transportCost - Resolved -

[Mahks]

@prastle But it does not apply to sea transport, as we have carrierCost for that, correct?

[prastle]

@mahks anything that transports should have transport costs. Thus why in old with super carriers you could land a bomber on a carrier if ya wished
3 fighters or 1 bomber 1 fighter
it all depends how you write it. Lebowskies Hearts of Iron 2 did that if I recall correctly.

[prastle]

@prastle to extrapolate further you could theoretically make a tank is air transportable with a super strato fortress
or Russian equivalent for a new era map

[Mahks]

OK, so all I need now is the answer to the default question:

What happens if isLandTransportable is true but transportCost is not set (no attachment) ? does it error or does transportCost have a default value?

[prastle]

@mahks nidea test it out

[Mahks]

So I should do all the documenting and do the testing too?

[prastle]

@mahks hehe gd point

[Mahks]

Not to mention all this documenting is cutting into my playing time! Grrr Oh where have my priories gone?

[beelee]

@mahks I can't test anything till next week. I'll give it a go then if still needed

[redrum]

@mahks So "isLandTransport" is a bit unique and here is the excerpt from POS2 XML:

isLandTransport		values: allows the unit to transport "isLandTransportable" on a one-to-one basis, if you have the mechanizedInfantry technology. If "transportCapacity" is set then use "transportCost" and be able to transport multiple units just like sea transports														

So essentially land transports can work in 2 different ways:

1. Just like sea/air transports using transportCapacity and transpostCost. Example is Total World War.
2. If "transportCapacity" is not specified on the "isLandTransport" unit then the land transport can transport any "1" unit that has "isLandTransportable" option (ignores any transportCost and can't transport more than 1 unit per land transport). Example is Global 1940 Second Edition.