dopewars

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1. ^ abcBen Webb's first GPL release of dopewars, version 1.4.0, came out on 27 April 1999.Developerdopewars source
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   17327th April 1999 
   174     First GPL release of dopewars (1.4.0) 
   

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2. ^ abdopewars's credits say it derives from an MS-DOS game of the same name by an unknown author, which was based on John E. Dell's MS-DOS game Drug Wars.Developerdopewars source
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   1dopewars is derived from the MS-DOS game of the same name (author unknown).
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   3This is turn was based upon the MS-DOS game "Drug Wars", by John E. Dell.
   

   44based upon the MS-DOS game of the same name, in turn derived from "Drug
   

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3. ^By default, dopewars plays multiplayer games, connecting to a dopewars server.Developerdopewars source
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   57By default, dopewars supports multi-player games. On starting a game, the
   

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4. ^dopewars's “antique” mode tries to keep to the original game as closely as possible.Developerdopewars source
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   53This is "antique" dopewars; it tries to keep to the original dopewars, based
   54on the "Drug Wars" game by John E. Dell, as closely as possible.
   

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5. ^ abAntique mode keeps the first six of the eight locations and drops the gun shop and the pub.Codedopewars source
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   2450    GunShopLoc = RoughPubLoc = 0;
   

   2476  if (antique) {
   2477    defloc = 6;
   

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6. ^ abcddopewars has 12 drugs, each with a price range, from Ludes at 11–60 to Cocaine at 15,000–29,000. Acid, Hashish, Ludes, and Weed can turn cheap; Cocaine, Heroin, Opium, and Speed can turn expensive.Verifieddopewars source
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   719  {N_("Cocaine"), 15000, 29000, FALSE, TRUE, ""},
   

   257  price_t MinPrice, MaxPrice;
   258  gboolean Cheap, Expensive;
   

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7. ^ abcdeEach drug on sale gets a fresh price on every arrival, drawn uniformly from at least its MinPrice to below its MaxPrice; a price event then divides or multiplies one drug's price.Verifieddopewars source
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   810 * Returns a random price not less than bot and less than top.
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   814  return (price_t)((float)(top - bot) * rand() / (RAND_MAX + 1.0)) + bot;
   

   3248      To->Drugs[i].Price = prandom(Drug[i].MinPrice, Drug[i].MaxPrice);
   

   2411          SendDrugsHere(To, TRUE);
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   2417      SendDrugsHere(To, TRUE);
   

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8. ^Each visit puts a random number of drugs on sale, from the location's MinDrug to one less than its MaxDrug; the rest have no price that day.Verifieddopewars source
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   3239  NumRandom = brandom(Location[To->IsAt].MinDrug,
   3240                      Location[To->IsAt].MaxDrug);
   

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9. ^ abcEach visit has no price event with probability 0.30, one with 0.42, two with 0.266, and three with 0.014.Verifieddopewars source
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   3214  if (brandom(0, 100) < 70)
   3215    NumEvents = 1;
   3216  if (brandom(0, 100) < 40 && NumEvents == 1)
   3217    NumEvents = 2;
   3218  if (brandom(0, 100) < 5 && NumEvents == 2)
   3219    NumEvents = 3;
   

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10. ^ abA price event picks a random drug that can turn; a cheap drug costs a quarter of a normal price, and an expensive one four times.Verifieddopewars source
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    3227      To->Drugs[i].Price = prandom(Drug[i].MinPrice, Drug[i].MaxPrice)
    3228          * Drugs.ExpensiveMultiply;
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    3233      To->Drugs[i].Price = prandom(Drug[i].MinPrice, Drug[i].MaxPrice)
    

    753  N_("Cops made a big %tde bust! Prices are outrageous!"),
    754  N_("Addicts are buying %tde at ridiculous prices!"),
    755  4, 4
    

