Mod: Logistics and Upkeep.

syox · July 6, 2013

OK University got me focused lately, but i will be back soon.

:lol:

Just post this here where it belongs:

http://forums.uberent.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=61&t=45735

It will change the economy, introduce logistics and maybe add cost requirements for unit actions.

As of now:

How it works:
Engineers, Commanders, Factories, Mexes and p-gens have an internal storage of Mass and Energy.
(As long as no cost requirements are introduced only engineers and Commanders,)

The storage capacity for Engineers and Commanders is limited, the one for buildings (factories, mexes, p-gens) not.

Mexes and p-gens generate their ressources at given rates which adds to the internal counter.

Similar to the buildrate Engineers and Commanders get a extract and infuse rate for each ressource.

With this they extract mass and energy from the internal counter of other units or buildings, or infuse them.

There is no global storage!

If a factory or engineer needs Mass and Energy to produce stuff, these are subtracted from the internal counter. If the internal storage is enough the project will be finished else not. At least until internal storages are filled up or other units are supporting.

A player should be able to order units to automatically transport ressources from A to B or even in generall, or to do fixed routes per hand.

For this i plan to use flowfields, if they support multiple goals.

Propably we add 1 to 3 or more transport units.

pros:
+no stall has a global effect.
+no prorating of Energy- or Massexpenditure needed.
+though its discrete on little scale, globaly it works like flow economy
+fixes the global vs. planetwise eco problem
+system supports both playstyles, flow with expenditure before income and discrete with expenditure after.
+system may be more intuitive (because closer to real world behavior)

cons:
-no global Storage
-time for transporting ressources has to be kept in mind
-losing a engineer or factory can result in a even bigger lose in mass and energy
-adds more complexity to the game
-maybe more micro needed

requirements to PA
Disabling global economy.

Adding constants values to buildings and units:
(max energy storage, max mass storage, energy extraction rate, mass extraction rate, energy infuse rate, mass infuse rate)

Adding variable values to buildings and units:
(current energy count, current mass count)

Adding two boolean to units and buidlings:
*can_be_filled (f.i. mexes, pgens not)
*can_take_from (engineers shouldnt be able to take ressources out of other engineers to prevent fill up or take out chains, except if a engineer is building currently or assisting -> maybe the need for more bollean but this should be in the code imo)

Maybe a hack of or something costfield like, to have ant communication like marks on the ground, for better distribution or "road" like stuff (marking movent directions, help to preven collisions).

Flow and cost fields supporting multiple goals with different values.

Changing costs generated by units to distribute them(Engineers) where they need to be automatically.

Maybe adding some transport units.

not decided yet, up to testing
Mexes are indestructable, and prebuild (like mines in warcraft 2)

Units do need internal ressources for actions.

Maybe keep the Global counter but not as actual distribution, only for better overview.

Maybe also/only prebuild indestrutable but captureable factories (Planetary Island 3 anyone? )

possible helping
*BulletMagnet (coding)
*hyrdofoil (coding)
*cheeseless (coding, cleaning, debugging)
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syox · July 6, 2013

Please note: This Mod will not start until we have access to serverstuff. So Prob. not before beta!

koffiegast · July 24, 2013

Im looking forward to the implementation.

I would really love something with real resource logistics (but not for refuel/rearm).

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