a robot building factory that you can put in your ship and get them to repair your ship when it is damage and get it to build robots that protect your ship. but the robots take time to create uses resoucres and they are weaker and dumer then the al we hace now
This can be done already with the logic blocks as I have done so and built a ship repair dock... I just don't know yet how to keep to repairs lasers firing non stop not too god with not/and/or/gates but learning at the most I can make the repair lasers fire on a timed interval but it doesn't continue and stops after about 10 pulses.
Next Update should be focused on AI and NPC's, a better waypoint/nav system (ability to create multiple waypoints (sectcor to sector) not just direct paths) and point of interest markers as well as labels for walls and blocks. And a simple notepad menu or system
Basic AI ship commands: go , escort target, return to, attack, blockade (tries to position itself between escorted target and nearest enemy when escort selected if no escort selected will blockade sector "X" from entry, and lastly patrol (starting sector "X" to waypoint a,b,c,d...ending at sector "X") All commands should be able to be grouped and listed per vessel; basically a programmable autopilot you can list all actions to be taken during the next launch sequence...
command_launch
Set_Patrol sector "2,2,2" "2,2,3" "2,2,4" "2,3,4" "2,3,3" "2,3,2" "2,2,2"
while true do
Detect_entity " "
if Detect_entity "true" then
Check_entity_faction " "
if Check_entity "true" then
elseif Check_entity "false" then
Set_Attack entity " " then resume Set_Patrol
resume Set_Patrol
end
end
end
This code will put selected ship into a patrol of sectors 222-223-224-then circle back 234-233-232-222 and repeat. *Note this is not a good code as I'm rushing through typing this and haven't practiced Lua in "floating deity in the sky" knows how long :P
This would not be seen by players and is just an example of how simple command can be when manually creating them non LUA users would only have to select the actions they want preformed from a list and what order to do them in and click save command (LUA coding option should be available to all). Commands should be automatically transferred to all ships of a wing and ships could be set to have individual commands. Command sets should also be saved into a command catalog. Think ComputerCraft imagine the new forums and mods we will have just on new scripts for AI commands!!! XD
This is all I think we need to be added to keep us happy for a long while and give devs much time to focus on life and other things as this shouldn't be to hard at all to add into the current games coding.
