Re: [BTMux-General] General Thoughts

[Kevin S. <ke...@th...>]

Daniel MacGregor wrote:

> Was looking at the btpartslist function that cad came up with and
> realized some issues that I want to solve.
>
> First off there is no way 'currently', atleast as far as I know of, to
> determine a commod from a part. Also
> there is some Ammo mixed in with the cargo table, ammo that is not
> automatically generated like
> Ammo_AC/5 but instead ammo like Ammo_SRM_Inferno or Ammo_LRM_Artemis.
>
> My idea right now is redo the whole item table system, into something
> like this
>
> Weapons
> Generated Ammo
> Special Ammo
> Bombs
> Commods
> Parts
>
> And along with that redefine the IsAmmo (to include both tables) a
> IsCommod, a IsPart and redefine IsCargo as both.
> Also redefine the *_INDEX values stored in mech.h, add some for the
> commods and special ammo.
>
> Now KM has voiced some concerns about this because the part #s would
> change for just about everything.
>
> I guess this is just me being obessive about having things more
> organized then they are right now. What are your guys thoughts on this?
>
>
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As another addendum on a more technicaly point.....

Is*() (Ammo, Commod, etc...) are FAR REACHING macro's used more than
just for hangar listings, named outputs, and cosmetic stuff. They are
used ALL over the combat/mech/etc.. hcode in various ways. Some
straightforward, some creative, and they are used with various
expectations of what they mean. One of my last mails to -Devel itemized
the technical aspects of thsi somewhat.

One example is how Weapon, Ammo (Ammo isn't always what it seems...
there is no Ammo_IS.AC/5_Precision per say in the low level sense....),
Parts, Bomb's.... more? Are all used as potential names for addable
crits and their Is*() output is parsed in various differnt manners.

Anyhoo. Can't stress enough to be scared of changing this core set of code.

Null

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