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0012948AI War 1 / ClassicBug - GameplayOct 22, 2013 3:45 amOct 23, 2013 1:04 pm
Reporteralocritani Assigned To 
Status newResolutionopen 
Product Version7.009 
Summary0012948: Hacking superterminal use no hacking progress in first 20 ticks
DescriptionIn order to have superterminal reducing AIProgress but at the same time rising AIP Floor, currently every 15 secs (a tick) the AIP is increased by 1 and then AIPReduction is also increased by 2 --> this means that visible AIP is decreased by 1 (+1 -2)

Increasing AIP by 1 rises the AIPFloor by 1 every 5 ticks (at diff 7), because (at diff 7) AIPFloor is 'total AIP (no reduction)' / 5

Hacking progress is calculated as
'total AIP (no reduction)' - 'used hacking progress'

hacking superterminal has a variable cost: it starts from 1 and increase with the usual 1.5 multiplier every 20 ticks (15 secs in this case).

What happens when you hack the superterminal is the following:

every tick:

  AIP: +1 --> AIPFloor +0.2 (1/5)
          --> HackingProgress +1

  hackingProgress: -1*multiplier --> tick 1-20 = -1
                               --> tick 21-40 = -1.5
                               --> tick 41-60 = -2.25
  AIP Reduction: +2

  visible AIP: -1
  total hacking progress:
      0 tick 1-20
     -0.5 tick 21-40
     -1.25 tick 41-60

So, at the end, hacking superterminal is free (hacking progress wise) for the first 20 ticks.

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Chthonic One

Oct 23, 2013 9:51 am

reporter   ~0034649

The hacking is also gradual, and not sudden. It could be that they use this as a period of time before the AI wakes up and realizes something is afoot. Every 20 or so ticks thereafter it's concern is growing.

Think of it like someone's tickling your foot while you're asleep with a feather. Do you wake up suddenly (some might, most don't) It could go on for a while before you actually realize it's not a dream.

alocritani

Oct 23, 2013 1:04 pm

reporter   ~0034650

Yes, it can be considered that way, but other forms of hacking don't follow this approach: for example knowledge hacking immediately reduce hacking progress, since the first step.

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
Oct 22, 2013 3:45 am alocritani New Issue
Oct 22, 2013 4:05 am alocritani Description Updated
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Oct 23, 2013 9:51 am Chthonic One Note Added: 0034649
Oct 23, 2013 1:04 pm alocritani Note Added: 0034650