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Feature Requests item #1220850, was opened at 2005-06-14 17:29 Message generated for change (Comment added) made by lmpeters You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=698375&aid=1220850&group_id=124062 Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the comment thread, including the initial issue submission, for this request, not just the latest update. Category: None Group: None Status: Open Resolution: None Priority: 5 Submitted By: Eric McDonald (eric_mcdonald) Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody) Summary: Unit-Private Advances and Tech Initial Comment: Currently all advances researched for a particular side belong to the side as a whole. Similarly for tech that is developed. It would be nice for certain kinds of units (spellcasters in a fantasy setting, or perhaps scientists in a modern/futuristic setting) to be able to privately accumulate advances that cannot be shared with their side as a whole. Likewise for tech (think private companies, for example). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Lincoln Peters (lmpeters) Date: 2006-07-05 17:13 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=127097 (Seems I forgot to log in before posting that comment earlier.) I'd have to agree with your ideas; they would make it much easier to address a few issues I'd faced designing games in the past, and they'd allow for more creativity later. The only concern I can think of is that it should be done in such a way that games like postmodern.g would not have to have an advance defined for every single unit. But I'm probably just stating the obvious at this point. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Eric McDonald (eric_mcdonald) Date: 2006-07-05 15:29 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=1158352 What you say is largely true. However, in the context of some of the other feature ideas that I posted around the same time, the basic notion is that I am seeking to open up more options regarding tech and research, while trying to streamline the code. I think the fact that toolup/tech/research have so many similarities (though slightly differnt application domains) suggests that they should be a common, more flexible mechanism, rather than 3 separate ones. That is what I was getting at with the handful of related feature ideas; see: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1220847&group_id=124062&atid=698375 https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1220849&group_id=124062&atid=698375 https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1220871&group_id=124062&atid=698375 As an xConq hacker, I think there is an advantage to maintaining one mechanism rather than 3. And from the game designer perspective, it would be nice to have the additional ability to apply it to either sides or units, as relevant and makes sense. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody) Date: 2006-07-05 14:04 Message: Logged In: NO You might look at the toolup mechanism, as per future.g. It's missing a lot of functionality (e.g. can't make toolup depend on materials), but it might come close enough to what you envision that it could be made to work more easily than rewriting the tech and/or advances code. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=698375&aid=1220850&group_id=124062 |
