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Re: New type of units in factories: "dummy"

2014-10-16T23:57:23+02:00

Seems like a good idea. Crossed my mind as well at some point. Should be implemented as a UI mod though, since it may not be allowed in official patches, because of adding extra's some players don't want... I think. It all depends though.

Statistics: Posted by Centric — 16 Oct 2014, 23:57

Re: New type of units in factories: "dummy"

2014-08-31T14:19:05+02:00

Yep that's what I use too. If you have factories assisting one factory you can also go to t2/t3 with very few clicks and without canceling units. Tech the main factory to t2, and queue up tons of t2 units and 1 t1 unit. Then the assisting facs will continue to build that t1 unit. Then you can tech the assisting facs to t2 one by one with 1 click and they automatically start to produce t2 units. Compare that to arranging the t1 queue for each fac, then canceling all that, upgrade to t2, and queuing up t2 units. For low APM players like me, every click saved helps =)

Statistics: Posted by Vee — 31 Aug 2014, 14:19

Re: New type of units in factories: "dummy"

2014-08-31T13:27:55+02:00

partytime wrote:
It's a good idea. Another thing that would be nice is if you could set a point in the queue that infinite repeat starts.

For example I could set the queue to be a transport then [start repeating] and five fighters and a scout

I don't want to repeat the transport but I want to be able to set up my queue all at once without waiting for the first unit to finish building

Party time. This behaviour is currently achievable if you have two or more factories. To achieve the results you should do the following:

Air Fac #1: 1 Scout, 5 Interceptor, (set waypoint/patrol route), repeat button
Air Fac #2: 1 Transport, assist Air Fac #1.

This way, all your factories will spam units. With no idle time. But you maintain the ability to build one off units. Lets say, for example, your requirements changed, and you needed a limited run of T1 bombers. You could tell Air Fac #2 to build the bombers (without repeat). So as soon as it is finished it will resume fighter production.

Statistics: Posted by Hawkei — 31 Aug 2014, 13:27

Re: New type of units in factories: "dummy"

2014-08-31T01:49:37+02:00

Yeh, you still have to come back later and press the loop button anyway. But it gives you a larger window.

Statistics: Posted by Lionhardt — 31 Aug 2014, 01:49

Re: New type of units in factories: "dummy"

2014-08-28T15:55:08+02:00

Lionhardt wrote:
I do that with GAZ queue templates.

tried it but its not really as nice as i'd like it

Statistics: Posted by nine2 — 28 Aug 2014, 15:55

Re: New type of units in factories: "dummy"

2014-08-28T08:13:34+02:00

partytime wrote:
It's a good idea. Another thing that would be nice is if you could set a point in the queue that infinite repeat starts.

For example I could set the queue to be a transport then [start repeating] and five fighters and a scout

I don't want to repeat the transport but I want to be able to set up my queue all at once without waiting for the first unit to finish building

I do that with GAZ queue templates.

Statistics: Posted by Lionhardt — 28 Aug 2014, 08:13

Re: New type of units in factories: "dummy"

2014-08-28T07:50:37+02:00

partytime wrote:
I think what you want is to be able to add any of the following to your queue:
- 1 second wait
- 10 second wait
- 1 min wait

You could still shift-add the 1 second wait button to add 5x1second waits to the queue.

I'm pretty sure this could be set up as a UI mod even, but I don't have the skills to do that (pauze factory if button pushed with countdown should be possible I think).

Statistics: Posted by Aurion — 28 Aug 2014, 07:50

Re: New type of units in factories: "dummy"

2014-08-28T06:05:07+02:00

I think what you want is to be able to add any of the following to your queue:
- 1 second wait
- 10 second wait
- 1 min wait

You could still shift-add the 1 second wait button to add 5x1second waits to the queue.

Statistics: Posted by nine2 — 28 Aug 2014, 06:05

Re: New type of units in factories: "dummy"

2014-08-28T06:02:59+02:00

It's a good idea. Another thing that would be nice is if you could set a point in the queue that infinite repeat starts.

For example I could set the queue to be a transport then [start repeating] and five fighters and a scout

I don't want to repeat the transport but I want to be able to set up my queue all at once without waiting for the first unit to finish building

Statistics: Posted by nine2 — 28 Aug 2014, 06:02

Re: New type of units in factories: "dummy"

2014-08-28T04:38:27+02:00

I recommend that you not waste the T3 air factory on building T1 air scouts. Instead, build a T1 air factory and let it perform this task unassisted. It should pump out the scouts at a reasonable pace, without draining too much from your economy.

You may even notice that some good players, like ZLO, will have a couple of T1 air factories. Making T1 scouts with different approach vectors integrated into the waypoints of each factory. This gives comprehensive and persistent scouting for minimal APM.

Statistics: Posted by Hawkei — 28 Aug 2014, 04:38

Re: New type of units in factories: "dummy"

2014-08-25T21:01:01+02:00

Don't think building a dummy is an elegant solution, but naming it 'Pause' (with appropriate description) or something would make this helpful to some people in less APM intensive (team) games. This may actually be doable without producing anything as a UI mod, but I'm not sure about that.

Statistics: Posted by Aurion — 25 Aug 2014, 21:01

New type of units in factories: "dummy"

2014-08-25T19:26:49+02:00

Hello.

I propose to make new type of units wchich could be build in all factories. I call it "dummy", it costs ZERO, ant it only takes time.

Idea is simple: for expample I want to produce endless air T1 scouts in my T3 air factory and they are produced TOO FAST. When I set a queue: t1 scout + t3 dummy - scouts would arrive slower.

Lets say that one dummy "costs" 2 seconds. When I want 4 secs pause - I order to build two dumies in a row.

Statistics: Posted by Martin_PL — 25 Aug 2014, 19:26