- Added a randomization to some of the internal schedulers to ensure that the simulation does not get unnecessary hickups and guarantees more fluent play.

- Added the option SetFlashStatus() to the CommandCenter to ensure flashing of subscribed tasks automatically to inform the player while in-flight. Also extended TASK to ensure the flasing gets initialized once the player joins the task.

Moose Development/Moose/Functional/ZoneCaptureCoalition.lua

@@ -676,7 +676,7 @@ do -- ZONE_CAPTURE_COALITION
     --BASE:GetParent( self ).onafterGuard( self )
   
     if not self.SmokeScheduler then
-      self.SmokeScheduler = self:ScheduleRepeat( 1, 1, 0.1, nil, self.StatusSmoke, self )
+      self.SmokeScheduler = self:ScheduleRepeat( self.StartInterval, self.RepeatInterval, 0.1, nil, self.StatusSmoke, self )
     end
   end
 
@@ -747,13 +747,13 @@ do -- ZONE_CAPTURE_COALITION
   -- 
   function ZONE_CAPTURE_COALITION:Start( StartInterval, RepeatInterval )
   
-    StartInterval = StartInterval or 15
-    RepeatInterval = RepeatInterval or 15
+    self.StartInterval = StartInterval or 15
+    self.RepeatInterval = RepeatInterval or 15
   
     if self.ScheduleStatusZone then
       self:ScheduleStop( self.ScheduleStatusZone )
     end
-    self.ScheduleStatusZone = self:ScheduleRepeat( StartInterval, RepeatInterval, 0.1, nil, self.StatusZone, self )
+    self.ScheduleStatusZone = self:ScheduleRepeat( self.StartInterval, self.RepeatInterval, 1.5, nil, self.StatusZone, self )
   end
   
 

Moose Development/Moose/Tasking/CommandCenter.lua

@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ function COMMANDCENTER:New( CommandCenterPositionable, CommandCenterName )
   self:SetAutoAssignTasks( false )
   self:SetAutoAcceptTasks( true )
   self:SetAutoAssignMethod( COMMANDCENTER.AutoAssignMethods.Random )
+  self:SetFlashStatus( false )
   
   self:HandleEvent( EVENTS.Birth,
     --- @param #COMMANDCENTER self
@@ -791,3 +792,12 @@ function COMMANDCENTER:ReportDetails( ReportGroup, Task )
   self:MessageToGroup( Report:Text(), ReportGroup )
 end
 
+
+--- Let the command center flash a report of the status of the subscribed task to a group.
+-- @param #COMMANDCENTER self
+function COMMANDCENTER:SetFlashStatus( Flash )
+  self:F()
+
+  self.FlashStatus = Flash or true
+
+end

Moose Development/Moose/Tasking/Task.lua

@@ -856,6 +856,8 @@ do -- Group Assignment
 
     CommandCenter:SetMenu()
     
+    self:MenuFlashTaskStatus( TaskGroup, self:GetMission():GetCommandCenter().FlashStatus )
+    
     return self
   end
   

Moose Development/Moose/Wrapper/Client.lua

@@ -133,7 +133,8 @@ function CLIENT:FindByName( ClientName, ClientBriefing, Error )
 end
 
 function CLIENT:Register( ClientName )
-  local self = BASE:Inherit( self, UNIT:Register( ClientName ) )
+
+  local self = BASE:Inherit( self, UNIT:Register( ClientName ) ) -- #CLIENT
 
   self:F( ClientName )
   self.ClientName = ClientName
@@ -141,7 +142,7 @@ function CLIENT:Register( ClientName )
   self.ClientAlive2 = false
   
   --self.AliveCheckScheduler = routines.scheduleFunction( self._AliveCheckScheduler, { self }, timer.getTime() + 1, 5 )
-  self.AliveCheckScheduler = SCHEDULER:New( self, self._AliveCheckScheduler, { "Client Alive " .. ClientName }, 1, 5 )
+  self.AliveCheckScheduler = SCHEDULER:New( self, self._AliveCheckScheduler, { "Client Alive " .. ClientName }, 1, 5, 0.5 )
 
   self:F( self )
   return self