Space Stations as Resupply depots...

Strategia_In_Ultima · #1 December 11th, 2005, 06:39 AM

You can put the resupply base(s) under "Ships", thereby giving it finite supply. Create a resupply component (Supply Generation ability generates infinite supplies per turn) too big to fit on any other ship, and create a mount so you can put it on the resupply base(s). Build one of these bases, fleet it with one or more ships low on supplies and the next turn they'll be fully refueled.

Slick · #2 December 11th, 2005, 01:34 PM

See settings.txt to allow bases to be placed in fleets. In stock this idea lead to abuse and bases are not allowed in fleets by default.

Suicide Junkie · #3 December 11th, 2005, 01:36 PM

You also need lots of supply storage on those bases, but that is a design issue.

If you make the supply generation per kt reasonable, then you don't need to use any restrictive mounting schemes.
Just making it 10x the size and 12x the supply generation of a solar panel should be plenty.
More for convenience, than anything else. Having a big solar panel component instead of a huge pile of little ones keeps things simple.

See:
Pirates&Nomads-PBW version for an example.

Magnum357 · #4 December 12th, 2005, 08:58 PM

Ok, I think I like SJ idea the best. Has less problems too it. I was thinking of having Solar Panels big too, but I also was hoping to have Solar Panels only available to bases. Not sure if this can be done though.

Now what about the AI? I will do what Slick indicated with the Settings.txt file, but will the AI be able to use this right? AI seems to build bases, but will the AI "Fleet" its ships with the bases to get them refueled?