More stats?

[minipol]

Originally posted by Slick:
I would like to see more stats and more control. Right now you can either manage on the ship/unit/planet/fleet scale or the limited empire scale. I wish there were something in between. I would like to say things like "Build Weapon Platform X on any planet not building anything with Y cargo space empty" or "Show me a list of all planets that don't have the right breathing population" or "Fill planet with Mineral Miner II except for Last slot, build a Robotoid in the Last slot, then upgrade MM II's to MM III's" or "Show me a list of systems that don't have a System Robotoid (or cloak detection, or long range scanning, etc)".

I wish SE5 will have things along these lines.

Slick.

Yeah, but that would mean Aaron would have to make a kind of query language. And that he probably would have to put his data in a db structure of some sort. He could then use SQL to build these reports. As you said, being able to ask for these reports would be awesome.

[Slick]

I think the data must already be in a db format of some kind, even if it is custom built. Everything about SE4 is databaselike. There are lists (records) and attributes (fields) for everything. Also, since the game is turn based, queues of orders (database operations) are a natural way to process turns.

Slick.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

stars! has some good lists. lists good. nice lists.
*pats the lists on the head*
*woof*
would it scare everybody if i said i'm holding back on the weirdness?

[minipol]

Originally posted by narf poit chez BOOM:
stars! has some good lists. lists good. nice lists.
*pats the lists on the head*
*woof*
would it scare everybody if i said i'm holding back on the weirdness?

what weirdness

[minipol]

Originally posted by Slick:
I think the data must already be in a db format of some kind, even if it is custom built. Everything about SE4 is databaselike. There are lists (records) and attributes (fields) for everything. Also, since the game is turn based, queues of orders (database operations) are a natural way to process turns.

Slick.

I'm not sure but it might be. But i'm not sure this would mean he could make all the Queries we want

[narf poit chez BOOM]

was that a challenge?

[Stone Mill]

Well now... that is a brilliant suggestion.

SEV should have a reporting feature with canned reports, customizable reports, and Ad-Hoc reports. I love data as well.

The icons on the SEIV GUI are essentially reports, and they do have a degree of customization (selecting different buttons while in a view).

It would be nice to have a customizable view to produce empire management reports. Also, there should be a printable report functionality (ability to export to .txt or .xls).

I like this! I'll add it to the SEV thread.