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kevinkins -> Simulate Cyber Warfare (12/24/2016 3:15:56 AM)
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Been thinking of using Special Actions to trigger a “cyber attack”. The player executes the action when they choose to which has a random chance of causing an successful attack. Here is a very basic example. It has a 1/3 chance of disabling the computer side’s radar. menu > game > special actions ...
math.randomseed(os.time())
math.random(); math.random(); math.random()
a = ( math.random( 1, 3 ) )
if a == 1 then
ScenEdit_SetEMCON('Side', 'Red', 'Radar=Passive')
end
Of course, this example has the global effect knocking out a side's radar completely. The lua code can be made much more specific to unit and more random. The cyber attack’s effect could be delayed and/or only temporary.
Couple of questions. Is this technique worth pursuing from a game play POV? If so, what other “nodes” could the cyber attack strike. Radar, Sonar, Deactivate missions, fuel = 0 to disable a ship etc. Any other mischief that you can think of? If you know of a scenario using “cyber attacks” I would like to take a look at the implementation.
Thanks.
Kevin
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