Missile Flight Time
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Missile Flight Time
Interceptor Missiles and Interplanetary Missiles don't fly according to the
normal Flight Time formula, but use their own, simpler calculation — src/Core/FleetFunctions.php
(getMIPDuration()). Unlike normal fleets, neither ship speed nor galaxy or planet
position play any role here — only the system distance.
Formula
Distance (systems) = distance between origin and target system
Ring universe (galaxy_type 2): fixed distance 2
Linear universe (galaxy_type 1): min(system distance, max_system − system distance)
Standard: direct system distance
Flight time = max(round((30 + 60 * distance) / game speed), 5)
The game speed is the same fleet_speed / 2500 used for normal
Flight Time. The minimum flight time is also the same fixed constant
MIN_FLEET_TIME = 5 seconds.
All current pr0game universes are configured as linear
(galaxy_type = 1) — so the min(...) branch applies, not a fixed
ring distance.
Universe-Specific Peculiarities
Since the formula depends solely on the system distance (max_system),
the same peculiarity as with normal Flight Time applies here:
Universe 7 has only half as many systems with max_system = 200
compared to all other universes (max_system = 400) — the maximum
possible system distance, and thus the maximum missile flight time, is
structurally smaller in Universe 7.