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Re: Don't Let the Stars Fade Away Mon, 10 September 2007 11:38 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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Coyote wrote on Fri, 31 August 2007 23:20

Also, the hull editor needs a way to input a value directly for cargo capacity rather than increment/decrement - especially if you're trying to move a privateer from 250kt cargo to 50kt. Also, a way to move ship slots and place them in more varied half-positions rather than the checkerboard grid would be nice. Additionally, it needs a way to modify the allowable items in a ship slot more directly - perhaps instead of the popup you have now, have a dialog off to the side with checkboxes to select what items it can hold and how many. Obviously engines, cargo bays, and base docks should not be combineable with anything else - you'd just set the size - but there's no reason to exclude scanner/bomb/miningbot(4) slots in principle Smile


That would be nice, indeed. But "improved" ship hulls would need altered costs and tech reqs, possibly requiring extensive testbedding to ensure game balance is preserved. Not a trivial undertaking, IMHO, even if costs/techs could be assigned "per slot" and their totals combined for the hull. Sherlock Whip

For weapons and other items, things would be the same or even "tighter". How to value each trait of a weapon or a shield? Twisted Evil


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You would probably need to be able to add orbital abilities to ship sections anyhow in order to create the jump gate, and a mobile mass driver isn't that far-fetched for modding.


The Jump Gate is a "mechanical" item. The Mass Launcher could be another, I guess, so the hull definition itself needn't be "special". Cool

Trouble is, the Jumpgate more-or-less "extends" a capability ships already have, whereas the mobile mass launching is a somewhat different business. Also, would anyone want an expensive mobile cannon that can only shoot at planets, and not minefields, fleets, or wormholes? Confused



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