah, a rock-paper scissors thing would be useful too, such as an attack, defense, and build to chose from..

I found that out by waiting for 5 min to load an ending.. Lol, another thing: make more messages for daily reports, i belive i saw "Our fighter jet squadron reports did damage to enemy front line of defense!..." 4 times in 9 turns.
try again in a few mins...

Daily War Report: Commander, Our fighter jet squadron reports did damage to enemy front line of defense!... Major damage to enemy forces reported! Victory is in sight!

Fighter jet squadron reports they did damage to the enemy's front line of defense

Little grammer mistakes.

Moutian is suppposed to be Mountain, heh.


Edit: Uhoh, posted too late.
im trying to fix them while we chat!

Yeah a more daly update things would be nice. also aren't divisions supposed to have 50,000 troops each?

Oh, by the way...How are you calculating army sizes?

My total troop amount: 2,695,450

My total population: 1,147,000

Oh, by the way...How are you calculating army sizes?

My total troop amount: 2,695,450

My total population: 1,147,000



lol

Yeah a more daly update things would be nice. also aren't divisions supposed to have 50,000 troops each?


good ideas...but lets face it, some people just have too much of an army to just have 50k per unit...besides htis is just for a quick battle - i will impliment the update thingy soon...but i dont see having more than 10 divisions as helpful or anything but complicated...OH! btw...whoever keeps trying to send the application, stop - before i ban your ip forever.

I sent you a telegram. Please respond to Southeastasia!

erm how are ya calc in em im testin it out

Another Typo

Daily War report: Battlefield report: Today our elite tactical ground unit along with the mountian division, surrounded and ambushed an entire enemy division!... Substancial casualties to enemy reported.

First one is supposed to be mountain,and the second one is Substantial

I got an idea,How about sabotaging the enemy's weapons productions so they can slow down logistics support which weakens the enemy,or destory the enemy's power plants to slow production of weapons. :)

I think this should be the text:

Daily War report:Commander,the special forces unit you sent deep into enemy territory has successfully infiltrated the heart of the Supply/Weapon production Factories in the nation of (INSERT DEFENSIVE/ATTACKING NATION HERE)* and sabotaged the production of supplies and weapons,thus seriously impacting the nations ability of logistics support and weakening the enemy lines for attack**

*As in insert the nation that is being infiltrated by your special forces
**Its just an idea,dont take me seriously :)

OH! btw...whoever keeps trying to send the application, stop - before i ban your ip forever.


LMAO !!

I think that my map idea would make this even more usable.

I think this should be the text:

Daily War report:Commander,the special forces unit you sent deep into enemy territory has successfully infiltrated the heart of the Supply/Weapon production Factories in the nation of (INSERT DEFENSIVE/ATTACKING NATION HERE)* and sabotaged the production of supplies and weapons,thus seriously impacting the nations ability of logistics support and weakening the enemy lines for attack**

*As in insert the nation that is being infiltrated by your special forces
**Its just an idea,dont take me seriously :)
i think i will impliment something like that later...want a job? it pays 0.00 per hour but it will help this out a lot! - i need some one who is creative to write new text fot the ns_battle engine.

*Raises a hand*

Oh, and it looks good so far. All the bugs are little things. But a good overall setup.

Let me think about that job later,for now,improve your grammar! :)

*Raises a hand*

Oh, and it looks good so far. All the bugs are litle things. But a good overall setup.
its been just me so far...so i think i did an ok job...lol

i sent a sugestion trought tg

Hm...How about satellite-based weaponry? Like...

"Daily War Report: Commander, using our Satellite Laser Cannon to bombard the enemy was a sucess! Several of their camps have been destroyed, and so have many of their supplies."

Of course, if youre aiming towards Modern-Tech, this might not work.

Hm...How about satellite-based weaponry? Like...

"Daily War Report: Commander, using our Satellite Laser Cannon to bombard the enemy was a sucess! Several of their camps have been destroyed, and so have many of their supplies."

Of course, if youre aiming towards Modern-Tech, this might not work.

Yeah modern tech is usally better becuase there is no arguments about it! we all know its here and widly aval to nations (even nations that arent wealthy)

Of course, it is already generalized really. By saying things such as "Naval Force" or "Ground Force," this could relate from Pre-Modern Tech to Future Tech. Works for most already.

Of course, it is already generalized really. By saying things such as "Naval Force" or "Ground Force," this could relate from Pre-Modern Tech to Future Tech. Works for most already.

..exactly - this is a guide to use in the forums you can pass back and forth the latest link in your browser and add to the description given.

it ok

Uh...Sorry...Could you, um...Rephrase that? I didn't quite understand.

Uh...Sorry...Could you, um...Rephrase that? I didn't quite understand.

lets have an unofficial battle....
GAGETCORP...
heres the link...
(i am sure you will win...my nation is pretty tiny...lol)
http://secretp.ath.cx/ns/battle1.php?nat1=The_Intergalactic_Megacompany_of_GadgetCorp&nat2=The_Armed_Republic_of_Xenose&nb1=283.82905&nb2=155.940525&bat=new&tra=28675000&trb=2044500&turn=att

Daily War report: Battlefield report: Today our elite tactical ground unit along with the mountain division, surrounded and ambushed an entire enemy division!... Major damage to enemy forces reported! Victory is in sight!

you can add to the description or not then give the link from your browser for the other country lik i did

and then its the others persons turn to do the same

Ohh, nevermind. I get it now.

Say it says this...

Daily War Report: Commander, This is your general's report - We ordered land based artillery shelling of enemy units... Minor casualties to enemy reported.

Then you could say this...

The Twenty-First Artillery Divison slowly rolled through the plains, coming to stop along a flat part of the high ground. Scouts up ahead relayed the approximate coordinates back to the commanding officer in the division. The sound of the rockets launching was near deafening as the erupted from their launchers, leaving a trail of smoke in their wake.

Unfortunately, the scouts' relayed information had been slightly off, and so only an eighth of the missles launches actually made contact with the enemy, inflicting minor casualties.

you can also include division losses - make up captured planes / troops by using the guide... its pretty simple as of yet

Yep...Very nice so far! Good job!

Ohh, nevermind. I get it now.

Say it says this...



Then you could say this...
EXACTLY!!!!!!

1 thing the server it is on right now is a lil slow so... if you get a connection error...just wait a lil and hit refresh.

this was created as a guide to keep people from godmodding (i think we all hate this) and to add the missing war option from the game - i will develop more on it in time...bookmark this page and list suggestions / bugs and i will fix & work on them soon!

