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[SafariJohn]

OptionsPanelAPI.setSortOrder(Object data, int order) would be handy for mixing options set in code with options from the rules.csv.

EDIT: It would be nice if we could set an option's color in the csv. Whether by a command or inline when the option is created.

[tomatopaste]

boolean DroneLauncherShipSystemAPI.isInHoldingPattern() would be really useful to avoid a workaround I've been using for the DRONE_LAUNCHER shipsystem type (this is even displayed as a status for player ship on the HUD so it's annoying that it can't be gotten in code...) thanks

[AxleMC131]

boolean DroneLauncherShipSystemAPI.isInHoldingPattern() would be really useful to avoid a workaround I've been using for the DRONE_LAUNCHER shipsystem type (this is even displayed as a status for player ship on the HUD so it's annoying that it can't be gotten in code...) thanks

I think you're looking for something too specific. Look in DroneLauncherShipSystemAPI.java again and you'll see exactly what you need already there.

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	public static enum DroneOrders {
		RECALL,
		DEPLOY,
		ATTACK,
	}

        ...

	DroneLauncherShipSystemAPI.DroneOrders getDroneOrders();

[Originem]

There is no weaponSpec.setWeaponName()...
Also needs setString(catogory,id)
setSetting...

[SafariJohn]

Naming constellations is difficult to figure out because NamePick is convoluted. Also, it would be nice if we had more control over the name and label. I'd like to see:

setNameOverride(String) // Set the constellation's name directly, bypassing the NamePick stuff and blocking addition of "constellation"/"nebula" in various places
setColorOverride(Color) // The color of the name label
setAngleOverride(float) // The angle of the name label

[AxleMC131]

This isn't so much a suggestion and more of a query.

In an unrelated discussion in the Unofficial Discord, it came to my knowledge that the Ion Beam and Tachyon Lance have slightly different on-hit beam effects. Fine, they're different weapon formats, but while playing "spot the difference" I noticed something odd:

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float emp = beam.getDamage().getFluxComponent() * 1f;
float dam = beam.getDamage().getDamage() * 1f;

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float emp = beam.getWeapon().getDamage().getFluxComponent() * 0.5f;
float dam = beam.getWeapon().getDamage().getDamage() * 0.25f;

These are the bits that choose the damage values for the EMP arcs both weapons can generate (Ion Beam above, Tachyon Lance below). Fine, the multipliers are different, but what is the difference between these?

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beam.getWeapon().getDamage()...
beam.getDamage()...

I looked in the API, and both the WeaponAPI and BeamAPI have this "getDamage()" method to the DamageAPI, while BeamAPI also has the "getWeapon()" method to get a WeaponAPI. Here, the Ion Beam goes straight from the BeamAPI to the damage instance, but the Tachyon Lance takes a detour through its WeaponAPI to achieve the same thing.

What is the significance of this? Is there any reason to use one format over the other? All I can think of is that one is a burst beam and one is a sustained beam, does that cause a difference in what is handled by the DamageAPI?

[SirHartley]

I'd like to request a public method in BaseIndustry that allows for modification of the current build progress via

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protected float buildProgress

[SafariJohn]

You mean you want to be able to modify it from an outside script? Because you can already modify it in a subclass a la PopulationAndInfrastructure.

If you do want to use an outside script and only want to affect your own industries, then you can expose buildProgress yourself in your subclasses.

[SirHartley]

You mean you want to be able to modify it from an outside script? Because you can already modify it in a subclass a la PopulationAndInfrastructure.

If you do want to use an outside script and only want to affect your own industries, then you can expose buildProgress yourself in your subclasses.

I would like to modify the build progress of vanilla baseIndustry subclasses without adjusting code in them - not currently possible as I'd have to add a method to modify buildProgress, as you correctly noted, in the subclass itself.
What I am asking for is essentially a public method to modify build progress in any baseIndustry subclass.

(I can't accelerate the build progress of Light Industry by 10 days if a special condition is met without implementing my own LI industry class)

[SonnaBanana]

Will there be a method for acquiring the number of purchased skills in an aptitude, next release?

[bananana]

would be nice to

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weapon.getGlowSprite();

like we can do with main and barrel sprites. for consistency sake, if nothing else.

[Caymon Joestar]

Not sure if this is technically api related but can the no sell tag be made to be useable on ships in the ship_data csv? Feels something that would be present with unboardable ships. Also allows for modders to be able to add ships that they don't want the player to get their hands on through the market.

[Morrokain]

Some nice to haves:

Decouple fighter refit times and replacement rate regen time:

-MutableShipStatsAPI.getFighterRefitTime() (no longer increases the rate that replacement rate replenishes - purely affects fighter replacement times)

-MutableShipStatsAPI.getReplacementRateRefillMult() (modifies the replenishment rate of the fighter replacement rate for carriers)

and:

-MutableShipStatsAPI.getReplacementRateCap()

-MutableShipStatsAPI.getReplacementRateMin()

[MesoTroniK]

Some nice to haves for advanced scripted sound player ***:
- getSoundVolume()
- getMusicVolume()
- setSoundVolume()
- setMusicVolume()
- getMaxSoundChannels()
- getMaxUISoundChannels()
- getCurrentUsedSoundChannels()
- getCurrentUsedUISoundChannels()
- Anything I am overlooking?

Possible use case contexts:
- Direct playing very special sounds with OpenAL skipping the middle man (SS itself) for custom effects like doppler.
- Temporarily suppressing music and other sounds for things like scripted "cutscenes" during quests.
- God knows what else...

[MShadowy]

I believe it's come up before but it would be pretty handy for WeaponAPI to have:

- setAmmoPerSecond()

Also potentially useful, though not specifically for anything I'd need:

- getReloadSize()
- setReloadSize()