Fleet Command logic

[Cornflakes]

encountered a problem while building a carrier ship with a friend of mine and found that theres no way to mesh fleet commands and logic blocks.

so im gonna suggest a way to do so now.

the fleet command block would work similarily to a wireless logic block.
its set to a certain fleet command and reacts with a logic pulse when the command is issued.
it will also issue the same command when its receiving a logic pulse.
for convenience it could emit a logic pulse when its "receiving the command it issued" for consistent behaviour.
(that a ship always reacts identically regardless of itself ordering or receiving an order through logic)

the commands it issues/receives are for the fleet in which the ship the block is mounted on is assigned to.


thoughts? critique?

 

[Katorone]

At the very least, being able to issue commands from the hotbar, using inner ship remotes would be a boon to roleplayers. I just don't like going through those menus.
As an added bonus, the logic could be used to take certain actions... Undock your fighters and set a red alert, or prepare your hangar for ships you have recalled.

 

[alterintel]

I really like this idea

 

[MacThule]

At the very least, being able to issue commands from the hotbar, using inner ship remotes would be a boon to roleplayers. I just don't like going through those menus.
As an added bonus, the logic could be used to take certain actions... Undock your fighters and set a red alert, or prepare your hangar for ships you have recalled.

Roleplayers nothing - it would be a boon to everyone and has been suggested before. Can you imagine trying to PvP from a bloody menu instead of hotbar commands??? It should be possible to allow commands for a fleet to be dragged from the existing menu into the hotbars.

 

[Lone_Puppy]

Yeah, I've seen similar suggestions before to, and have also suggested ideas.
I certainly want hotbar controls, if not something similar. Having a list you can drag to the hotbar would be awesome!

 

[Cornflakes]

Yeah, I've seen similar suggestions before to, and have also suggested ideas.
I certainly want hotbar controls, if not something similar. Having a list you can drag to the hotbar would be awesome!

well, with some command block you get hotbar commands and more :shrug:

 

[ltmauve]

Yeah, I was thinking that maybe the inner ship logic names could correspond to commands. So you would name your remote "[recall]" and then when you activated it, it would set the "recall" mode for the fleet. In addition, any other ships that have a "[recall]" remote have that activated, so then their pickup points activate and whatnot.

 

[Madman198237]

I agree with the above, though I'd add one additional caveat: Actual blocks or at least one block for these commands. That way, you can name remotes as you wish, and keeping the block-based nature of the game intact.