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Encyclopedia Questions - 6/14/2000 12:09:00 AM

Devil in Baggy Pants

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How do you use more than 255 encyclopedia text entries? OOB Editor will only accept 1-255 in the Text entry box. That isn't enough to cover Germany, Russia, U.S., U.K., Italy, and France. Also does anyone have good info for all the aircraft included?

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- 6/14/2000 12:18:00 AM

Larry Holt

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255 is a regular programming limit for things. 2^10 = 256. 0 to 155 is 256 numbers but 0 doesn't work too well for some things. So programers are limited to 255 entries unless the allocate a lot more space. ------------------ An old soldier but not yet a faded one. OK, maybe just a bit faded.

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- 6/14/2000 12:20:00 AM

Larry Holt

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Sorry its 2^8 = 256. 8 bits ( 1 or 0)is the standard size of a byte and a memory register so there are only 256 things that the byte can hold (or point to really). ------------------ An old soldier but not yet a faded one. OK, maybe just a bit faded.

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- 6/14/2000 1:58:00 AM

victorhauser

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Aircraft Data... I did the air ratings and units for the Europa boardgame "Second Front" while I was working for GR/D several years ago. I also designed the air system and air-unit ratings for "Decade of War" (not yet released) by Pacifica Games. I can answer your air-unit questions.