EnergyMake EnergyUse

PauloMorfeo · Post by **PauloMorfeo** » 06 Nov 2006, 01:09

In oTA, most units produced a little amount of Energy and, when they started to move, spent that same amount of E too, if i remember well.

Mods still carry that legacy (XTA, AA, TLL) in the FBIs. Most have a same amount of EnergyMake and EnergyUse.

However, EnergyUse doesn't seems to be working... In all those mods, units only produce energy, never see them spending energy and i can't make them correctly spend energy...

So, i am not doing anything wrong, or am i? It's the engine's fault?

FLOZi · Post by **FLOZi** » 06 Nov 2006, 01:59

Engines fault. Can be fixed via the script by setting ACTIVATION to true when moving.

MadRat · Post by **MadRat** » 06 Nov 2006, 04:01

Do units refuse to move when there is no energy?

Argh · Post by **Argh** » 06 Nov 2006, 04:03

No. Which is a major flaw, but meh.

SpikedHelmet · Post by **SpikedHelmet** » 06 Nov 2006, 23:46

Is there a way to fix that via script? Or, simply, add a "NeedEnergy" tag feature added to Spring.

FLOZi · Post by **FLOZi** » 06 Nov 2006, 23:46

Read my post you crazy fool!

SpikedHelmet · Post by **SpikedHelmet** » 06 Nov 2006, 23:50

I mean fix what Argh pointed out, that units stop moving when no energy.

FLOZi · Post by **FLOZi** » 06 Nov 2006, 23:55

Oh. No not easily.

aGorm · Post by **aGorm** » 07 Nov 2006, 14:27

Which is realy annoying as somthing I wanna do in my mod will depend on that being the case...

aGorm

MadRat · Post by **MadRat** » 08 Nov 2006, 03:06

How hard would it be to just apply maximum brake rate whenever energy runs empty?

Argh · Post by **Argh** » 09 Nov 2006, 02:40

I'm working on this issue now.

KDR_11k · Post by **KDR_11k** » 09 Nov 2006, 20:24

You cannot know the ressource situation from within the script AFAIK.

Argh · Post by **Argh** » 10 Nov 2006, 02:46

Actually, you can, and units do... and as my thread about Spring's economy shows, I've even written a BOS that works... when the economy code actually hits zero

Units that use M/E call Activate() Deactivate() in the COB code.

But, here's more from Unit.cpp:

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	if(unitDef->activateWhenBuilt)
	{
		Activate();
	}

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void CUnit::Activate()
{
	//if(unitDef->tidalGenerator>0)
	//	cob->Call(COBFN_SetSpeed, (int)(readmap->tidalStrength*3000.0f*unitDef->tidalGenerator));

	if(activated)
		return;
	activated = true;

	cob->Call(COBFN_Activate);

	if(unitDef->targfac){
		radarhandler->radarErrorSize[allyteam]/=radarhandler->targFacEffect;
	}
	if(hasRadarCapacity)
		radarhandler->MoveUnit(this);

	if(unitDef->sounds.activate.id)
		sound->PlayUnitActivate(unitDef->sounds.activate.id, this, unitDef->sounds.activate.volume);
}

And when I'm done fixing the economy code, it will work a lot more smoothly.

KDR_11k · Post by **KDR_11k** » 10 Nov 2006, 11:54

Since when do units call Activate/Deactivate when out of energy? I've never seen that happen.

Argh · Post by **Argh** » 10 Nov 2006, 11:56

Try out a Metal Maker. Run your Energy dry.

FLOZi · Post by **FLOZi** » 10 Nov 2006, 17:39

Indeed. I should have thought of that.

KDR_11k · Post by **KDR_11k** » 10 Nov 2006, 21:39

It doesn't deactivate. It stops producing metal but if Deactivate() was called it'd close.

Spring RTS Engine

EnergyMake EnergyUse

EnergyMake EnergyUse