Simulation Environment Requirements

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This document will begin by describing the functionality that a simulation environment similar to JCATS would be required to have and will then proceed to discuss possible ways of translating this functionality to a collaborative table-top computing environment.

Contents 1 Grouping Entities 2 Artillery 3 Messaging 4 Game Setup 5 Firing Weapons 6 Engineering 7 Supplies 8 Mounting 9 Movement

Grouping Entities

• Ability to group entities together into a group so that they can be controlled as one.
• Adding and removing entities from groups.
• Merging groups together.

Artillery

• Perform artillery strikes and be able to specify parameters such as munition type, number of volleys, location and scheduling when the strike will occur.

Messaging

• Sending text and graphic messages to the display of other users.
• Composing and sending e-mails in the closed-system of the simulation.
• Managing messaging (deletion, grouping, copying) similar to that of an e-mail client like Outlook or Thunderbird.

Game Setup

• Hiding and showing different forces to reduce clutter.
• Diplomacy (to control relationships between sides)
• Disguise enemy units as friendly.
• Set entity behavior to determine whether to hold position or hold position.
• Performing repairs.
• Starting and pausing the game.
• Deactivating or removing units or units from the game.

Firing Weapons

• Choosing weapons and munitions.
• Firing at a target.

Engineering

• Creating obstacles such as fox holes and ditches.
• Repair and deletion of these obstacles.
• Moving of killed vehicles that have become obstacles.
• Create and take down bridges.
• Create checkpoints and delete them.

Supplies

• Resupplying entities.
• Distributing supplies between suppliers and users.
• Obtaining weapons and ammo from dead bodies.

Mounting

• Mounting and dismounting passengers and crews into vehicles (similar to garrisoning in many RTS games).
• Launching entities such as launching a airplane from an aircraft carrier.

Movement

• Moving a unit by specifying coordinates.
• Following another entity.
• Specify parameters of the movement such as speed and posture.
• Controlling the route that the movement will take.