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Home » news » forums » Space Empires V » Space Empires V General

Build requirements

Submitted by Raapys on Fri, 2007-08-24 17:51. Space Empires V General

I feel that for modding purposes SEV is very much lacking these 'build requirements' that many other strategy games have. I think this feature would greatly increase modders' freedom( by limiting the player's, ironically ), and would like to see how popular this idea is.

Examples:

Let's say you want to build a Heavy Cruiser. With the current situation, all you need to do is to research the technology, design the ship, then put it on any colony's build queue.

With build requirements, modders could, for instance, limit the construction of Heavy Cruisers to planets that have built a 'Orbital Ship Construction Facility'( Name's obviously just an example ). An organic Heavy Cruiser might additionally require a 'Organic Factory' or some such.

This could be made to work with weapons, engines, etc. too, and it could even be connected to planet specials.
Let's say you invented a new great weapon, which unfortunately needed specific materials to be created. With this system in place you could limit the construction of ships/units that contained this weapon to colonies which had this material as a planet special.

This could also, of course, be used for buildings: To build facility X you need to already have built facility Y, etc.

These are just a few examples of how such a feature could be used. I think it would add more interesting gameplay and help to create some more diversity between colonies.

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Re: Build requirements

Submitted by BlueTemplar on Sat, 2007-08-25 12:51.

It would certainly be a huge gameplay change. But would it still be Space Empires?

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Re: Build requirements

Submitted by Fyron on Sat, 2007-08-25 13:28.

BlueTemplar:
Since it would be something used in mods rather than the stock game, the question is not really relevant.

Raapys:
I've been trying since the early beta to get at least the ability to require other facilities in a facility's requirements field (functions to count by ability or name on the planet, or in the system), without much success. :-\


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Re: Build requirements

Submitted by Raapys on Sat, 2007-08-25 15:00.

That's too bad. Perhaps he will be more willing to listen now that the bugs are getting sorted out. I've sent him a mail about it in any case. This, and the weapon stuff mentioned in another thread( Area-damage weapons, etc. ) would really help open up a number of new approaches to the game, I believe.

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