[ian-reeds-games] Re: Taxi!
- From: Richard Claridge <richard.claridge68@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: ian-reeds-games@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2013 14:32:19 +0100
Hi Zak.
I can confirm that you can change the capacity by having 2 skills with
different capacities and using 1 then the other.
I don't know when something like this would be of use, but it is
possible. It even works with units already loaded.
Not sure what it does however if you fully load the transport and then
use a skill to decrease the capacity. I'll try that now and let you
know.
OK I've now tried it the other way around. Interestingly it works in
theory both ways.
However if you do it while the transport is already loaded then you
lose all the units inside before you use the second create transport
skill.
I have no idea where they go, but they certainly do.
So I would say for all practical purposes although it is possible to
change the capacity by having multiple create transport skills, that
it isn't recommended as it only works when the transport is empty, and
if not empty you lose the units within.
Hope this helps.
Richard
On 4/8/13, Zak Claassen <zak.claassen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Oh one more question, can you change the capacity by using
> add_transport_capabilities on a transport that has already used it?
>
> On 4/7/13, Richard Claridge <richard.claridge68@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Hi Craig and all.
>> I can confirm that it doesn't work as a passive skill. But you do only
>> have to perform the skill once and then it will let you load and
>> unload units as many times as you want.
>> Thanks Craig for the confirmation about the capital C, I didn't even
>> know that would make a difference so I'll change it now and give it a
>> test.
>> The issue I mentioned must have something to do with the memory of the
>> transport unitor something, its not remembering that its unloaded or
>> something. I don't understand how these things work so can't be sure.
>> Probably not helped by me not having a maximum capacity working
>> properly as it was happy to keep filling and filling.
>> Thanks again for this and your other scripts, they are very useful and
>> I look forward to this one working properly as I have lots of ideas
>> for it.
>> Thanks
>> Richard
>>
>> On 4/7/13, Craig Brett <craigbrett17@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Allan, I've not tried it as a passive skill. But I suspect not. I'm not
>>> sure when passive skill type things kick in. I might try adding a sound
>>> to one and finding out, though.
>>>
>>> Zak, when your transport is destroyed, your units disappear. I don't
>>> automagically trigger death on them though (if I even can). But for
>>> practical intents, they're gone. I haven't implemented this yet, but it
>>> wouldn't take much to make the unload script work on a unit's
>>> after_death event to make the units evacuate the destroyed transport.
>>> That comes with its own issues though. If you've got a transport full
>>> of land vehicles that's destroyed at sea, for example.
>>>
>>> Richard, regarding capacity, it's an uppercase C. The rest of that
>>> looks fine. I'll let you know about the example, I never tested
>>> multiple transports, but I'll give it a go. It could be something
>>> relating to the unit ID's and stuff. I thought I was clearing out my
>>> transports properly when I unloaded, but apparently not. Again, I'll
>>> take a look soon.
>>>
>>> Thanks for keeping an eye out for these issues and giving me useful
>>> info so I can hopefully fix them soon. I'll hopefully have a fix for
>>> some of these issues soon.
>>>
>>> Take care,
>>>
>>> Craig
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
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