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Comment · 2 months ago
Comment · 2 years ago
For the human players, the map has a data layer where every tile has a number. Tiles not on the track are 0 and tiles along the course are numbered in ascending order.
The game tracks the last numbered tile each player was on. When the players are too far apart so that they can't all fit on the same screen, then the players who have the smallest number get popped / killed. So if you cut a corner, then you're taking a risk -- you might be further ahead visually, but since you left the course, your last waypoint number will be lower than players still on the course. Those players can swerve in the other direction to force the issue and kill you, if they're paying attention.
In another data section, some of the numbered tiles are marked as key waypoints (my term, I don't know what the Codemaster devs called this). If you miss a key waypoint block entirely, then you are popped for cutting too much.
Those two mechanisms work together to encourage a kind of "iterated prisoners dilemma", on top of the normal racing mechanics. It's great fun.
There are some screenshots that illustrate this at https://bradders.org/MMs/ -- see the section titled "Cutting corners"
For AI players, there's a data layer telling them which way to go next on each tile, much like is described in the OP article here in MMs v1.
Comment · 2 years ago
That's mine! :-)
I still play fairly frequently.
Just this week we had a gathering of 7 people, playing MMv3 all on one big screen, with modified levels burned to a CDROM, using a PS2 with the sticky tape hack. It was awesome!
AMA
Comment · 2 years ago
Sounds like they're thinking of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drax_Power_Station (200 miles from London, but burns "biomass" and powers 6% of the uk)
Comment · 2 years ago
So what do you mean by "It is VR-ready"?
You plan to add VR in the future?
Comment · 2 years ago
floorplanner.com does not appear to support VR (as far as I can make out)
Comment · 2 years ago
I visited the website in my Quest 3 VR headset's browser and clicked "try it out", but was disappointed to not get it in VR.
Did I miss a button or a link to get a VR demo?
Very exciting space; I think this has great potential!
Comment · 2 years ago
You are technically correct, but this is still a pointless argument to make.
It's pretty easy to see that any finite machine isn't Turing Complete, because you just ask whether it can compute a function that doesn't fit in its memory. So, for your laptop: define a function that's true on some number larger than would fit in 16GiB (fiddling the definitions as necessary depending on exactly how you define input / output etc.)
As wikipedia says:
> No physical system can have infinite memory, but if the limitation of finite memory is ignored, most programming languages are otherwise Turing-complete.
The convention is to ignore the infinite case, when talking about real systems because a) most things we want answers to are not large enough for this to make a difference and b) otherwise no real system is Turing-complete, and that's not a helpful definition.
Comment · 2 years ago
Very much agree.
Also, what's it for? None of these articles point to anything worthwhile that it's useful for.
Comment · 2 years ago
EDIT: this was an attempt to get past the paywall, but looks like it's javascript driven, so this archived version breaks after a moment, unless you disable js
https://web.archive.org/web/20240324050221/https://www.wired...
Comment · 3 years ago
Probably not, but what can any individual do about it?
It's very difficult to show monetary damages in order to actually sue
Comment · 3 years ago
Yeah, I really agree with this
I get lots of unsolicited "Microsoft Login" popups and even as a sophisticated user, there's no satisfactory way for me to establish whether this is a trustworthy request or a fake login page.
For example, my company's VPN uses Microsoft SSO and will occasionally pop up a Microsoft Login window without me having requested it.
Comment · 3 years ago
UK shops do just that, for example milk in supermarkets is still sold in pints but labelled in metric due to EU laws.
Comment · 3 years ago
Switching "brands" is a false choice when there are 100s of "brands" all owned by the same 4 conglomerates and all coordinating prices.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2021/...
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/illusion-of-choice-consumer...
Comment · 3 years ago
"greed"? The force that pushes back on corporate greed should be competition. The problem is the modern trend of consolidation, monopolisation and lack of proper competition.
There's some more discussion here: https://www.reddit.com/r/asimov/comments/1u76f8l/the_feeling...