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Topics in this digest:

1. Problem with stat formula calculation
From: "Mike E <ace@madbomber.net>" <ace@madbomber.net>
2. RE: Problem with stat formula calculation
From: "Badicus O'Shea" <mad-dog-of-michigan@cogeco.ca>


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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2003 20:00:48 -0000
From: "Mike E <ace@madbomber.net>" <ace@madbomber.net>
Subject: Problem with stat formula calculation

Ok--here is my stats section from a file I recently helped a friend
create:

Stats
Edge | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | .~27
EMB | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 20.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | .~28
MOV | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 20.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | .~29
WV | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 20.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | .~30
AV | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 20.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | .~31
WVB | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 20.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | .~32
AVB | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 20.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | .~33
TUB | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 20.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | .~34
ETB | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 20.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | .~35
EUB | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 20.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | .~36
TWT | 2 | 1 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | .~37
X2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 99.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
&TUB-&ETB-&EUB~38
DX1 | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
&WV+&WVB+&EUB~39
HX1 | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 20.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
&AV+&AVB+&EUB~40
Att | 2 | 1 | 3.0 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
&TWT-&WVB~41
Def | 2 | 1 | 3.0 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
&TWT-&AVB-&X2~42
Mor | 2 | 1 | 3.0 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
&TWT-&EMB-&X2~43
MP | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
&MOV+&TUB+&EUB~44
Dam | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 99.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
.~DX1*# 45
Hits | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 99.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
.~HX1*# 46

The problem is with the last 2 stats--right now I have them commented
out so I cna keep using the file. But when I try the formula

DX1*#

where the calculation is to take teh stat DX1 and multiply it by the
unti count, it doesn't work--it says "Invalid Arithmetic Stat
Expression".

Any clues what I'm doing wrong? I wrote the formula exactly as it
appears in the Construction Kit manual.



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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2003 22:38:18 -0500
From: "Badicus O'Shea" <mad-dog-of-michigan@cogeco.ca>
Subject: RE: Problem with stat formula calculation

The friend he's helping is me

If one needs to see the original unit stats/formulae, they can be found here
http://home.cogeco.ca/~shattered-sphere/ss3/rules/military/ Some adjustments
have had to be made to accomodate ABCreator.

As an aside, as a completely new entrant to this program I must say that the
Manual to ABCreator is incredibly hard to use if not virtually useless
without a guiding hand. If it wasn't for Mike E's help so far on this, I'd
be completely lost intead of the just supremely confused the way I am right
now. While I never had an illusion it'd be easy... I didn't think it'd be
this hard either. Maybe somebody at the company might want to look at
creating a slightly more user friendly version of the manual. One that uses
a bit more plain english than engineer-ese.




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