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11. ^The eight locations differ in police presence and in how many drugs are on sale, from Manhattan (police 90, 4–9 drugs) to the Ghetto (police 5, 8–11 drugs).Verifieddopewars source
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    743  {N_("Manhattan"), 90, NUMDRUG / 2 - 2, NUMDRUG - 2},
    

    250  int PolicePresence;
    251  int MinDrug, MaxDrug;
    

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12. ^ abA dopewars game starts on 1 December 1984 with $2,000 cash, a $5,500 debt, and a trenchcoat that holds 100.Codedopewars source
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    114price_t StartCash = 2000, StartDebt = 5500;
    

    87  1, 12, 1984
    

    882  NewPlayer->CoatSize = 100;
    

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13. ^ abEach jet to another location takes one day, and asking to jet on the 31st turn ends the game, so a game has 31 days of trading.Codedopewars source
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    226int NumTurns = 31;
    

    452    if (NumTurns > 0 && Play->Turn >= NumTurns
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    462      Play->Turn++;
    463      g_date_add_days(Play->date, 1);
    

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14. ^ abcEach jet multiplies the loan shark's debt by 1.10, in integer arithmetic, so $5,500 left unpaid grows to $95,917 over 30 jets.Verifieddopewars source
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    108int DebtInterest = 10, BankInterest = 5;
    

    464      Play->Debt = Play->Debt * (DebtInterest + 100) / 100;
    

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15. ^ abEach jet multiplies the bank balance by 1.05, so $2,000 deposited grows to $8,614 over 30 jets.Verifieddopewars source
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    108int DebtInterest = 10, BankInterest = 5;
    

    466      Play->Bank = Play->Bank * (BankInterest + 100) / 100;
    

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16. ^ abThe dopewars loan shark, in the Bronx, only takes repayments and offers no new loans.Codedopewars source
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    500  case C_PAYLOAN:
    501    money = strtoprice(Data);
    

    2351      if (To->IsAt + 1 == LoanSharkLoc && To->Debt > 0) {
    

    216#define DEFLOANSHARK  1
    

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17. ^On arrival, dopewars rolls for an encounter, 24 in 100 below $1 million net worth, 39 in 115 above it, and 54 in 130 above $3 million.Codedopewars source
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    2315      if (Money > 3000000)
    2316        i = 130;
    2317      else if (Money > 1000000)
    2318        i = 115;
    2319      else
    2320        i = 100;
    2321      if (brandom(0, i) > 75) {
    

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18. ^An encounter is an offer, a random event, or a police attack, and a location's police presence raises the share of attacks. Half of all offers are a helper who carries drugs, or a bigger trenchcoat in antique mode; the rest offer a gun, unless the game is sanitized or has no guns, the player already carries two more guns than helpers, or the drawn gun won't fit the coat, and then nothing is offered.Codedopewars sourcerevised
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    2443  i = brandom(0, 80 + Location[To->IsAt].PolicePresence);
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    2449  else
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    2451  if (i < 33) {
    2452    return (OfferObject(To, Force == FORCEBITCH));
    2453  } else if (i < 50) {
    2454    return (RandomOffer(To));
    

    3164  if (brandom(0, 100) < 50 || ForceBitch) {
    3165    if (WantAntique) {
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    3167      text = dpg_strdup_printf(_("YN^Would you like to buy a bigger "
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    3172      text =
    3173          dpg_strdup_printf(_
    3174                            ("YN^Hey dude! I'll help carry your %tde for a "
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    3181  } else if (!Sanitized && NumGun > 0
    3182             && (TotalGunsCarried(To) < To->Bitches.Carried + 2)) {
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    3185    if (Gun[ObjNum].Space > To->CoatSize)
    3186      return 0;
    

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19. ^One random event in ten is a mugging that leaves 80 to 94 percent of the cash.Codedopewars source
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    3056  if (!Sanitized && (r < 10)) {
    3057    g_string_assign(text, _("You were mugged in the subway!"));
    3058    To->Cash = To->Cash * (price_t)brandom(80, 95) / 100l;
    

