Variable component performance

jflorea · Space Emperor Joined: Feb 03, 2015

I'm trying to find out if it's possible to have a component's performance vary with damage. For example, say a supply storage component is 50% damaged so the amount of supply it can hold is reduced 50%.

Thanks!

Fyron · Galactic Guru Joined: Aug 04, 2003 Location: CA, USA

One way to achieve such an effect would be to make individual components smaller. Try not to go too far, though, lest you end up needing 200 components to design a frigate. Cool

jflorea · Space Emperor Joined: Feb 03, 2015

I did figure out I can control the amount of an ability based on the count of the components on the ship. Not a pretty formula but it works. Smile

Ability 1 Type := Combat Modifier
Ability 1 Description := Required for accurate weapons lock
Ability 1 Scope := Space Object
Ability 1 Range Formula := 0
Ability 1 Amount 1 Formula := 0 + iif(get_design_specific_component_count("Sensors") > 4, 0, iif(get_design_specific_component_count("Sensors") = 4, -17, iif(get_design_specific_component_count("Sensors") = 3, -50, iif(get_design_specific_component_count("Sensors") = 2, -83, -1000))))

I also just discovered I can set the Shield Generation ability in the vehiclesizes.txt

ekolis · Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2015 5:00 pm Post subject:

That will only get the count of components on the design, not the count of undamaged components on the ship.