0001378: priority control for engineer work - DEV Arcen

ID	Project	Category		Date Submitted	Last Update

0001378	AI War 1 / Classic	Suggestion - New Features		Nov 15, 2010 2:02 pm	Jan 9, 2013 7:55 pm

Reporter	Winter Born	Assigned To
Status	considering	Resolution	open

Summary	0001378: priority control for engineer work
Description	It would be nice to have some more granular system for prioritizing engineer tasks, sliders or a numbered list in the CTRLS tab, even a txt or ini file. I would like minefield repair to be lowest and comstation and FF repair highest. there have been threads on this in the past with different people having different top priorities. http://arcengames.com/forums/index.php/topic,4371.0.html
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ArcDM Nov 24, 2010 9:47 am reporter ~0004381	Perhaps a priority number on every buildable/repairable ship in the game (I'm thinking ranging 1-10 and defaulting at 5), the engineers will pick the highest first and work their way down.

Winter Born Dec 8, 2010 8:39 am reporter ~0005593 Last edited: Dec 8, 2010 8:56 am	Make the priority range 0-9, with 9 being highest priority and zero meaning don't assist unless assigned. Having a "do not assist value (0) available would be very cool and solve my 313 request if everything from the trader was automatically assigned a priority of zero. To be really useful there would need to be some way to save a players preferences from game to game.

SerthVarnee Jan 9, 2013 7:54 pm reporter ~0029698	perhaps a button that enables engineer "focus fire" so to speak. Intented result would be engineers trying to build as many turrets possible before that nasty incoming wave arrives, as opposed to the current situation where they usually get most of the turrets 80% done, but not a single one is actually complete/worth a damn. i've played 793 hours of ai wars so far (according to steam) and the current engineer behaviour has been a source of personal frustration since i started my first game. also i'd love a button that makes the engineers focus on the cheapest building first instead of the most expensive as well as an option to make my engineers drop whatever they are doing in order to fix a friendly champion in the same system and then return to their previous work schedule or FRD order

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
Nov 15, 2010 2:02 pm	Winter Born	New Issue
Nov 15, 2010 2:03 pm	Winter Born	Relationship added	related to 0001367
Nov 24, 2010 9:47 am	ArcDM	Note Added: 0004381
Dec 4, 2010 10:41 pm	Chris_McElligottPark	Status	new => considering
Dec 8, 2010 8:30 am	Winter Born	Relationship added	related to 0000313
Dec 8, 2010 8:39 am	Winter Born	Note Added: 0005593
Dec 8, 2010 8:52 am	Winter Born	Note Edited: 0005593
Dec 8, 2010 8:56 am	Winter Born	Note Edited: 0005593
Jan 9, 2013 7:54 pm	SerthVarnee	Note Added: 0029698