Perhaps we should create a forum or something for the project, so that we can neatly organize the Bugs/Errors, Suggestions, and General talk about it?

Perhaps we should create a forum or something for the project, so that we can neatly organize the Bugs/Errors, Suggestions, and General talk about it?
I nominate you! (if you want) put the link back to this one for reference, and moderate the suggestions / ideas and send the resonable ones by tg to me...

oh... and.... drop the link to the forum here for everybody to know where to go.

everyone that helps WILL get their names (either screename or real - your prefrence) in the credits page.

i might give 1 or 2 people that help the most an admin status....(this will be when i put in mutiple country battles) like 3 nations vs. 3 at the same time...
admin status will let you basically be god in the war script and help end disputes...

this will be to the people that help the most.

ill help by testing it log mine as random dude

im gone for the night...

somebody make a forum for the bugs / ideas / feature request and tg me the link and post the link here for everybody to see...

Time for war-

Battle Stats:
The Armed Republic of Xenose | The People's Republic of Willink

Troops: 2,175,000 Troops: 16,003,500
Defense Lvl: 9 Defense Lvl: 19

Time for war-

Battle Stats:
The Armed Republic of Xenose | The People's Republic of Willink

Troops: 2,175,000 Troops: 16,003,500
Defense Lvl: 9 Defense Lvl: 19
...but just one!

theres a good bug! i the the (') in people's is making an error!!!

i think its fixed...YES IT IS!!!!

Nation: The_Peoples_Republic_of_Willink

Troops Strength (Divisions):
Div 1: 1702500
Div 2: 1702500
Div 3: 1702500
Div 4: 1702500
Div 5: 1702500
Div 6: 1702500
Div 7: 1702500
Div 8: 1702500
Div 9: 1702500
Div 10: 1698134

Daily War report: We are planning and fortifying our defenses, no action taken this turn...

-----
The_Armed_Republic_of_Xenose

Troops Strength (Divisions):
Div 1: 204450
Div 2: 204450
Div 3: 204450
Div 4: 204450
Div 5: 204450
Div 6: 204450
Div 7: 204450
Div 8: 204450
Div 9: 204450
Div 10: 204450

Daily War Report: Battlefield report, we attacked the enemy by naval ships artillery... Minor casualties to enemy reported.

your turn:
http://secretp.ath.cx/ns/battle1.php?nat1=The_Peoples_Republic_of_Willink&nat2=The_Armed_Republic_of_Xenose&nb1=252.00046875&nb2=155.940525&bat=new&tra=17025000&trb=2044500&turn=att

Here are the forums:

http://s13.invisionfree.com/The_NS_War_Simulator/index.php?act=idx

Nation: The Peoples Republic of Willink

Troops Strength (Divisions):
Div 1: 1702500
Div 2: 1702500
Div 3: 1702500
Div 4: 1702500
Div 5: 0
Div 6: 1690025
Div 7: 1702500
Div 8: 1702500
Div 9: 1702500
Div 10: 1702500

Daily War report: Battlefield report, we attacked the enemy by naval ships artillery... Major damage to enemy forces reported! Victory is in sight!

Nation:
The Armed Republic of Xenose

Troops Strength (Divisions):
Div 1: 0
Div 2: 204450
Div 3: 204450
Div 4: 204450
Div 5: 0
Div 6: 204450
Div 7: 204450
Div 8: 204450
Div 9: 204450
Div 10: 204450

Daily War Report: Battlefield report: Our large scale frontal ground assault of the enemy line was a sucess!... Major damage to enemy forces reported! Victory is in sight!

Your turn (http://secretp.ath.cx/ns/battle1.php?bat=old&nb1=252.00046875&nb2=155.940525&tr1=1702500&tr2=1702500&tr3=1702500&tr4=1702500&tr5=1702500&tr6=1690025&tr7=1702500&tr8=1702500&tr9=1702500&tr10=1702500&tr11=0&tr12=204450&tr13=204450&tr14=204450&tr15=204450&tr16=204450&tr17=204450&tr18=204450&tr19=204450&tr20=204450&nat1=The_Peoples_Republic_of_Willink&nat2=The_Armed_Republic_of_Xenose)

I keep getting error screens.

I keep getting error screens.
brb...

tell me what error's you are getting and what you did. k?

Nation: The Peoples Republic of Willink

Troops Strength (Divisions):
Div 1: 1702500
Div 2: 1702500
Div 3: 1702500
Div 4: 1702500
Div 5: 0
Div 6: 1690025
Div 7: 1702500
Div 8: 1702500
Div 9: 1702500
Div 10: 1702500

Daily War report: Battlefield report, we attacked the enemy by naval ships artillery... Major damage to enemy forces reported! Victory is in sight!

Nation:
The Armed Republic of Xenose

Troops Strength (Divisions):
Div 1: 0
Div 2: 204450
Div 3: 204450
Div 4: 204450
Div 5: 0
Div 6: 204450
Div 7: 204450
Div 8: 204450
Div 9: 204450
Div 10: 204450

Daily War Report: Battlefield report: Our large scale frontal ground assault of the enemy line was a sucess!... Major damage to enemy forces reported! Victory is in sight!

Your turn (http://secretp.ath.cx/ns/battle1.php?bat=old&nb1=252.00046875&nb2=155.940525&tr1=1702500&tr2=1702500&tr3=1702500&tr4=1702500&tr5=1702500&tr6=1690025&tr7=1702500&tr8=1702500&tr9=1702500&tr10=1702500&tr11=0&tr12=204450&tr13=204450&tr14=204450&tr15=204450&tr16=204450&tr17=204450&tr18=204450&tr19=204450&tr20=204450&nat1=The_Peoples_Republic_of_Willink&nat2=The_Armed_Republic_of_Xenose)
I surrender! lol! you are Way to powerful for my puny nation!!! =)

I keep getting error screens.

try to hit refresh on your borwser and then see if it works!

I surrender! lol! you are Way to powerful for my puny nation!!! =)

Yay !

Yay !
You should try like green sun or someone more matched to your own troop level! now that might be a challenge!

You should try like green sun or someone more matched to your own troop level! now that might be a challenge!

Green Sun would demolish...

It keeps saying it can't connect...

Green Sun would demolish...
i dunno - this generator does a little bit of randomness - remeber viet-nam? well...the war can end up with the big guy loosing, sometimes!

