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[Smashgorand]

March 2013 ...

I'm wondering if anyone is still playing Ocean Trader?

I've seen some old posts here asking for game manuals and what not. I own an set of original CD's for this game (yes, I purchased it way back-when) and I'm pretty sure I still have the CD's somewhere.
One CD was of course the game itself, the other CD contained a digital version of the game manual stored in a PDF file. I could upload the PDF somewhere and drop a link for it, if anyone is interested.

This game is definately among my favorites. A while a go I started researching the data files for the game and I have managed to figure out most of the game contents. So far I have decoded all the graphics in the game, i.e.: still images, buttons, icons, the books, ships ect. and also the 3 different fonts used. I have also decoded a lot of other data from the game itself - wont bore you all with the details.

I'm falling a bit short on figuring out some of the math formulas - does anyone know how OT calculates fuel consumption / distance based on the ship itself?
I know there are some engine size factors inthere somewhere but it just eludes me how the game actually determines the amount of fuel and distance the ship can travel. You can set the engine speed at a percentage and the game then calculates the fuel consumption and distance the ship can travel. But what's the formula for that calculation? Any help would be appreciated greatly.

Thanks.

//Smashgorand