Component-dependant engines

[shinigami]

Raapys said:
Would be nice if there could be a function that looked for a specific ability description, so we could just use the 'Description Only' ability instead of wasting the AI tags and such.

Something like that would really open up our modding options and eliminate the need for the AI tags.

I was thinking about something like this:
Code:

---

Ability 1 Type                        := Unique String

Ability 1 Description                 := 

Ability 1 Scope                       := Space Object

Ability 1 Range Formula               := 0

Ability 1 Amount 1 Formula            := "UW Basketweaving"

Ability 1 Amount 2 Formula            := 0  

---

Then have a functions like Get_Design_Ability_Unique_String("UW Basketweaving") or some such.

Of course, the best thing would be if we could simply add do-nothing abilities to the Main_Strings.txt file!