Scenario Control Variables: Repeat X times, Repeated Every 0-999 Days

Started by night777, September 04, 2016, 05:19:05 PM

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night777

Scenarios are an area of growth for Rimworld. But they are presently in an undeveloped stage. Folks are looking for interesting scenarios but developers are heavily restricted by limitations in the scenario engine.

Give scenario developers more control.

1. Users can't make the same type of incident happen "irregularly" and also cannot make the same incident happen more than once without using the repeat-every-X-days-Forever-And-Ever function. Receiving "create incident. create incident. incompatible" error.

This would also allow more scenario stories of interest. "You land on the planet where in five days the 4 survivors arrive.." (Wanderer event x4)

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2. Allow scenario developers to repeat incidents only a certain number of times

3. Allow scenario developers to repeat incidents in a variable timeframe. It seems more interesting if the wanderer joins every 4-8 days, repeating, than if they join every 5th day on the dot.

4. Allow scenario developers to make simple rules to start and stop events or incidents that are also scripted. This way we can develop scenarios that evolve in stages.

For example, if I am creating a tribal scenario. The tribals are in a haunted land, and the diseased spirits hate large fires. The start-stop objective and mission is "So long as 5 campfires are burning, stop causing Gut Worms incident every 4 Days".

I'm looking forward to seeing a bit more power in the scenario editor! Could be huge, IMO, and tweaks 1, 2, 3, along with the suggestions in the CRITICAL: More Win Conditions For Scenarios, seem to be relatively simple and easy to implement. I recognize the 4th suggestion starts delving into creating a scripting system and may be shooting too far right now, but please install the simple control variables and some winning conditions!

I think some great scenarios will cause the game to enjoy further success beyond its otherwise great potential. Unleash the community!

Read:CRITICAL: More Win Conditions For Scenarios  https://ludeon.com/forums/index.php?topic=24923.0

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