It keeps saying it can't connect...
hmmm....

what the exact message it is giving you?

This is similar to the battles of kings of chaos game. I cant get to the next page after the verses page.

Green Sun would demolish...
ok...maybe you are right! his nation is HUGE!!!!

I just sent a TG

please dont abuse this - and the access right now is to help make it better - you may use it as is though, if you like.

Goodnight everyone!!!

the random stuff (though needed) is mabey a little to random. i tested it on my resently made Puppet nation who had about 21K per div. and my nation with about 2.7 million, not to mention my nation had a higher lvl by near 3 times and beter loyalty. here are the end resalts

Nation: The_Empire_of_Nebarri_Prime

Troops Strength (Divisions):
Div 1: 1449155
Div 2: 0
Div 3: 0
Div 4: 0
Div 5: 0
Div 6: 0
Div 7: 2101241
Div 8: 268435
Div 9: 2715342
Div 10: 1408003

Daily War report: Battlefield report: Today our elite tactical ground unit along with the mountain division, surrounded and ambushed an entire enemy division!... Substantial casualties to enemy reported.

Nation: The_Holy_Empire_of_Nikatal

Troops Strength (Divisions):
Div 1: 0
Div 2: 0
Div 3: 0
Div 4: 0
Div 5: 0
Div 6: 0
Div 7: 0
Div 8: 0
Div 9: 0
Div 10: 0

Daily War Report: Commander, I have good news to report - Our plan to use tactical air stikes combined with our infantry and armor division was a sucess!.... Minor casualties to enemy reported.

the random stuff (though needed) is mabey a little to random. i tested it on my resently made Puppet nation who had about 21K per div. and my nation with about 2.7 million, not to mention my nation had a higher lvl by near 3 times and beter loyalty. here are the end resalts

Nation: The_Empire_of_Nebarri_Prime

Troops Strength (Divisions):
Div 1: 1449155
Div 2: 0
Div 3: 0
Div 4: 0
Div 5: 0
Div 6: 0
Div 7: 2101241
Div 8: 268435
Div 9: 2715342
Div 10: 1408003

Daily War report: Battlefield report: Today our elite tactical ground unit along with the mountain division, surrounded and ambushed an entire enemy division!... Substantial casualties to enemy reported.

Nation: The_Holy_Empire_of_Nikatal

Troops Strength (Divisions):
Div 1: 0
Div 2: 0
Div 3: 0
Div 4: 0
Div 5: 0
Div 6: 0
Div 7: 0
Div 8: 0
Div 9: 0
Div 10: 0

Daily War Report: Commander, I have good news to report - Our plan to use tactical air stikes combined with our infantry and armor division was a sucess!.... Minor casualties to enemy reported.
Perhaps try it 3 - 5 times and if the outcome is usually the smaller nation - I will work out some of the stuff - i mean just becuase you are bigger doesnt always mean you will win a war! but i do beleive the random code is a lil too random and needs a lil twaking, i will work on it tomorrow =)

I had an interesting time just testing it for the first time. I decided to use a nation who is on my level to fight against and this is the outcome:

Defending Nation:
The_Unified_Earth_Alliance__of_Thrashia
Troops Strength (Divisions):
Div 1: 4062826
Div 2: 0
Div 3: 0
Div 4: 0
Div 5: 0
Div 6: 0
Div 7: 0
Div 8: 0
Div 9: 0
Div 10: 0
Invading Nation:
The_Dictatorship_of_Endo_Prime
Troops Strength (Divisions):
Div 1: 0
Div 2: 0
Div 3: 0
Div 4: 0
Div 5: 0
Div 6: 0
Div 7: 0
Div 8: 0
Div 9: 0
Div 10: 0
Daily War report:
The war is over - we are victorious!!!! Long live our great nation!!!! Major damage to enemy forces reported!

Daily War Report:
*Gun to your head* - Sir...please sign the act of surrender...

The War is over! Congradulations to the winner!


I must say I am satisfied with it, I only wish it was more detailed, which over time I know it will be.

hmmm....

what the exact message it is giving you?
"The operation time out when trying to connect to (whatever the URL is)"

"The operation time out when trying to connect to (whatever the URL is)"

does it do this every time? hmm....anybody else having similar problems? remeber its just like nation states you DO NOT put in your full nation name. just green sun

I had an interesting time just testing it for the first time. I decided to use a nation who is on my level to fight against and this is the outcome:

Defending Nation:
The_Unified_Earth_Alliance__of_Thrashia
Troops Strength (Divisions):
Div 1: 4062826
Div 2: 0
Div 3: 0
Div 4: 0
Div 5: 0
Div 6: 0
Div 7: 0
Div 8: 0
Div 9: 0
Div 10: 0
Invading Nation:
The_Dictatorship_of_Endo_Prime
Troops Strength (Divisions):
Div 1: 0
Div 2: 0
Div 3: 0
Div 4: 0
Div 5: 0
Div 6: 0
Div 7: 0
Div 8: 0
Div 9: 0
Div 10: 0
Daily War report:
The war is over - we are victorious!!!! Long live our great nation!!!! Major damage to enemy forces reported!

Daily War Report:
*Gun to your head* - Sir...please sign the act of surrender...

The War is over! Congradulations to the winner!


I must say I am satisfied with it, I only wish it was more detailed, which over time I know it will be.
This shold not happen anymore...If it does tell me here or drop me a tg

does it do this every time? hmm....anybody else having similar problems? remeber its just like nation states you DO NOT put in your full nation name. just green sun


I get that sometimes

I get that sometimes
i am getting a faster server next month (hopefully)

From what I've read so far of these beta-runs, it seems to be primarily troop strength. Perhaps later on you should add in whether a nation is modern, future, or past tech. I'll be goshdarned if my shock marines are cut down by a few crossbowmen. -.- Further, will it ever be possible to add in nation-specific units? Like "Ipwnusian G38 Superiority Tank" or whathaveyou?

Just some thoughts from the sideline, this seems like a great product and I think this thread should be STICKIED.

Remember, this is basic. It's still only in Beta 0.4.

does it do this every time? hmm....anybody else having similar problems? remeber its just like nation states you DO NOT put in your full nation name. just green sun
Every time. It won't even let me in the site. Any mirrors?

