Re: Fighter group code questions

[Tony Christney <tchristney@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 2-May-06, at 6:11 AM, Noam Izenberg wrote:

> Questions:
>
> When coding ships in XML, we now have to ID each fighter bay, correct?
> What is the complete code nomenclature now for a bay?

<FighterBay id="8" xSSD="30" ySSD="40" status="Operational" 
recharge="0"/>

at the design level, the status and recharge attributes may be omitted.

> Is putting fighter groups in done only at the scenario level , or can
> a fighter group be included in a carriers ship XML? For example a
> ship XML file independent of a scenario carries no shipID flag by
> itself for a fighter to reference, which indicates to me that
> fighters can't be put in until the scenario level.

Fighter groups are not ship systems, so they are not included as
"part" of a ship. So they are only assigned at the scenario
level. In the game hierarchy, ships and fighters reside at the same
level.

> Also if OnBoard="true" does that override the position and heading
> values of a fighter?

Yes. Although the game engine will force the fighter group to
track the ship it is on (in).

> -Noam

HTH,
Tony.