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Astraltor

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Converted Hangar
« on: July 18, 2019, 11:01:00 PM »
Assault Fighters (ASSAULT_COST_MOD) do not get their OP cost penalized by Converted Hangars.

Results in regular OP costs for "Assault Fighters".

Expected is that Assault Fighter wings are affected by Converted Hangar OP penalty.

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Alex

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Re: Converted Hangar
« Reply #1 on: July 19, 2019, 07:46:08 AM »
The "ASSAULT" type is no longer supported; "FIGHTER" should be used instead. It doesn't do anything coherent anyway, just a very few random bits of behavior left over from when it was supported.
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Re: Converted Hangar
« Reply #2 on: July 19, 2019, 08:20:24 AM »
Ah!  Thanks for documenting that; I had some legacy support for ASSAULT in my AI, too.
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Re: Converted Hangar
« Reply #3 on: July 19, 2019, 02:32:17 PM »
Darn, I was hoping ASSAULT would end up getting a new lease of life at some point. :D Ah well, this is good to know. Will we see the AI type enum constant and codex tab getting removed entirely at some point?
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Re: Converted Hangar
« Reply #4 on: July 19, 2019, 02:56:28 PM »
Maybe? I've not done that because 1) backwards compatibility and 2) slight pain to clean out of the code. But if it's causing confusion then it might be worth doing.

(Edit: and, honestly, the biggest reason is "3) hadn't even thought about it" :))
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Re: Converted Hangar
« Reply #5 on: July 19, 2019, 03:57:52 PM »
Quote from: Alex on July 19, 2019, 07:46:08 AM
The "ASSAULT" type is no longer supported; "FIGHTER" should be used instead. It doesn't do anything coherent anyway, just a very few random bits of behavior left over from when it was supported.

Oh wow didn't know that either!  :D

Making a note to remove that from my wings now
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Re: Converted Hangar
« Reply #6 on: July 19, 2019, 06:19:37 PM »
I wouldn't mind seeing it recycled; personally, I'd love to have an AI that circles the target while firing until the fighter runs out of ammo; that would make AC-130 style gunships viable as an alternative to bombers.
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Re: Converted Hangar
« Reply #7 on: July 24, 2019, 10:15:27 AM »
I like that idea.  It'd be really interesting to build the steering code for that, too, heh.
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