Some suggestions for game and game algorithm

[worn mural]

1. Currently we have events which fetch object parameters as a single variable (name of an object) for each event. My suggestion is to use an array of objects instead.

Eg: attackonly (a1,a2,a3) (b1,b2,b3)

This sets multiple attackers to multiple targets in one event

Another eg: setspeed (A1, a2, a3) 200

This sets speeds of A1, a2, a3 to 200 in one event.

I know this is not much necessary as we can use commas for multiple events in same broadcast, but this would be more convenient for players.

2. We have dropnuke as an event, but an aircraft can have multiple bombs. We can have two more events for aircrafts in vehicle section.

A) Dropbomb: drops an unguided bomb. We can use recursion to drop bombs continue until stopping condition is met (event that uses block dropbomb)

B) dropsmart/dropsmartbomb; drops guided or gliding bomb.

3. Enable runway as spawn type for takeoff like carrier.

4. Have takeoff for jets and aircraft
   Eg: takeoff aircraft name object name to take off from. This may be ignored in case of incompatibility. Takeoff already exists for player but it would be more logical to replace the current takeoff event as tookoff.

[charred hazel]

I like #1 a lot

And #2 would be good for wing men

Maybe with dropsmart you could set a target for it

With #3 if you have a heli it should do it for helipads

And you could select which one to spawn at

[worn mural]

Maybe? Also dropagm for agm

[worn mural]

Yeah, that's what I meant for compatibility

[charred hazel]

Yeah

Maybe you could select its weapon/weapons in a dropdown menu on it

[worn mural]

@gray lotus what'd you think

[gray lotus]

All great ideas.

I will work on each of these as I can and get them all in asap

[worn mural]

Wingmen are next, right? Any plans to add a friendly aircraft with a bombing ability?

[gray lotus]

Yes I want to release them this week if I can get it working ok

And yes I'd like to let you set different target types

Enemies can bomb so I'll make sure friendlies can too

[worn mural]

But doesn't it take time to make each aircraft uhh... drop bombs?

[gray lotus]

No I just have to make sure the same code path is executed

Enemies and Wingmen will share much code

[worn mural]

Anything about choppers?

[gray lotus]

Oh yeah I need to make sure chopper work with that code. Right now I don't know waht would happen

[worn mural]

My assumption is it'll act like a jet, no up/down movement and no booster. Don't know about ai guns on them

By the way, can we have a predefined object name for ourselves to change our properties like we do with ai jets on speed, health, etc? Something like player or self

[charred hazel]

Yes great idea

Maybe like the sidebar vehicles have now but it has health, speed, etc that you start out with and you can use commands to change it

[worn mural]

Also an option for on kill event just like on death event. And a different, designated kill event when an object a destroys object b, like "kill a b"