"Unit construction only" Space Yards

Andr�s · #1 February 2nd, 2002, 04:25 AM

You don't have to change all resources usage. Only the ones used by the unit you want to build. An only organic or only radiactive figter sounds strange but may work.

PvK · #2 February 2nd, 2002, 05:03 AM

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Originally posted by geoschmo:
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You can also make these specialized yards ship only, or conversly make the standard space yards base only. This would require a base to build a ship, but a ship could be used to build a unit. A logical progresion I think.

Yes, although this would also prevent building bases in deep space, unless bases were able to move, or a different base-constructing shipyard component were added.

PvK

geoschmo · #3 February 2nd, 2002, 06:15 AM

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Originally posted by PvK:

Yes, although this would also prevent building bases in deep space, unless bases were able to move, or a different base-constructing shipyard component were added.

PvK

True. I think the original idea that I was basing this on was not to change the exsisting space yard component, but to be able to add construction ability to specialized "unit only" components, without allowing the construction of ships. So this would still allow you to get your deep space bases.

dmm · #4 February 5th, 2002, 07:00 PM

There is already a "unit construction only" facility. It is called a planet.

Sarcasm aside, though, this means that there is a flag somewhere in the code for "unit construction only." MM just needs to make it available to modders. But as you point out, the AI would need serious reworking to make proper use of this, which is probably why it has not been made available.

geoschmo · #5 February 5th, 2002, 07:13 PM

That thought did occur to me as well. As alwyas though I am simply trying to find ways of doing things without having to wait for/hope for a code change.

capnq · #6 February 5th, 2002, 08:09 PM

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There is already a "unit construction only" facility. It is called a planet.
Sarcasm aside, though, this means that there is a flag somewhere in the code for "unit construction only."

No, it doesn't. It means there's a "can build ships" flag associated with the shipyard facilities and components. Planets can build facilities as well as units.

dmm · #7 February 5th, 2002, 09:05 PM

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Originally posted by capnq:
No, it doesn't. It means there's a "can build ships" flag associated with the shipyard facilities and components. Planets can build facilities as well as units.

Good point. So if the "can build ships" flag were accessible to modders, then they could make a kind of "unityard" that could build units but not ships. Even better would be if there were a "can build units" flag also, which would allow modders to require planets to build a "unityard" facility before building units. And modders could restrict shipyards to ships only. And modders could then add in a research area for a "general purpose yard" that could build both ships and units. But all of this would confuse the AI, big time!