From what I've read so far of these beta-runs, it seems to be primarily troop strength. Perhaps later on you should add in whether a nation is modern, future, or past tech. I'll be goshdarned if my shock marines are cut down by a few crossbowmen. -.- Further, will it ever be possible to add in nation-specific units? Like "Ipwnusian G38 Superiority Tank" or whathaveyou?

Just some thoughts from the sideline, this seems like a great product and I think this thread should be STICKIED.

Thanks fot the comments!

well, besides troop strength - it also runs on you citizens loyalty and a few other factors... and i know the tech part is vague - its that way so you can use your imagination a lil - right now, this is just a guide.

Oh and BTW remember - its not alwyas the person with the biggest missiles that win - lol. this was ment to use your nation states stats - so its more based on your own past decisions as a leader. in that way, it takes care of godmodding.

- i am also tweaking the attack / defense engine...more details to come

Every time. It won't even let me in the site. Any mirrors?
none yet.
but...i would like you to tell em a little bit about your internet - my site may be blocked from schoolse / business / etc... dial-up from differnet countries my not allow for it to work also...
you can always try the current ip instead of the link...
http://66.168.200.166/ns/test1.html - this may work

I TGed you. I really want to try it out.

You should add a tactic selection thing, all nations dont use the same tactics (such as conservitave, suicidal, terrorist, gurilla). Also I havent seen it yet but would there be a way of adding a nations map to choose where to attack.

I TGed you. I really want to try it out.

You should add a tactic selection thing, all nations dont use the same tactics (such as conservitave, suicidal, terrorist, gurilla). Also I havent seen it yet but would there be a way of adding a nations map to choose where to attack.


....not yet. I dont see doing a whole game out of this...just making a tool for nationstates members to use.

tag

looks promising

I like this:

Defending Nation:
The_Excessively_Armed_Empire_of_Automagfreek

Troops Strength (Divisions):
Div 1: 0
Div 2: 0
Div 3: 0
Div 4: 0
Div 5: 0
Div 6: 0
Div 7: 0
Div 8: 0
Div 9: 0
Div 10: 0

Total: 0 / % of forces left.
Invading Nation:
The_Semi-Democratic_Meritocracy_of_UNIverseVERSE

Troops Strength (Divisions):
Div 1: 0
Div 2: 2041564
Div 3: 3917894
Div 4: 0
Div 5: 7277832
Div 6: 5349140
Div 7: 0
Div 8: 3782623
Div 9: 0
Div 10: 1605208

Total: 23974261 / 28% of forces left.
Daily War report:
*Gun to your head* - Sir...please sign the act of surrender... Daily War Report:
The war is over - we are victorious!!!! Long live our great nation!!!!
The War is over! Congradulations to the winner!

Typo there though. Should be congratulations.

I pwn AMF!

i like it if you can make it more expansive, it might get a great following. I say you should worry about graphics last and work on tactics and stratagy other then that is great.

....not yet. I dont see doing a whole game out of this...just making a tool for nationstates members to use.

Ok i Tried it out, it is good so far. It would be better if you gave the nations more choice. also you should make alot more messages, not all including sucess, plus you should coordinate the messages so they say you did this much dammage Blaaa blaaa, Then the opposite nations says the enemy has attacked you and has caused this much damage.

I still think you should do the idea about tactic selection, You should give people more choice.

Also you should eliminate the possibility of fighting yourself, I just put my nations name in both attacking and defending spaces.

I tried attacking my ally just for fun, he had a higher size and loyalty, but i had a higher defense lvl the resaults were this:

Defending Nation:
The_Incorporated_States_of_SkyCapt

Troops Strength (Divisions):
Div 1: 0
Div 2: 0
Div 3: 0
Div 4: 0
Div 5: 0
Div 6: 0
Div 7: 0
Div 8: 0
Div 9: 0
Div 10: 0

Total: 0 / % of forces left.
Invading Nation:
The_Holy_Empire_of_Piglatnia

Troops Strength (Divisions):
Div 1: 0
Div 2: 0
Div 3: 0
Div 4: 0
Div 5: 0
Div 6: 0
Div 7: 0
Div 8: 228280
Div 9: 0
Div 10: 0

Total: 228280 / 4% of forces left.

Daily War report:
*Gun to your head* - Sir...please sign the act of surrender... Daily War Report:
The war is over - we are victorious!!!! Long live our great nation!!!!
The War is over! Congradulations to the winner!

Ok i Tried it out, it is good so far. It would be better if you gave the nations more choice. also you should make alot more messages, not all including sucess, plus you should coordinate the messages so they say you did this much dammage Blaaa blaaa, Then the opposite nations says the enemy has attacked you and has caused this much damage.

I still think you should do the idea about tactic selection, You should give people more choice.
good idea :)

ok I was just doing random people to see how it would turn out and it said 0% when I still had men left

Defending Nation:
The_Republic_of_The_tokera

Troops Strength (Divisions):
Div 1: 0
Div 2: 0
Div 3: 0
Div 4: 0
Div 5: 0
Div 6: 0
Div 7: 0
Div 8: 0
Div 9: 182037
Div 10: 0

Total: 182037 / 0% of forces left.

also the choice of how many men you want to use in a attack wouls be good. Like using 2 divisions 3,4,5 etc...

there are 2 typos i found:

Daily War report:
Battlefield report: Our large scale frontal ground assault of the enemy line was a sucess!... Major damage to enemy forces reported!

It should be success

The other one:
The War is over! Congradulations to the winner!

It should be Congratulations

Also,try to make some of the reports in there more varied,not all of them can say success,make some that are failed


These two reports are funny lol:

Daily War report:
We launched our Nukes, Sir!!! (OOC: Seriously... Who wants to battle the maker of the NS Battle engine, anyway??? =P)

Daily War Report:
Whoa?! Where am I?? Whats this tunnel - wow... that sure is a pretty light at the end of it...
:D

ok I was just doing random people to see how it would turn out and it said 0% when I still had men left

Defending Nation:
The_Republic_of_The_tokera

Troops Strength (Divisions):
Div 1: 0
Div 2: 0
Div 3: 0
Div 4: 0
Div 5: 0
Div 6: 0
Div 7: 0
Div 8: 0
Div 9: 182037
Div 10: 0

Total: 182037 / 0% of forces left.
workin on it

there are 2 typos i found:

Daily War report:
Battlefield report: Our large scale frontal ground assault of the enemy line was a sucess!... Major damage to enemy forces reported!

It should be success

The other one:
The War is over! Congradulations to the winner!

