ITASCORE, by Paolo Fiore

       The Final Score for VGAPlanets!



1. INTRODUCTION

ITAScore is a completely customizable scoring program. You can define all kind 
of formulas on any VGAPlanets' parameter.  
This allows you to tailor your scoring system to any scenario you are going 
to use in a game.

ITAScore creates an itascore.txt file and sends a message containing the score 
and the settings to all the players each turn.

ITAScore cna create an ascore.dat file fully compatible with Autotroll and 
Ascoregif, for online visualization.



2. CONFIGURABLE OPTIONS FOR ITASCORE


Planet Bonus:   enable/disable planet score. You can set a different value for each planet
		or configure group scores.

MineFields:     enable/disable minefield score. This value is based on the "mine units".


Planet Resources: enable/disable mines and factories score. It is based on the sum of the mines
		  and factories.	

Planet defences:  enable/disable the planetary defenses' score. It is based on the total number 
		  of planetary defense posts.

Ships :        	enable/disable the ships' score. You can calculate it counting minerals used and MCs
		or total Mass and MCs. 

Tons :          enable/disable the accounting of destroyed kilotons in ship vs. ship battles.

Starbases:      enable/disable Starbase score. It is based on the total number of defenses 
		and the sum of the Tech Levels.

Torpedos:       enable/disable torpedo score. It keeps track of all the torpedoes built, on Base 
		and aboard ships

Fighters :	enable/disable fighters score. It counts all fighters built.

Zone areas:	enable/disable the score based on zones. You can set the planets' value bsed on
		their distance froma given point. You can choose to divide the map in zones or
		to evaluate on the absolute distance.      


TODO LIST
In the next release ITAScore will allow to insert the score directly into the players' RSTs
(i.e. viewable with F10 in VPA, for example)


3. CONFIGURING ITASCORE

The use and configuration of ITAScore is fairly simple:


1) Put all the program files in the HOST directory. 

2) Launch ITASETUP:  itasetup.exe game_dir

3) Create the following line in auxhost2.ini:  
ITASCORE.EXE GAME_DIR

4. CONFIGURATION EXAMPLE

The following configuration has been used for the VGAPlanets Italian Championship
(1000ly circular map, medium-poor scenario, Sphere add-on).


planet bonus :  15 to each planet
MineFields : NO
PlnResources :  /7
PlnDefences : /3
Ships: /30
Tons : /2
Starbases:  defences: *2
            tech_level: *5
Torpedos: NO
Fighters: NO
Zone areas: value *10
            center at 2000,2000
            zones at 300,500,700
            zone values: 5,4,1

Score example for the above configuration:

Total planets owned= 10                  15*10=   150 points
Total mines+factories=700                700/7=   100 points
Total planetary defense posts=600        600/3=   200 points
Total du+mo+tr+MC ships=9000   	    	 9000/30= 300 points
Total kilotons ship vs. ship= 3000       3000/2= 1500 points
1 base with:  200 defenses                200*2=  400 points
            10,10,8,6 tech-level           34*5=  170 points
zones:
      2 planets in zone 300ly= 10p        10*10=  100 points
      2 planets in zone 500ly=  8p         8*10=   80 points
      6 planets in zone 700ly=  6p         6*10=   60 points
                            Total score:         3060 points
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For any questions feel free to write to the authors at the following 
email addresses:

flavio.tonso@tiscalinet.it
oldslyguy@icqmail.com
info@paolofiore.it

You can always find the newest release of ITAScore at:
http://web.tiscalinet.it/vplhost/.....

or:

http://gioco.net/vgaplanets/..