www.futurehobo.com/ZoCexplained.html

First draft, guys, help me improve it.

thanks Sage, it helped me understand much better the ZoC thingy

sticky this?

"Let's direct our attention first to my Swordsman-5. Right now, he's standing next to Commander-5, an enemy troop. There are 4 open hexes around him, marked with X's. However, he cannot move to ANY of them. ZoC limits him."

You contradict this in the next paragraphs where you say he can move somewhere.

Also, spell commandeers correctly where it appears.

The final image isn't loading for me, not sure if this a problem for others.

This is a very good tutorial! I congratulate you, Sage, on your initiative.

doh...I didn't mean it like that. I meant that he can't move to JUST any of the spaces. I'll fix that, it was a syntax error

The last image loads for me...is anyone else having a problem?

Last Edited : Monday, 19 December 2005 - 21:58

now i understand thankyou sage i appreciate it. :-D

Sage in your quiz to review there is a slight dicrepancy.

There are 3 enemy units preventing movement to hex 1. Not mentioning the archers would get some players thinking that they don't have an affect on ZOC.

I thought about that, but I figured adding more numbers into the mix would confuse people. The jist of it is you can't move from 1 to 2. Moving from 1 to 3 is basically just moving from 1 to 2+1

In reality, the archers DON'T have an affect on ZoC...not really. They could disappear completely and the scout still would be unable to move there.

I'll consider changing it, though I think it would just make it more confusing.

I mentioned it more for the fact that somebody would report a bug someday, that the archers are causing ZOC.

You could also take away the spearmen and they still couldn't move to that spot.

Ghengis, anybody reporting that bug obviously wouldn't understand ZoC. My tutorial makes it clear, does it not, that moving from a hex next to one enemy to a hex next to two is not allowed? Anybody who understands that concept won't be confused. The archer, in that situation, has no effect on ZoC.

However, I suppose it's hoping for too much to expect everyone who reads the tutorial to be intelligent. I've edited the photos and deleted the archer from them. Now there will be no confusion

That was very helpful! I'd been wondering what the heck everyone meant when they said ZoC...muchos gracias Sage!

Seems pretty obvious to me. Good work. Take that req!!!! See it's simple!

Maybe Mog or req could clear out this thread and make it a sticky?

i now use zoc to my benifite thanks sage no just elabertate on them like three courses to use ZoC.

I knew enough about ZoC to get by but now after Sage's help I realize I didnt know crud. Thanks Sage it really helped.

I'll put a link to it on the existing sticky. I've tried to be sparing in my use of stickies and I still get complaints when I make one. So I'll add to the existing ones.

yeah i had the same idea mog but i wanted to ask sage to post a link there...i just havent seen sage...

Also here if you are in a 1-1 situation and wanting to move to a 1-2 situation and have enough move points you can initially move to a 1-0 spot and then move to the 1-2 spot.
If this makes sense.

I am not entirely clear, some of the comments seem to suggest that units like comms and range (archers, etc.) do not effect ZOC. Is that correct?

Not at all. ALL units affect ZoC.

Would you mind pointing out which parts confused you? I'd like to make it more clear.