bipbippy
2009-01-08 |  | Exploration |  |
So. Out of curiosity, I decided to do the math and see what it would take to be able to explore as an a.miner with 150 planets...
To explore for another planet in 1 turn - it would take -
3,140,332,728,525,200 Ranger Scouts
(that`s 3 quadrillion by the way)
How long would that take to build?
34,263.24 days
or
about 94 years |
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VALJA
99+ day(s) ago | yeah... true bipbippy... thanks to C++... so i can calculate how many MDs to use against enslavers... :D
lol... |
Gronoria
99+ day(s) ago | I hate C++ lol
*hides from all the programmers |
bipbippy
99+ day(s) ago | Yep, you can thank my C++ class in college for my knowledge of recursive functions. Probably one of the few things I actually learned in college! |
collective1
99+ day(s) ago | good point Gronoria!...i assumed it was a recursive sequence in my calculations as well, which slightly underestimates the function...so add 1 turn to each of those that i described
...and I made a typo for the guardian opal: should have been 647078, so now 647079 |
Gronoria
99+ day(s) ago | Wow Bip you`re describing a recursive relation there, really cool that you came up with that as it`s often not easy to find. Though I think it might be easier for calculations to use exploration points needed=5000*1.2^(x-1) with x being the number of planets you have. |
collective1
99+ day(s) ago | bobby: assuming unlimited wealth, it would depend on race/scoutship:
terran V2=396253 turns
miner ranger=280193 turns
guardian opal=647089 turns
viral kohoutek=417687 turns
they`re in the range of few weeks-months of non-stop RT-playing :) |
Infernal
99+ day(s) ago | how fun, i figured out that i need 3.16574E+34 to explore 1 borders at my current planet count :D |
bobbysindustrialpat
99+ day(s) ago | For bonus points - what`s the minimum number of turns required to explore with 150 planets, taking into account the build time of the scouts? |
VALJA
99+ day(s) ago | seekers... like i`ve said... regardless in any way... it`s possible... but it`s not worth it... :) |
seekers
99+ day(s) ago | ROFLMAO
sheesh... dig yourself a planetary core cap... it is EONs faster. O.o |
VALJA
99+ day(s) ago | lol... i can`t remember the details much... but partially i did explore to the limit and since i didn`t think my resources last much, i had to use what Stephen gave us... ;)
but for sure there were thousands (or perhaps almost a million) of V2s.... lol... |
Kyril
99+ day(s) ago | we love to hear more from VALJA:P |
VALJA
99+ day(s) ago | it`s possible... but it`s not worth it... :) |
UberPansy
99+ day(s) ago | Better get crackin ;D |
Certicom
99+ day(s) ago | VALJA where are you? Please do tell about your extreme exploring. |
WhatIsTheMatrix
99+ day(s) ago | how much $ will it take......? |
Amaranth
99+ day(s) ago | If I`m not mistaken VALJA explored 200 planets so he could finsih that mission. |
Ishamael
99+ day(s) ago | oh it can be done? uhhh... |
bipbippy
99+ day(s) ago | stephen`s formula`s actually not too difficult.
It`s just x=x+(x/5).
the chart starts at 5000 for 1 planet. so 2 planets = 5000+(5000/5) = 6000.
3 planets = 6000+(6000/5) = 7200
4 planets = 7200+(7200/5) = 8640
and so on and so forth... |
EphemeralEternity
99+ day(s) ago | for 596 planets it would take me 6.48275665 x 10^50 exploration points for me to explore one planet.
so with 100k virals scouts that would ammount to 1.62068916 x 10^43 turns for that one planet
then lets see, so thats about 3.40354087 x 10^36 paid years or 4.00416573 x 10^36 non paid years.
to get it to one turn per planet would take 1.62068916 x 10^48 scouts, then lets see that translates into 9.00382867 x 10^45 turns worth of scouts. that would take me 1.89085604 x 10^39 paid years to build or 2.22453652 x 10^39 non paid years to build.
sorry for leaving things in scientific notation but i really didn`t want to type out zero`s basiclly it boils down to a really really really long time. but don`t worry i`m working on it i already have 5 bil some exploration points saved up, the bad thing is it seems UW`s effect exploration points or i would have close to 25 bil
and who knows if my calcs were right, i did my best a long while back to RE a formula that was close as possible to stephens chart. never know with that stephen math even if my calcs were dead on. |
