Distance determination problem |
I have a problem with how SEV does distance determination: for the component that has the ability Open Warp Point to a distance of X light years doesn't do the script doc functions any good because i don't know what the translation factor is. The only two functions that give me distance (three, but the third tells me where a SY is) distance between two hex/sectors and the other between two systems. the problem with the distance between two systems is that its measured in how many systems one must traverse to get from A to B. Neither one of these is in light years, so how does one determine the max range of a open warp point ability to systems?
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I didn't know that, thanks. However, there still is the issue of conversion. I can get light year distances manually but not with any function in the script docs and I didn't see any quadrant coordinate function either so I'm still stuck. So I still can't compare an empire's warp point opening component ability distance to a list of system distances because I have no common unit to compare them with.
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I should have clarified in the original post, this is an AI scripting issue.
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You could use the standard distance measurement between sectors (or between systems) and make some sort of guideline. If the distance between two systems is 100 sectors, you can assume that system is roughly X light years away.
Of course, the best solution is a new built-in function to return the distance in LYs between two systems.
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Of course, the best solution is a new built-in function to return the distance in LYs between two systems.
Captain Kwok, is the standard sector distance between systems include the distance between systems or just a tally of sectors with an additional one for the warp point? I've come to think that there is an assumption that there is a warp point system to connect every system given the functions available (like get_distance_between_systems is measured in how many systems a ship has to pass through) and didn't encompass a possibility of a no warp point game where there wouldn't be any WPs to build a system of connected WPs.
I'm still writing some test functions to check out distances and such with the current functions available to see what values actually are returned.
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Oops. I completely neglected the fact that either of those functions needs active WPs to return anything and would therefore be useless in your situation. We just need a new function to return the LY distance, I don't see anyway around it.
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I've tried the system to system distance and it returns zero with no warp points, so your right about the game requiring WPs for those functions to work.
Always running into hurdles that trip me up.....
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooooooo dont stop now! What if you just made the ai not car eif its in range and try anyway? just make the systems close together or increase FTL range, at least for a with ai bteta?
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I did it, FTL drive mod works, the function does what it advertise it could do. Thanks again to Aaron and crew.
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The distance in light years is measured in quadrant coordinates. Each system is assigned a set of coordinates in the quadrant. These coordinates determine where the system appears in your quadrant map. The distance between them is just calculated using the Pythagorean theorem, regardless of any warps that may or may not connect the systems.
I can't remember if the quadrant coordinates are visible in the game interface or not.