UI mass fab manager

[noobymcnoobcake]

This mod is one of the best mods available it is a UI only mod so not everyone needs it. It automatically switches your mass fabs on and off when your energy storage gets above a set percentage. You may think that massfabs are completely useless and nobody should use them. But if you have a surplus of +400 power then 3 T2 massfabs costing 300 mass total can turn that wasted energy into +3 mass. Thats more efficient than a T2 mex!

link to mod
http://www.strategyinformer.com/pc/supr ... 18138.html

[Hawkei]

Indeed it is. If you build 4 or 6 Fabs, it is a handy eco boost. Considering that you will normally run a power surplus, and your peek power capacity is still avaliable for when you need it.

It is also handy when your allies are running power surplus. Because they will bleed power into your eco. So you can even turn your allies surplus E into mass

Futhermore, you will note that in FA and FAF, Mass Fabricators are T2. That means they will give twice the adjacency bonus to land factories, as they had in Vanilla Sup Com. You may find this bonus is greater then the actual mass generated from fabrication - and is awarded even if the fabricator is turned off.

If only people knew.

[Zock]

Futhermore, you will note that in FA and FAF, Mass Fabricators are T2. That means they will give twice the adjacency bonus to land factories, as they had in Vanilla Sup Com. You may find this bonus is greater then the actual mass generated from fabrication - and is awarded even if the fabricator is turned off.

The tech has nothing to do with the bonus.

[Hawkei]

Futhermore, you will note that in FA and FAF, Mass Fabricators are T2. That means they will give twice the adjacency bonus to land factories, as they had in Vanilla Sup Com. You may find this bonus is greater then the actual mass generated from fabrication - and is awarded even if the fabricator is turned off.

The tech has nothing to do with the bonus.

Oh, I thought it did. When I place a T2 Pgen next to an Omni, I get double the bonus of T1 Pgen, and double again if it is T3. Perhaps it is to do with size then?

[Bamboocha]

The download on the posted link seems to have been removed. Can someone who already has this mod post a new one pls?

Edit: Found a version in the gpgnet vault: http://gpgnet-vault.bathnet.org/mods/, but it doesn't seem to work with either GAZ or hotbuild...

[cogwun]

The download on the posted link seems to have been removed. Can someone who already has this mod post a new one pls?

The download worked for me just now. Haven't tested if it works with GAZ or hotbuild yet

[Krash]

I don't think this works with GAZ_UI - either that or I'm doing something wrong.

Does it need to be configured anywhere?

[Mycen]

Oh, I thought it did. When I place a T2 Pgen next to an Omni, I get double the bonus of T1 Pgen, and double again if it is T3. Perhaps it is to do with size then?

Adjacency bonuses do go up with tech, but they're relatively arbitrary values assigned to specific units, (the pgen one is 25%, 50%, 75%, but the fab/mex ones are not) it's not as if moving a unit to a higher tech category will affect its adjacency values.


I downloaded the fab manager that Bamboocha linked to, but how do I use it? The last time I used this mod it installed itself, and I don't see a 'mods' folder in my like the readme mentions. (Plus I fail at computers ) I'm just using the regular interface, so it should work, right?

[AdmiralZeech]

I don't think this works with GAZ_UI - either that or I'm doing something wrong.

Does it need to be configured anywhere?

Hmm, I remember using *some* form of massfab management with my mod.
Ah, here it is:
http://forums.gaspowered.com/viewtopic.php?p=320236
Hopefully there's an archive of the vault somewhere?

It's probably not as advanced as the mod mentioned here, but at least it's tested and working with GAZUI.

[micro2]

Hi.

If you have downloaded the game from steam then you will not have the Mods folder.

go to:

Documents\My Games\Gas Powered Games\Supreme Commander Forged Alliance

and make a new folder called "Mods"

then extract the files into your new mods folder and all should work.