<?xml version="1.0"?> <lwdoc> <version>beta5</version> <language>en</language> <title>Ticks</title> <section id="ticks_intro" title="Introduction"> Legacy Worlds is a <i>tick based game</i>. Ticks are specific <i>instants in time</i> when <i>automated events are triggered</i>. They correspond to moments when game data are updated. As such <mlink to="ticks_tick">different kinds of ticks</mlink> happen <i>at different time intervals</i> and <i>play a different role</i> in the game dynamics. </section> <section id="ticks_tick" title="Different ticks"> The <i>different ticks</i> involved are presented in the table below: <table> <tr> <th>Tick</th> <th>Time</th> <th>Events</th> </tr> <tr> <td>Battle</td> <td>Every 4 hours</td> <td><ul> <li>Battle computations</li> <li>Battle Unavaibility of fleets ends</li> </ul></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Hour</td> <td>Every hour</td> <td><ul> <li>Fleets arrival Unavaibility ends</li> <li>Hyperspace stand-by delay of fleets get reduced</li> </ul></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Movement</td> <td>Ever Minute</td> <td><ul> <li>Fleet position calculation</li> </ul></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Cash</td> <td>twice a day</td> <td><ul> <li> Income calculation and distribution </li> </ul></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Day</td> <td>Once a day</td> <td><ul> <li>Population growth</li> <li>Planet updates</li> <li>Ranking updates</li> </ul></td> </tr> </table> </section> <section id="ticks_page" title="Ticks page"> <section id="ticks_page_list" title="Diplayed ticks"> The Ticks page provides information about the major ticks involved in game:<ul> <li>Battle Tick</li> <li>Cash Tick</li> <li>Day Tick</li> <li>Hour Tick</li> </ul> No display is provides for the <i>Hour Tick</i>, given the occurence of the tick is almost instantaneous. </section> <section id="ticks_page_data" title="Provided data"> For each tick is provided:<ul> <li><i>Description</i> of the tick</li> <li>Date and time of the <i>previous tick</i> of the same category</li> <li>Date and time of the <i>next tick</i> of the same category along with a <i>timer to the next tick</i></li> </ul> </section> </section> </lwdoc>