Posted by: ZimRathbone
« on: February 16, 2012, 11:49:49 PM »the problem here is that you have a fairly expensive primary class and a very cheap secondary.
The logic (in theory) is that if the cost to refit to the secondary class is less than 20% of the cost to build the primary class, then the secondary can be built in the same yard.
The way that the algorythm actually works is that since the cost to BUILD the secondary is less than 20% of the primary, then it gets included as an optional class, as Steve explained this to me a few years ago. While he acknowledeged it was a bit of a bug, it wasn't important enough for him to go hunting a resolution at the time (I think he was in the process of a fairly major re-write to missiles).
The logic (in theory) is that if the cost to refit to the secondary class is less than 20% of the cost to build the primary class, then the secondary can be built in the same yard.
The way that the algorythm actually works is that since the cost to BUILD the secondary is less than 20% of the primary, then it gets included as an optional class, as Steve explained this to me a few years ago. While he acknowledeged it was a bit of a bug, it wasn't important enough for him to go hunting a resolution at the time (I think he was in the process of a fairly major re-write to missiles).