Global Dominance

[redrum]

@hepps Ah. I'm guessing the trade center symbols will mark the territories that can transform the resource units into PUs/steel/oil for purchases. Will there still be L&L territories as well or is the trade system replacing that?

[Hepps]

@redrum Both.

[Hepps]

So I have started in on the Shipping Lanes & Trade Centers in earnest.

Here is a sample...

[redrum]

@hepps Oh what are the symbols on the shipping lane circle for?

[prastle]

@redrum hmm +10 f owned and iron?

[Hepps]

@prastle If Germany controls the Shipping lane it receives +10 Steel from trade with Sweden.

[Hepps]

Just finished the new L&L icon. Since all L&L Territories will also be Trade Centers... I made the new L&L icon to include the Trade Center Icon.

[redrum]

@hepps Looks great. Will which units you can L&L vary per territory per nation? If so then having a little symbol indicating something like land/air/etc around the ring would be cool

[Hepps]

@redrum What something like this?

[redrum]

@hepps Yes. Can I have your babies now?

[Hepps]

@redrum No but if you love me... then you could start writing a template for the conditions & triggers so I can copy and paste all of it into the XML 1000 times.

Actually if you continue to work on the features list that do as well. We still have 2 rather important ones to over-come.

[redrum]

@hepps But I wouldn't want to deprive you of all the condition/trigger fun... I mean what else what you do with your time

Though on a more serious note some of the mass conditions/triggers (>100) that are very similar for say every/most territories, it may be better to write a little script to generate the necessary XML based on a template and list of territories (unless this is what you are doing already).

The 2 new features that are left are the following right?

• Unit Option Can Submerge/Hide for Land Units (Partisan/Guerrilla)
• Unit Option When Damaged Change Into Different Unit (Weakened Battleships)

Any thoughts on priority?

[Hepps]

@redrum Yes... that is what I am doing. Creating a seperate template to govern the behavior with the words "InsertNamehere" and "InsertTerritoryhere" in the template. Then I can just find and replace with the appropriate info as I work it into the XML.

Both are important relative to my goals... but, I think the "When Damaged Change" is more critical to the overall design since it impacts so many of my unit designs and affects all aspects of the game (land,sea & air).

[alkexr]

@hepps Another really helpful trick I tend to use a lot is to start out from

<territory name="Random Territory"/>
<territory name="Really Damn High Mountains"/>
<territory name="Whatever Really"/>

then (easily with notepad++) mass-replace

"/>
<territory name="

with

" javaClass="games.strategy.triplea.attatchments.TerritoryAttachment" type="territory">
    <option name="production" value="1"/>
</attatchment>

<attatchment name="territoryAttatchment" attatchTo="

to get

<attatchment name="territoryAttatchment" attatchTo="Random Territory" javaClass="games.strategy.triplea.attatchments.TerritoryAttachment" type="territory">
    <option name="production" value="1"/>
</attatchment>

<attatchment name="territoryAttatchment" attatchTo="Really Damn High Mountains" javaClass="games.strategy.triplea.attatchments.TerritoryAttachment" type="territory">
    <option name="production" value="1"/>
</attatchment>

<attatchment name="territoryAttatchment" attatchTo="Whatever Really" javaClass="games.strategy.triplea.attatchments.TerritoryAttachment" type="territory">
    <option name="production" value="1"/>
</attatchment>

Same trick can be used in a whole bunch of situations.

[redrum]

@alkexr Just make sure to use the corrected "attachment" spelling or your map won't work in 1.9

But yeah using mass find/replace in something like notepad++ covers a good deal of situations. For some of the more complex ones, writing a little script that essentially does that but handles more variables can be useful as well.

[alkexr]

@redrum Oh, thanks, you have a keen eye. I had an old version of Pact of Steel 2 xml opened. Hopefully I haven't used code from there

[Hepps]

Work is progressing nicely. Now that I have formulated all the details surrounding the Shipping Lanes and Trade Centers and Lend & Lease... things are looking very exciting all over the map.

[Hepps]

Middle East is completely finished. The little nation of Saudi Arabia could prove to be a pivotal part of either sides strategy to control the surrounding regions.

[prastle]

@hepps Love the mine. I am sure ya had it elsewhere before and I didn't notice.

[Hepps]

@prastle Yah I'm happy with them. Let the smelting commence.