Topic: Soldier status for HQ/Port/Warehouses
tothxa Topic Opener |
Posted at: 2023-09-17, 22:20
I have an open PR that adds soldier information in the status line of warehouses. It replaces the building type in the census line with an icon, so the town name is moved there to free up the status. It is however marked as "under discussion", because of a disagreement over how much info should be shown. I'd like to ask for feedback here too, because we didn't get any on github. Current implementation The HQ and ports have it similar to military sites, but if there are surplus soldiers, then it shows the min garrison size in parentheses, and fighting soldiers are not tracked as belonging to the building (this is a limitation of the current warehouse soldier code, the status line code is there to show them in the PR). Plain warehouses always show the number of soldiers there, but the wole line is in parentheses to show that they are only stored and cannot fight from there. I actually added this only after some testing, because it looked strange that plain warehouses didn't show anything. Change requested by @Nordfriese
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mxb2001 |
Posted at: 2023-09-18, 19:41
Part of the fun is dealing with "imperfect" economies. Or in any case us mere mortals who can never make an "ideal" economy are forced to deal with this all the time. : ) I'm all in favour of more info. -- |
matthiakl |
Posted at: 2023-09-19, 18:19
I am more on @Nordfrieses side with having less soldier info. To me the presence of a soldier status line suggest a military building, which at least for warehouses isn't the case. It should only display soldiers which are garrisoned and hide if the garrison setting is 0. Yes, this would mean that there may be hidden soldiers present, but if you want to see more soldier stats you can manage the garrison to display them (I know this is not possible in a replay, but I rather not have different layouts for a game and a replay). Top Quote |
palino |
Posted at: 2023-09-19, 23:09
I vote for more soldier information, however there are cases it could be disturbing, like Peaceful mode or Collectors. What about making new option in "Show / Hide" menu, something like "Show Military Status". Turning it on will display soldier info for non-military buildings. By default it can stay turned off. Top Quote |
tothxa Topic Opener |
Posted at: 2023-09-20, 02:56
OK, if we make it official that warehouse desired soldiers are not a real garrison, ie. disable the rookie/hero preference buttons (I think I can try this in this PR), document it somehow that ports and HQs should always be protected by military sites too, and maybe even reduce the maximum allowed value (though that may make new colonisation ports vulnerable), then I guess it's OK if the text only shows the "garrison" setting if greater than 0, and whether it's filled up. E.g. "Garrison: 7 (+5)" instead of "= 7 soldiers (+5)". Edited: 2023-09-20, 09:56
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hessenfarmer |
Posted at: 2023-09-20, 20:46
Ports really need a military site imho, due to the design of the naval warfare feature. And HQ should have it as well for consistency imho. Normal warehouses do not have the feature yet and don't need to have it. Ans we need to make the Hero rookie buttons work properly rather then skipping them . Top Quote |
carli2 |
Posted at: 2023-09-23, 12:33
There's also another way. On land, everything is fine: Ports behave like HQs and are protected against attacky by the surrounding military sites. However, on sea, this role has to be taken by the ships. You have to place ships around the port that automatically block and attack incoming invaders. This is of course much more balanced if not a ship alone but the ship's soldiers do the fights. So, ships are like movable military buildings. Top Quote |
hessenfarmer |
Posted at: 2024-11-24, 22:39
A new PR is up for this feature Thus the discussion is open again. Any opinions? Top Quote |