It should be Congratulations

Also,try to make some of the reports in there more varied,not all of them can say success,make some that are failed


These two reports are funny lol:

Daily War report:
We launched our Nukes, Sir!!! (OOC: Seriously... Who wants to battle the maker of the NS Battle engine, anyway??? =P)

Daily War Report:
Whoa?! Where am I?? Whats this tunnel - wow... that sure is a pretty light at the end of it...
:D


you found an easter egg i put in there!!! lol

there are 2 typos i found:

Daily War report:
Battlefield report: Our large scale frontal ground assault of the enemy line was a sucess!... Major damage to enemy forces reported!

It should be success

The other one:
The War is over! Congradulations to the winner!

It should be Congratulations

...
:D
typos fixed

I tried attacking my ally just for fun, he had a higher size and loyalty, but i had a higher defense lvl the resaults were this:

Defending Nation:
The_Incorporated_States_of_SkyCapt

Troops Strength (Divisions):
Div 1: 0
Div 2: 0
Div 3: 0
Div 4: 0
Div 5: 0
Div 6: 0
Div 7: 0
Div 8: 0
Div 9: 0
Div 10: 0

Total: 0 / % of forces left.
Invading Nation:
The_Holy_Empire_of_Piglatnia

Troops Strength (Divisions):
Div 1: 0
Div 2: 0
Div 3: 0
Div 4: 0
Div 5: 0
Div 6: 0
Div 7: 0
Div 8: 228280
Div 9: 0
Div 10: 0

Total: 228280 / 4% of forces left.

Daily War report:
*Gun to your head* - Sir...please sign the act of surrender... Daily War Report:
The war is over - we are victorious!!!! Long live our great nation!!!!
The War is over! Congradulations to the winner!

You know...sometimes size does matter a little bit!!!

Ok i Tried it out, it is good so far. It would be better if you gave the nations more choice. also you should make alot more messages, not all including sucess, plus you should coordinate the messages so they say you did this much dammage Blaaa blaaa, Then the opposite nations says the enemy has attacked you and has caused this much damage.

I still think you should do the idea about tactic selection, You should give people more choice.
there will be more choices in the future right now its still random to test out the main battle engiine

There should a button that says Fire a nuke on (INSERT NATION HERE) and it wipes out 2 divisions and the number of nukes depends what is your Defense level but there are conquenses for using nukes. One is Trade,if the world doesnt like that,they cut off trade to your nation and your nation's productions of weapons drops.*

Also,if possible,there should be a defcon meter,it tracks the tension of the world,if you fired a nuke,they go to defcon level 4,which they ready their armies to invade your nation,if you fired 2 nukes,it drops to level 3,where the worlds armys are on alert,if you fired 3 nukes,it drops to level 2,thats when the worlds armys are on MAX alert,if you fired more than 3 nukes,the armys of the world will invade you and kill you,and ending the war** :)

*its better to add that if you let about 4 nations into the CODE of it so 4 nations can go into war,2 are attacking,and 2 are defending

**isnt this a bit confusing eh? :)

There should a button that says Fire a nuke on (INSERT NATION HERE) and it wipes out 2 divisions and the number of nukes depends what is your Defense level but there are conquenses for using nukes. One is Trade,if the world doesnt like that,they cut off trade to your nation and your nation's productions of weapons drops.*

Also,if possible,there should be a defcon meter,it tracks the tension of the world,if you fired a nuke,they go to defcon level 4,which they ready their armies to invade your nation,if you fired 2 nukes,it drops to level 3,where the worlds armys are on alert,if you fired 3 nukes,it drops to level 2,thats when the worlds armys are on MAX alert,if you fired more than 3 nukes,the armys of the world will invade you and kill you,and ending the war** :)

*its better to add that if you let about 4 nations into the CODE of it so 4 nations can go into war,2 are attacking,and 2 are defending

**isnt this a bit confusing eh? :)

good idea...i might impliment this in the future...(that will take some time) - my main dream is to be able to have 3 nations vs. up to 3 nations and a selection of actions (also a page to print out of the war so far between them all to date) this will require a database and a turn based engine (3 - 4 weeks away if not more) - right now im just testing the core battle engine.

I would use the defcon meter for the whole thing not just nukes. also a idea you can have a meter of like world involvement, so if you attack a bunch of times in a row or nuke alot or somthing the world power steps in.

What kind of graphics did you need help with?

I would use the defcon meter for the whole thing not just nukes. also a idea you can have a meter of like world involvement, so if you attack a bunch of times in a row or nuke alot or somthing the world power steps in.

What kind of graphics did you need help with?

not much...i mean i can make them...
example: my regional flag shop for my region -
http://secretp.ath.cx/flags.html
(all made / converted by me)

but html layout is more of what i need... and ideas lots of ideas .. and creative war reports - (not too specific though so this could be used in FT or MT)

that brings up another problem, This dosnt destinguish from MT,PMT,FT etc...

that brings up another problem, This dosnt destinguish from MT,PMT,FT etc...

you are correct, currently i dont have the time to write 3 seperate text or PMT, FT & MTx 20 different outputs (or more) - so untill i get a some dedicated help - you will have to use your imiganination and add to the daily war report to make it FT, MT, or PMT.

Perhaps have it so that you can choose from a number of nations to also have allies figured into it. Show all the nation stats separately but for the formulae add them all back together into one big number and pit the two allied numbers against each other, then divide them back out for the national stats. Perhaps have a dropdown menu to choose from Attack or Defend so you can have four nations against one nation?

I can help you if you want

Perhaps have it so that you can choose from a number of nations to also have allies figured into it. Show all the nation stats separately but for the formulae add them all back together into one big number and pit the two allied numbers against each other, then divide them back out for the national stats. Perhaps have a dropdown menu to choose from Attack or Defend so you can have four nations against one nation?

in the future you will have options for who to attack and type (artillery, air, land, or defense, perhaps even combined attack) and you will be able to choose to 2 times per turn (defense will temporarily fortify your positions to decrease attacks against your unit by a percentge of course - kinda like it does now it give you 30% less damage when u are defending and planning) - but this is way in the future - just testing the core engine right now.

I can help you if you want
do you know php? or html? or are willing to write out some text for it?

I had an idea like this (involving the military budget for NS, that is), and I started a project in C++ on how your army could be built with the budget you could have, and also depending your governemnt type (bonuses, deficits), and what things you would be good at. It wouldn't be neccessarily helpful for actual game terms, but for RPing assistance, it could prove to help shape your nation.