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20. ^ abIn antique mode, half of all offers are a bigger trenchcoat for $200 to $299, and each one adds 10 to the coat's space.Codedopewars source
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    3164  if (brandom(0, 100) < 50 || ForceBitch) {
    3165    if (WantAntique) {
    3166      To->Bitches.Price = prandom(MINTRENCHPRICE, MAXTRENCHPRICE);
    

    64static const price_t MINTRENCHPRICE = 200, MAXTRENCHPRICE = 300;
    

    3547  Play->CoatSize += 10;
    

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21. ^The instructions list six drugs with their prices per unit: cocaine 15,000–30,000, heroin 5,000–14,000, acid 1,000–4,500, weed 300–900, speed 70–250, and ludes 10–60.VerifiedDrug Wars (1984), played in emu2
    How we know

    The prices of drugs per unit are: COCAINE 15000-30000

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22. ^Each day every drug gets a new price, a random whole number of steps: cocaine 15 to 28 × $1,000, heroin 5 to 12 × $1,000, acid 10 to 44 × $100, weed 3 to 7 × $100, speed 7 to 24 × $10, and ludes 1 to 5 × $10.VerifiedDrug Wars (1984), played in emu2revised
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23. ^Three prices carry another drug's price from the day before, so cocaine adds the previous day's weed price, heroin adds 4 × the previous day's speed price, and weed adds the previous day's ludes price.VerifiedDrug Wars (1984), played in emu2
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24. ^In the probe's 100 passive games, a price event moved one drug on 688 of 3,000 days, about 23%; a cocaine bust or heroin addicts multiply its price by 5, cheap heroin, acid, or weed divide it by 5, and cheap ludes divide it by 7.VerifiedDrug Wars (1984), played in emu2revised
    How we know

    COPS MADE A BIG COKE BUST !! PRICES ARE OUTRAGEOUS !!

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25. ^Each jet takes a day, and the jet out of 1/3/84 ends the game after 30 days of trading, with no 12/31 on the calendar.VerifiedDrug Wars (1984), played in emu2
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26. ^The debt grows 10% a day, rounded down to the dollar, so $5,500 left unpaid is $87,198 on the last day.VerifiedDrug Wars (1984), played in emu2
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27. ^The bank pays 5.5% a day, rounded down, but the status box can show the balance from before the day's interest.VerifiedDrug Wars (1984), played in emu2
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28. ^The loan shark lends at most twice the cash in hand, less $50; with $2,000 he lends $3,950 and refuses $3,951, and the rule holds with $1,500, $1,000, and $500.VerifiedDrug Wars (1984), played in emu2
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29. ^On arrival the game may offer a bigger trench coat for $200 to $299, which adds 20 units of space, or a gun for $400 to $499.VerifiedDrug Wars (1984), played in emu2revised
    How we know

    WILL YOU BUY A NEW TRENCH COAT WITH MORE POCKETS FOR

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30. ^A game starts on 12/4/83 in the Bronx with $2,000 cash, a $5,500 debt to the loan shark, and a trench coat that holds 100 units.VerifiedDrug Wars (1984), played in emu2
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31. ^In emu2, the Happy Hacker Foundation's MS-DOS Dope Wars (Dopewars.exe of 4 May 1991) starts its first day in the Bronx with $2,000 cash, a $5,500 debt, and 100 spaces.VerifiedDope Wars (MS-DOS, Happy Hacker Foundation), played in emu2revised
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32. ^An MS-DOS Dope Wars opens by calling itself based on John E. Dell's Drug Wars and credits the Happy Hacker Foundation.VerifiedDope Wars (MS-DOS, Happy Hacker Foundation), played in emu2 · BBS Documentary library, Dopewarsrevised
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    Based on John E. Dell's old Drug Wars game, Dope Wars is a simulation of an imaginary drug market. … Dope Wars has been brought to you courtesy of the Happy Hacker Foundation.

    The program recieved an update from the "Happy Hacker Foundation" with the release of "Dope Wars"

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