The `FactoryGroundObject` is just a special case of
`BuildingGroundObject` that we maybe don't actually need. For now it
provides some special case logic for the layout, but this allows any TGO
with the "factory" category to behave as a ground unit source.
Note that the "factory" random strike targets are *not* generated
anymore, so this doesn't affect campaign design currently.
The routes do not need be be recreated each time we create a
`FrontLine`. The front lines follow the convoy routes, which are static.
Add the convoy route data to the `ControlPoint` the way we do for
shipping lanes and have `FrontLine` load the data from there.
A was intended to be the blue point and B was intended to be the red
point. Make this a part of the name so that's clear, and clean up
related code to keep that reliable.
Some of the objective locations for the starting front line are too
aggressive and put opfor at a disadvantage since blue ships might start
so close to their bases.
No sense filling airbases with cheap escorts if we'll never afford the
rest of the package. Filling the airbases with cheap escorts also makes
it impossible to buy the rest of the package when the faction eventually
does have the money since there's nowhere to park the needed aircraft.
https://github.com/dcs-liberation/dcs_liberation/issues/1058
After fulfilling a request we were not exiting the loop, so we'd fulfill
the request for the aircraft at _all_ the bases capable of operating it
until either the bases were full or the budget ran out. In factions like
Iraq 1991 this could cause the budget to be spent on tons of cheap
MiG-19s while never buying the more expensive Su-17s or Su-24s that they
need to actually complete a package.
https://github.com/dcs-liberation/dcs_liberation/issues/1058
This allows users to install custom factions to their home directory
rather than the Liberation install directory. Makes it easier to keep
mods across Liberation downloads, and easier for us devs to keep custom
factions without git always wanting us to add them.
Budget and Intel panels now house a single button instead of separate Details buttons. Makes the top bar more compact and can fit in a 1080p monitor now.
Removing the per-transit type supply routes allows us to find the best
route from A to B even if the unit needs to switch transit modes along
the way.
The "best" route is the one that will generate better gameplay. That is,
convoys are preferred to ships (use cases for GMT are rare in DCS), and
ships are preferred to airlift (reasons to attack cargo ships are also
rare). Avoiding airlift is also a good strategic choice generally since
it consumes aircraft that could be performing other missions.
The extreme weight against airlift in the pathfinding algorithm could
probably be scaled way down so that airlift would be given preference
over a very long trip, possibly only for urgent transfers.
Later when we add rail that will probably be given the most preference,
but possibly between road and shipping.
https://github.com/Khopa/dcs_liberation/issues/823
Shipping lanes that received a ship would never lose their ships when
transfers completed, so the line on the map was staying solid (and
probably targetable).