For example, if say your nation was branded an 'Anarchy', by the UN, and your military budget is moderate for your nation size, it would recommend that you focus RPing on creating an infantry force, and teach hit-and-run tactics to further increase the strength of your militias, and stuff like that.

Frankly, I never finished it and it got wiped on my school's comp (which frankly where it was), so I couldn't get it back, nor did I have the energetic incentive to do so.

This, however, is great, and I give you thumbs up on this. Perhaps once it becomes better it may be something like Nseconomy itself, or another one of the great calculators for NationStates.

I had an idea like this (involving the military budget for NS, that is), and I started a project in C++ on how your army could be built with the budget you could have, and also depending your governemnt type (bonuses, deficits), and what things you would be good at. It wouldn't be neccessarily helpful for actual game terms, but for RPing assistance, it could prove to help shape your nation.

For example, if say your nation was branded an 'Anarchy', by the UN, and your military budget is moderate for your nation size, it would recommend that you focus RPing on creating an infantry force, and teach hit-and-run tactics to further increase the strength of your militias, and stuff like that.

Frankly, I never finished it and it got wiped on my school's comp (which frankly where it was), so I couldn't get it back, nor did I have the energetic incentive to do so.

This, however, is great, and I give you thumbs up on this. Perhaps once it becomes better it may be something like Nseconomy itself, or another one of the great calculators for NationStates.


I never envisioned it getting this much popularity as it already has. lol. but who knows?

here is the link to the very first -
0.1 version:
http://secretp.ath.cx/ns/test.htm
(password is still the same)

question about this device: (and no i dont want to beta test, i wanna see promesing this thing when its all done) in the future will it have capabilities for Factions vs factions (i.e. 3 nations vs 2 nations vs 5 nations?)

I'm having the same problem as GS. What internet surfer are you guys using?

The problem could be cuz of invalid html


http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fsecretp.ath.cx%2Fns%2Ftest1.html

it needs the right doctype

(oh and this isnt israelipalestine, my NS name tetris l-shaped block)

TO BE COMPLETED:
- add up to 6 total nations
- add database for battles
- make engine turn based
- add html page to show current wars and progress
- complete multi-player engine
- add population troop level percentage selection (2 - 10% -AND10% being ONLY for defending nation - and gets -33% loyalty and -25% defense level)
- make wars password sensitive to allow for only the nations involved to be bale to make the decisions - these password will be selected at the beginning of the war
- finish html / graphics
- complete testing of core war engine
- add types of attacks
...plus more
and i think the max im going to program is up to 3 vs 3... i dont want to EVEN get into more varibles that that ATM

Well, im AFK for the night...c-ya tomorrow.

I dont know html and stuff, but I would be happy to do anything else.

Although I am not an expert on HTML, I do know it. So, in the interest of helping out, I'll try and make a new style for your http://secretp.ath.cx/ns/test1.html. I have not started it right now, but you will eventually be able to find it at www.stewarts.net/zac/ns/index.html

For an example of my (never updated) work, you can look at www.stewarts.net/zac/index.asp. I know, it sucks, it's never updated, but hey, at least I can say I have a website.

www.stewarts.net/zac/ns/index.html is viewable, but by no means completed. The changes I made were simple CSS tables, and I've tested it in Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox. Looks good in both, but the shadow for the lower box in Firefox is different.

www.stewarts.net/zac/ns/index.html is viewable, but by no means completed. The changes I made were simple CSS tables, and I've tested it in Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox. Looks good in both, but the shadow for the lower box in Firefox is different.
I like the use of css reminds me of a website i am working on, (the css usage)
It is very good, although -
Not so crazy bout the color scheme, though need to be more readable.

you could also use a percentage on the divisions to get rid of the bottom...just a suggestion. But i do like the layout! I am working on a website atm thats one reason i do not have tons of time to make this layout and / or do tons of the php scripting needed - but i will get aroung to the php part.

What does the morale affect in the Generatior

What does the morale affect in the Generatior
...explain?

Another minor type:

Military Intelgence forces report that the enemy's leader is being guarded by the last of the insurgents at their nations capital. Victory will soon be ours! Substantial casualties to enemy reported.

Should be Intelligence

Another minor type:

Military Intelgence forces report that the enemy's leader is being guarded by the last of the insurgents at their nations capital. Victory will soon be ours! Substantial casualties to enemy reported.

Should be Intelligence
fixed

Another minor type:

Military Intelgence forces report that the enemy's leader is being guarded by the last of the insurgents at their nations capital. Victory will soon be ours! Substantial casualties to enemy reported.

Should be Intelligence

And in true form, that should be typo. Don't you just love irony?

Nothing to say so far.

...explain?

yah i missed that too, Like your men are not going to contineously fight with out affecting their morale. Say you have to have at least like 50% morale to attack and the more you attack the more the morale goes down untill it can regenerate after a time.

hmmm, i think this is a small problem but it should be fixed anyway

Defending Nation:
The_Holy_Empire_of_Nikatal

Troops Strength (Divisions):
Div 1: 0
Div 2: 0
Div 3: 0
Div 4: 0
Div 5: 0
Div 6: 0
Div 7: 0
Div 8: 0
Div 9: 0
Div 10: 0

Total: 0 / % of forces left.
Daily War report:
Our troops are now storming the enemy's capital city! Vitcory is upon us!!

Invading Nation: The_Allied_States_of_Mocu

Troops Strength (Divisions):
Div 1: 94000
Div 2: 0
Div 3: 6298
Div 4: 0
Div 5: 0
Div 6: 0
Div 7: 0
Div 8: 0
Div 9: 0
Div 10: 0

Total: 100298 / 11% of forces left.
Daily War Report: Commander, this is your field general - we could use any reserves you can provide us with, we are running pretty low on supplies and we need assistance to hold our current front line of defense!

I like the use of css reminds me of a website i am working on, (the css usage)
It is very good, although -
Not so crazy bout the color scheme, though need to be more readable.

Thanks, I'm glad you like it. Perhaps I can change the background color to a gray color, with the lower box becomming white. I don't know. I'll play around with it and also format the text in that box.

But as far as the CSS goes, it really is a 5 minute job. www.stewarts.net/zac/ns/style.css. Just pop a <div> tag around some stuff, position it with CSS, add a border and background color, and you have an easily modified box. Getting it to look right is another matter altogether.

