Re: SE5, Tell Aaron what\'s on your Wish List
 

Allow a flag or option for a seeking weapon to be able to be damaged by weapons fire. Said damage will decrease the effectiveness of the strength of the seeker. This would be similar to SE3. A yes or no tag will allow us to simulate different types of seekers.

Kana

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About happiness:
2 new settings for happiness.txt

Max Positive Anger Level
Max Negative Anger Level

so you could limit max/min happiness level availiable for any happiness type, ie no more than Happy(120)/no less than Angry(60).

Re: SE5, Tell Aaron what\'s on your Wish List
 

I'm sure it's been said, but also to have happiness based on a percentage.

losing 10 planets in a 500 planet empire should not affect things nearly as much as losing 10 planets in a 15 planet empire

Re: SE5, Tell Aaron what\'s on your Wish List
 

A supply ability that can be tied to things other than facilities. That way you could make a resupply component, that you can put on Bases. Also allow some whay of supplying ships from bases without having to 'fleet' them together...

Kana

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I'm all for that! At the moment I make supply bases that are just a station full of supply components, but in order to resupply ships, I have to send them to the station, 'fleet' them with it, then 'unfleet' them and send the ships on it's way. And I'm still trying to figure out a way to resupply the base when it runs out. A Base-only resupply component would be great, and that one simple addition would add a lot to the game's strategic depth.

Re: SE5, Tell Aaron what\'s on your Wish List
 

Unless I'm really mistaken, bases already have unlimited supplies, so you don't need to worry about your base "running out" of supplies....ever.

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I know we've bugged you enough about the formulas in data files, Aaron, but you think it would be possible to calculate any field from any other field?

E.g.

Tonnage Structure = 30 * 0.95 ^ [Tech Req Level 3]

for a component that miniaturizes when tech req 3 is Miniaturization? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

Re: SE5, Tell Aaron what\'s on your Wish List
 

Planetary Indices, using the equations. Pop growth rates, production and build rate, even some atmosphere modification, all based on race settings among other things.

High organics-value planets would convert CO2 into oxygen, high rads (of the volcanic variety) planets would emit lots of H2 and methane, and more.

And a separate reproduction rate and death rate index.
You could have a heavy metal value for the planets, which could reduce reproduction rate in regular races (toxic), but be required for self-reproduction in the case of mechanoids.
You could have planets where a small colony will die off from natural events unless you can grow it to a stable size, or keep feeding replacements to it as the people die.

You could have a rapidly-reproducing race that uses up all the methane, say, in an atmosphere and then dies off when the methane runs out.
They would come in giant pop transports, turn the atmosphere into population, and then leave to find another world to consume.

Re: SE5, Tell Aaron what\'s on your Wish List
 

I meant running out of supplies to give to other ships. Then you're just left with a useless station sitting out in the middle of nowhere.

Re: SE5, Tell Aaron what\'s on your Wish List
 

If you've modified the settings.txt so that bases can be fleeted, unlimited supplies means unlimited supplies.

If you built a base with just the control components and nothing else (bridge, ls, cq), and fleeted it with your ships, every ship will have full supplies next turn.