Some things llama would have liked to have seen in TUV

[CourtFool]

Converting mpg to game inches was great. Along the same lines, llama would have liked to have seen some method for converting 0-60 time to DEX and levels with ground movement. Llama would have also liked to have seen a vehicles ranged used as a limitation instead of a standard 6-hour fuel charge. Why not horsepower or torque for STRs between every 5 points?

 

Llama knows this is just nit-picking and can make up his own overly-complex formulas and charts; just wanted to toss some ideas out to get Hero thinking on their next Ultimate book.

[BobGreenwade]

0-60 time is done with Increased Acceleration (TUV page 23).

 

As for the hp/torque conversion to STR, I would have included that in my manuscript but I lost my copy of Greg Porter's VDS (a book I highly recommend as a companion to TUV).

[CourtFool]

Originally posted by BobGreenwade

0-60 time is done with Increased Acceleration (TUV page 23).

 

Llama missed that. Thanks.

[CourtFool]

...but it says 0-60 in 4.7 seconds.

 

Let llama see if he has this correct.

 

Each segments equals one second. One turn equals twelve seconds.

 

A vehicle may accelerate or decelerate up to its full Combat Movement velocity each Phase.

 

So, the Lotus Esprit Turbo listed on pg 45 would accelerate up to 90mph (30" @ SPD 4) in 3 seconds (Phase 3)?

 

That is far more impressive than 60mph (10" @ SPD 4) in 4.7 seconds (somewhere between Phase 4 and 5).

[Evil Thoughts]

God, llllllllama speaks in the third person. llllllllama should get a clue. llllllllama needs to get with the times and realize nobody thinks that's cool. Evil Thoughts especially doesn't like it. It makes Evil Thoughts think evil thoughts about llllllllllama. Evil thoughts might just thwap lllllama with a copy of TUV unil lllllllama stops it. Or until it wears out, in which case ET will hit llllllllllama with a copy of TE and is KO.

 

Evil Thoughts is just playing with llllllama of course and would never physically harm anyone. But Evil thoughts REALLY wishes lllllama would stop it.

 

[Fuzzy Gnome]

Re: ...but it says 0-60 in 4.7 seconds.

 

Originally posted by CourtFool

Let llama see if he has this correct.

 

Each segments equals one second. One turn equals twelve seconds.

 

A vehicle may accelerate or decelerate up to its full Combat Movement velocity each Phase.

 

So, the Lotus Esprit Turbo listed on pg 45 would accelerate up to 90mph (30" @ SPD 4) in 3 seconds (Phase 3)?

 

That is far more impressive than 60mph (10" @ SPD 4) in 4.7 seconds (somewhere between Phase 4 and 5).

 

30" at SPD 4 is only 20 m/s or about 45 mph. It should take about 4 seconds to reach 60 at that rate.

[CourtFool]

Re: Re: ...but it says 0-60 in 4.7 seconds.

 

Originally posted by Fuzzy Gnome

30" at SPD 4 is only 20 m/s or about 45 mph. It should take about 4 seconds to reach 60 at that rate.

 

Doh! Llama did not read the part about the inches column being non-combat on the chart. Thank you for the correction.

 

Two words, Evil Thoughs...de caf.

[Evil Thoughts]

Don't make me grab that llama's tongue and wrap it aroud it's head!

[BasilDrag]

Re: ...but it says 0-60 in 4.7 seconds.

 

Originally posted by CourtFool

Let llama see if he has this correct.

 

Each segments equals one second. One turn equals twelve seconds.

 

A vehicle may accelerate or decelerate up to its full Combat Movement velocity each Phase.

So far, so good.

 

So, the Lotus Esprit Turbo listed on pg 45 would accelerate up to 90mph (30" @ SPD 4) in 3 seconds (Phase 3)?

Nope.

Velocity in hexdis/Turn, divided by exactly 2.68224, equals velocity in mi/hr. Thus, to increase to 30 hexdis/Phase in one Phase is to increase to 120 hexdis/Turn, is to increase to 44.73872584 mi/hr.

Less than half of your figure.

 

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