Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site tymix.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!hplabs!oliveb!tymix!figmo From: figmo@tymix.UUCP (Lynn Gold) Newsgroups: net.games.emp Subject: Wrap-around BTU bug Message-ID: <301@tymix.UUCP> Date: Fri, 19-Oct-84 05:48:29 EDT Article-I.D.: tymix.301 Posted: Fri Oct 19 05:48:29 1984 Date-Received: Mon, 22-Oct-84 02:33:53 EDT Distribution: net Organization: Tymnet Inc., Cupertino CA Lines: 12 It turns out that nukeing someone's capital when they have 1 or less BTUs DOES NOT wipe them out of the game! If they do enough "power new" commands, after -32767 BTUs, they suddenly wind up with 255 BTUs and are back in the game! The fix to this bug would be to disable the "power new" command if someone doesn't have ten or more BTUs. Thought y'all would like to be warned... --Lynn