Anyways, I'll change it up in the next few days. Feel free to copy the HTML and CSS.

If you need me to work on a site, I can help you. I've made sites before, free and not.

Hm...You still might want to fix how you calculate troop amount. I posted before, but...Not sure it got any answer.

My Population: 1,158,000

My Total Troop Amount: 27,213,000

yah i missed that too, Like your men are not going to contineously fight with out affecting their morale. Say you have to have at least like 50% morale to attack and the more you attack the more the morale goes down untill it can regenerate after a time.
Great idea!!! But troops will fight with low morale - just a lot would surrender / flee - also it should effect how much damage they do!

Hm...You still might want to fix how you calculate troop amount. I posted before, but...Not sure it got any answer.

My Population: 1,158,000

My Total Troop Amount: 27,213,000
check your nation - you have 1,158,000,000 (you have billions not millions in your population) =)

Thanks, I'm glad you like it. Perhaps I can change the background color to a gray color, with the lower box becomming white. I don't know. I'll play around with it and also format the text in that box.

But as far as the CSS goes, it really is a 5 minute job. www.stewarts.net/zac/ns/style.css. Just pop a <div> tag around some stuff, position it with CSS, add a border and background color, and you have an easily modified box. Getting it to look right is another matter altogether.

Anyways, I'll change it up in the next few days. Feel free to copy the HTML and CSS.
thanks! i will let you come up with the html/css! - leaves one less thing for me to do! (your name will go in the credits) now if i can get some fast hosting space (dont need a database, this is gonna be free so - AND once its done the scripts will be avail to download) im opting to use flat files for the wars - so anyone can host it.

Wow, this grew fast.

If you need me to work on a site, I can help you. I've made sites before, free and not.
I need php help more than anything!

Cool. Sounds good. And you can expand the idea to maybe.

I need php help more than anything!

Sure. I'll see what I can do. I'm usually busy all weekday round, but I think I can cook something up on the weekends. Just telegram me what you need.

Sure. I'll see what I can do. I'm usually busy all weekday round, but I think I can cook something up on the weekends. Just telegram me what you need.
You know php / mysql? - if so, want something to do? like making a few functions?

Great idea!!! But troops will fight with low morale - just a lot would surrender / flee - also it should effect how much damage they do!

yah they will fight but not as effectively.

who is on that is creative and would like to write some battle messages? - im burned out for the night. let me know and i will give you the details

Gah! Again, I miscount numbers!

Oh, and I'm willing to provide messages...Or anything else that doesn't involve scripting.

Gah! Again, I miscount numbers!

Oh, and I'm willing to provide messages...Or anything else that doesn't involve scripting.
telegram me...i will respond with the details (and Yeah...Thats why i did not respond at first - i was giving you a chance to correct your calculations!)

((And to think, I've got a near-4.0 average in Mathematics.

Crazy, crazy...))

gadgetcorp,

i tg'd you, hopefully its not too confusing!!!

im taking the rest of the night off!
talk to you guys tomorrow!
you might notice no changes latley,

now that the core is done - i am working on a new frontend it will take a couple of weeks, but it will have:
up to 3 nations vs 3 nations plus attack options
+ the battles will be password protected (battling nations will decide a password so it can be a closed rp and no so one can make the decisions but the countries involved)
+ a battle report page for everyone to see the reports and progress!
+ a few other things

- so enjoy the simple one for now & keep the ideas and things coming!

im on and working on the functions to finish this project

This is an update report.
The data will be saved in flat files (so to host this, you will not need a database) The inital start page along with start of the turn based war is done. I hope to finish the adding of other players tonight...(we shall see)

Savong of all players in files is done and works. not its time to make the turn based system...

Looking good, better than before :)

Hm...Yes, very nice.

Hmm... Looking good, but there are still some errors:
http://secretp.ath.cx/ns/battle1.php?bat=old&nb1=153.2597&nb2=202.83871875&tr1=812500&tr2=0&tr3=0&tr4=0&tr5=0&tr6=0&tr7=0&tr8=0&tr9=0&tr10=0&tr11=0&tr12=189943&tr13=0&tr14=0&tr15=0&tr16=0&tr17=0&tr18=0&tr19=0&tr20=0&tra=8125000&trb=3830500&nat1=The_Incorporated_States_of_SkyCapt&nat2=The_Republic_of_Arabanistan

I looked at this, and instantly thought 'Lol'.

What's wrong with it?

O.o That's strange, when I copied the link, it said I had 0% of forces left, yet I had won, and it said that Arabanistan had 9% of forces left, although he had lost... Hmm, oh well.

When opening the link, I found something interesting. You can change the name of each nation to whatever you want, and it'll still execute. Although it *does* say that nation one is victorious and that nation two loses.

An Example (http://secretp.ath.cx/ns/battle1.php?bat=old&nb1=153.2597&nb2=202.83871875&tr1=812500&tr2=0&tr3=0&tr4=0&tr5=0&tr6=0&tr7=0&tr8=0&tr9=0&tr10=0&tr11=0&tr12=189943&tr13=0&tr14=0&tr15=0&tr16=0&tr17=0&tr18=0&tr19=0&tr20=0&tra=8125000&trb=3830500&nat1=Test_Nation1&nat2=Test_Nation2)

I've been busy this week and have not had time to upload any new HTML, but I am at work with some new things. For example, I am trying to get it where, with the click of a button, you can change the style to something else. I'm also busy trying to figure out your password. Unfortunatly, "password" was not the correct answer....

excuse me fellas, but im very interested in what you guys have going on here. would u allow me to learn a little bit more about this, w/o having to read your entire thread?

You guys are looking at errors in the test of the (Battle Engine) not the messages & yes, I know about the link error of changing the names...this will be the case untill the .6 or .7 release - at which time it is all going to be dont at the server end...Keep up the good work!

version .5 is almost done - it will have 3 nations vs 3 - and a turn based system,
you will be able to select 2% - 10% of population for your troops - however the higher the % of troops - the lower your attack and defense levels will be

AND ONLY the defending nation (nation that is fighting on its own soil) will be able to select 10%.

If you select 10% and you are not that nation - it defaults down to 5% of population.

.5 is about 85% done...it might be done b-4 monday

excuse me fellas, but im very interested in what you guys have going on here. would u allow me to learn a little bit more about this, w/o having to read your entire thread?

read page 1

When opening the link, I found something interesting. You can change the name of each nation to whatever you want, and it'll still execute. Although it *does* say that nation one is victorious and that nation two loses.

