DevynCJohnson Posted November 19, 2013 Report Share Posted November 19, 2013 I have an idea for two features that could be added if the developers find them interesting.Roads - Some soldiers could make roads. Why would we want this? Well, soldiers could move faster on smooth road than rough terrain or grounds with various obstacles.Bridge - Provides a path over a small body of water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanderd17 Posted November 19, 2013 Report Share Posted November 19, 2013 We had roads (at least the code was ready to have different move speeds for different terrain), but it causes too many problems with the pathfinder. When there are no roads, we can add jps pruning to the A* algorithm, and make the pathfinder a lot faster.As for bridges, when they are historical, I don't see a problem. I have some code ready for bridges, though it needs to be approved first. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoMolester Posted November 21, 2013 Report Share Posted November 21, 2013 i Would really like to see bridges, at very least for scenario design purposes besides tha fake terrain based bridges.And destroyable too.About roads i think this could be on hold until the AI for the pathfinding works properly, but buildable-destroyable bridges should definitelly be in the game. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanderd17 Posted November 21, 2013 Report Share Posted November 21, 2013 Well, bridges would still be terrain-modifying. They'd just do it automatically instead of you having to manually adjust terrain. Walkable meshes are a lot more difficult, and require tight interaction with the pathfinder. And roads won't be postponed, but completely disabled. Jump Point Search, the pruning algorithm that is used in the new pathfinder (which is under construction) needs that travelling happens on a uniform grid (a grid where every movement is equally fast). We can have speed bonuses or puhishments for certain areas, but the pathfinder won't see those. So the pathfinder will never decide to follow a road, and doing it manually will just cause way too much micro. Things like "speed bonus on enemy terrain" can be made possible, as it doesn't matter if the pathfinder ignores those (normally you don't traverse a lot of terrains). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDM Posted November 21, 2013 Report Share Posted November 21, 2013 Just to make things clear, would it be "easy" to mod a civilization so that they can build roads that increase walking speed of all units? This would be irrespective of path-finding for reasons stated above and unofficial because it conflicts with the design goals for the game.Just in case a modding team wants to mod a Road Micromanagement Mod, for example. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoMolester Posted November 22, 2013 Report Share Posted November 22, 2013 I supose it could be done, what about a building like farms with the skin of a paved/dirt road that adds speed bonus to the units above them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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