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
The simple form of this works, but without the multi-mode routing it'll
only get used when the final destination is a port with a link to a port
with a factory.
These also aren't targetable or simulated yet.
https://github.com/Khopa/dcs_liberation/issues/826
Downside to the current implementation is that whether or not transports
that were purchased last turn will be available for airlift this turn is
arbitrary. This is because transfers are created at the same time as
units are delivered, and units are delivered in an arbitrary order per
CP. If the helicopters are delivered before the ground units they'll
have access to the transports, otherwise they'll be refunded. This will
be fixed later when I rework the transfer requests to not require
immediate fulfillment.
https://github.com/Khopa/dcs_liberation/issues/825
Historically this inherited from Event but there was no reason for that.
That's gone now. Finish the separation and move the unit order tracking
class out of the combat results reaction class's file.
A CP with a factory would be able to supply itself, but was not in a
supply route if it was the only connected friendly CP. When the player
starts with only one base against an enemy base this meant that it was
in no supply route, causing it to not be a recruitment location or a
place to buy more than a reserve of vehicles automatically.
The purchase system will seek out a source for its units when the
purchase is completed. If no source is available the order will be
refunded. Orders with no source available are prevented, so this only
happens when the source was cut off from the destination during the
turn.
There's still some funkiness going on with the first turn (but possibly
only when the first turn includes a cheat to capture) where the AI buys
a ton of units somewhere other than the front line. First turn behavior
should probably be different anyway, with the first turn allowing
purchases anywhere to avoid empty front lines while troops reinforce if
the front line isn't a factory.
https://github.com/Khopa/dcs_liberation/issues/986
This also removes the "factory" type from the normal strike target
(money generating) generators to avoid confusion. Later only control
points with factories will be able to spawn ground units, at which point
these will no longer generate income.
https://github.com/Khopa/dcs_liberation/issues/986
* A Bluefor EWR 55GS in the campaign miz defines an optional EWR site. There is no distinction between how close or far it is to a base, so it's possible that there will be many EWRs within an airbase.
* A Redfor EWR 1L13 in the campaign miz defines a required EWR site.
It would be a good future idea to limit the amount of EWRs within a certain distance from an airbase. That way there's no chance of 5 EWRs all at the same airbase. Even better if there were something preventing any two EWRs from being right next to each other.
No campaigns take advantage of this yet.
Fixes https://github.com/Khopa/dcs_liberation/issues/524
Still a work in progress (the missions don't actually perform their task, just orbit). Currently:
* AEW&C aircraft can be bought.
* AEW&C missions can be planned at any control point and at front lines.
* AEW&C will return after 4H or Bingo.
Allowing these to grow infinitely leads to some really weird behaviors
when the enemy has been buying reserves long enough, where capturing a
base might result in 80 enemy vehicles suddenly at the gates.
This is just an interim fix. Ideally these units would be reinforcing
the front line as needed
(https://github.com/Khopa/dcs_liberation/issues/382), and a CP could be
lost without needing to completely destroy the defender.
If there are not airbases withing ferry range with available parking for
the aircraft then the aircraft will be captured and sold. Otherwise the
aircraft will retreat to the closest available airbase.
Fixes https://github.com/Khopa/dcs_liberation/issues/693
If the captured base has no connection to other friendly objectives (the
base was encircled) then the enemy equipment will be captured and sold.
Otherwise the units will retreat toward connected bases.
Partial fix for https://github.com/Khopa/dcs_liberation/issues/693.
Still need to fix this for air units.
For now this is mostly behavior preserving. I slightly improved the
ability to buy units when multiple front lines exist by removing full
bases as candidates, but it should be a minor change at best. A larger
improvement will come later.
This is also written such that it will work for the player as well. The
procurer currently runs for the player but with all the options off, so
it does nothing. The next patch allows adds options for the player to
use auto-procurement.
To improve IADS design in campaigns, this differentiates required long
and medium range SAMs. SAMs that must be long range SAMs are defined by
SA-10 or Patriot launchers, while medium range SAMs are defined by SA-2,
SA-3, or Hawk launchers.
Long range SAMs positions will only be populated by long range SAMs
(Patriots and SA-10s), and not all factions have those available. Medium
range SAMs currently comprise all air defenses that are not long range
SAMs, so if the faction includes flak guns in their `sams` property then
flak guns may be spawned at medium range SAM locations.
Base defenses and random SAM locations continue to use either type of
SAM.
Doesn't allow helos or harriers to do it either even though they should
be able to because we don't currently support ground spawns, which would
be needed to prevent those aircraft from using the runway. Even then, I
don't know if they can be forced to *land* vertically.
Fixes https://github.com/Khopa/dcs_liberation/issues/432
Repairing a damaged runway costs $100M and takes 4 turns (one day). The
AI will always repair runways if they can afford it. if a runway is
damaged again during the repair the process must begin again.
Runways are still operational despite what the UI says. Preventing the
player and AI from using damaged runways (except for with helicopters
and harriers) is next.
Apparently we were already getting this info because it's a unit like
any other according to the event system, so if runways were actually
sufficiently damaged we'd emit a ton of exceptions.
This doesn't do anything yet, but tracks the damage state. Will add the
ability to repair them next, and then finally make the damage render the
runway inoperable.
Locations that should always be SAMs should be done with fixed IADs
locations, so we don't need the separate type.
The generic "ground strike location" needs to be eventually split up
into more specific types, so eventually all of the non-base defense SAMs
will go away.