An Example (http://secretp.ath.cx/ns/battle1.php?bat=old&nb1=153.2597&nb2=202.83871875&tr1=812500&tr2=0&tr3=0&tr4=0&tr5=0&tr6=0&tr7=0&tr8=0&tr9=0&tr10=0&tr11=0&tr12=189943&tr13=0&tr14=0&tr15=0&tr16=0&tr17=0&tr18=0&tr19=0&tr20=0&tra=8125000&trb=3830500&nat1=Test_Nation1&nat2=Test_Nation2)

I've been busy this week and have not had time to upload any new HTML, but I am at work with some new things. For example, I am trying to get it where, with the click of a button, you can change the style to something else. I'm also busy trying to figure out your password. Unfortunatly, "password" was not the correct answer....

lol! for security, i have ftp on the server disabled... and the password to the main fileserver is for downloading only (even with the pass, you couldnt save files to this server - only dl stuff.)

i work on the files directly, or from a coumputer on my lan...this is how i am able to access the files.

Looking good, better than before :)
you guys will not see the .5 version untill i get the base code done so we can test it.
untill then, keep on playing around with .4! It will not be much longer.

Fluffywuffy - if you want to show me some html / css / javascript that would make the pages look better email it to me at:
melreynolds [at] gmail [dot] com - you can just send the files in a compressed format or just copy n paste the code! - your choice.

For everyone just joining this thread...this is for the beta testers of NS Battle - read page 1. It will be freely available to all once it is at version .6 or .7 (when a lot of the bugs are worked out)

For everyone just joining this thread...this is for the beta testers of NS Battle - read page 1. It will be freely available to all once it is at version .6 or .7 (when a lot of the bugs are worked out)

and when is that expected to be? i have a nation thats really annoying me...

I'll email it to you. It saves me the trouble of having to upload it, which was supposed to be to my own site. I probably should have said that, lol. I'll send it to you in a few hours. The subject line will say something like "NS Battle HTML and CSS Code"

Okay, I think I've sent the code to you. My Microsoft Outlook program is dead, and so I am forced to use a web-based interface. However, this interface doesn't tell me if I have sent anything or not, nor does it allow me to preview anything. So I have no idea what you're going to get. Let's pray it sent something!

Also, I forgot to address your battle pages in that email. I think I may have said something about the pages needing work, but I didn't send any code or anything. What I envision is rather simple, and all I need to do is add to the CSS and have you change like 2 lines of code on the battle page. I'll send you another email, as soon as I get confirmation my last email got through and everything was fine.

Few armies atually fight until they have 0 men left. By modern standards, 5% is considered a bloodbath (although on one island in WW2, Japanese soldiers suffered over 99% casualties before they surrendered). Your troops should mutiny before they're actually all dead, although how many casualties are tolerable should be determined by morale, if you're defending, etc. There could be a "surrender" button (which may be accepted or declined by the opposing side and will launch RP'ed negotiations) and if the war is hopeless, the surrender is automatically forced on you by the army.

Few armies atually fight until they have 0 men left. By modern standards, 5% is considered a bloodbath (although on one island in WW2, Japanese soldiers suffered over 99% casualties before they surrendered). Your troops should mutiny before they're actually all dead, although how many casualties are tolerable should be determined by morale, if you're defending, etc. There could be a "surrender" button (which may be accepted or declined by the opposing side and will launch RP'ed negotiations) and if the war is hopeless, the surrender is automatically forced on you by the army.

Yeah, that is a great idea! However, 5% of your troops in some countries might be a massive number - (you will always have the option of surrender or retreat) if you are the defending nation and you surrender - the war is over.
at that time the attacking country may role play it in the forum that they continued attacking you and slaughtered all of your troops or stated negotiations.

If you are not the defending nation and you leave the war - to keep the code simple - you cannot rejoin the war

(this is because whenever you start / join the war is the only time ns battle will acually pull your stats from nation states - so if you had only 10% of your troops left and left then re-joined, you would have 100% back - and i can see the nightmares this would make)

besides, some rp'ers might state that their country would fight to the last soldier - if this is the case, they will be able to do this.

I'll email it to you. It saves me the trouble of having to upload it, which was supposed to be to my own site. I probably should have said that, lol. I'll send it to you in a few hours. The subject line will say something like "NS Battle HTML and CSS Code"

if you want, you may be able to host it, when it gets to .6 or .7

I don't think I can host it. I'm pretty sure my host doesn't support PHP. I'm moving soon, and when I move I might move to an area where I will have enough bandwidth to have my own server. At that point, I can install anything I want on it.

Also, did the email get through? Based upon the fact that the test1.html is not updated, I'm guessing no. Or you just didn't get around to updating it yet.

I don't think I can host it. I'm pretty sure my host doesn't support PHP. I'm moving soon, and when I move I might move to an area where I will have enough bandwidth to have my own server. At that point, I can install anything I want on it.

Also, did the email get through? Based upon the fact that the test1.html is not updated, I'm guessing no. Or you just didn't get around to updating it yet.
i havent gotten around to updating the html....still working on the next version - (its a different link) thats why you dont see changes to this one.

I don't think I can host it. I'm pretty sure my host doesn't support PHP. I'm moving soon, and when I move I might move to an area where I will have enough bandwidth to have my own server. At that point, I can install anything I want on it.

Also, did the email get through? Based upon the fact that the test1.html is not updated, I'm guessing no. Or you just didn't get around to updating it yet.
the php hosting thing - heres a way to find out:

in notepad copy and paste this:

<?php
phpinfo();
?>

save the file as... "test.php"
(dont foget the " marks or it will be "test.php.txt) and that wont work.

upload this file to your server
then goto yourwebsite.com/test.php - replace yourwebsite with well....
your websites name

if it shows anything, you have a php enabled server.

Opening it in Mozilla results in Mozilla trying to save it to disk. Opening it in Internet Explorer shows the code you wrote. That is:

<?php
phpinfo();
?>

Hey, you cannot run that php script I gave you locally! you have to store it on your server and then access it! (becuase windows does not know how to use the php file where as your server will)

I have taken a few days off to work on paying projects mostly - right now, i dont have a lot of time to rewrite a lot of the code needed to take the bugs out of the next release...so unless i find another php programmer, it will take some time.

tag, bigtime tag...

When you pull this thing off, you'll be remembered as a god forever!