Space Empires 5

[geoschmo]

Originally posted by Arkcon:
Now hold on there Tex, this is a big change in tactics for everyone -- MM might want to save this for a new Version so people don't get ticked off. I don't think it's worth MM's time to alter the code, and not make it the default -- that is only to be done in mods or by game setup switch, or maybe it is?

He could very easily add an optional "uses ammo" attribute that would not be in the stock game, but allow modders to change components to it if they wanted. One modder might want to make DUCS use ammo only and no supplies, while another might want some of both. But the stock game could have it use only supply.

As far as tracking ammo level, it would be in the code whether or not the particular mod was taking advantage of it. He could either just have it display a bar for ammo that was ignored, or maybe have a settings.txt entry to state whether ammo is to be used or not in the mod. It's doable, but it would be fairly complex.

And btw, if you are ever in dubt about who might have suggested something but you can't quite remember, it's a good bet it was Baron. He is a quite prolific "idea man".

Geoschmo