Adjacency question

[RavenCurow]

Would it be possible for a unit to pass along adjacency from one unit to another. For example I'm using the Cybran Network Node building in my mod and I want to use it to transfer the adjacency bonus of power generators that are pluged into it to a unit that the network node is plugged into. Would that be possible and what would it require as far as scripting?

[Hawkei]

So... Let me see if I understand this. You want a structure to provide adjacency without actually being adjacent?

[RavenCurow]

In a sense yes. I want a building that will pass specific adjacency types from one build to another. For example I use a Cybran Network Node. I want to be able to plug say 4 Tech 1 pgens into the Network Node and then plug the node into a factory. When working as intended the Node would pass all 4 adjacency bonuses from the pgens to the factory through the node.

[ZLO_RD]

Really cool idea.
It could work like pipe that would extend/mimic adjustency bonus of structures that it is adjusted to.
Or like point to point connection as you said at one point you connect 4 pgend at another you place a power consuming building.
Also it could be kinda a network of all available adjustency bonuses, but that is a bit too much lol

Also maybe make special generators that don't produce recources but instead give much bigger adjustency bonuses. - I think this last one is a really cool idea

[RavenCurow]

ZLO my mod actually already does that. This was just seeing if I could do ssomething cooler. Look at my Civilians V2 mod in the forum.

[Hawkei]

You may not have noticed, but I was actually being sarcastic. WTF is the whole idea behind extending the adjacency concept to buildings which aren't adjacent? You may as well just remove the whole concept of adjacency. Because it just doesn't mean anything.

This is a really complex idea, which provides no improvement to gameplay. So I vote no.

[RavenCurow]

Okay, but this is a post asking for help for a personal mod. Not something that would be added to faf except by anyone that would want to download it to play themselves. If you had nothing to contribute other than to say you don't want to help then why post? Your only reason for posting was to make a condescending remark.

[lextoc]

You may not have noticed, but I was actually being sarcastic. WTF is the whole idea behind extending the adjacency concept to buildings which aren't adjacent? You may as well just remove the whole concept of adjacency. Because it just doesn't mean anything.

This is a really complex idea, which provides no improvement to gameplay. So I vote no.

RavenCurow is right, there's no need for your posts.

[RavenCurow]

On another note there may be another way of doing this that keeps the theme of a power distribution building without going overboard. Would it be possible to have the building detect how many of a certain type of building are plugged into it and then increase its adjacency bonus bonus based on that number? I remember seeing a post about something similar for a factory that scaled build rate to number of mexes nearby.

[Hawkei]

Remarks were not intended as condescending. Perhaps I had misunderstood the question to be asking for feedback on a concept rather than technical advice per se.

Though as with all things technical, "need is the mother of invention", and I'm still not seeing it. In trying to tease out the essential 'need' I am infact trying to get to the essentials of what is actually required. Which is of course the first and often overlooked step in devising solutions. I am challenging the concept - in the hopes of eliciting a response to justify it. Though, I can appreciate that you might interpret this as condescension. With the lack of such response I am beginning to question the need - and so therefore cannot really help.