RTS where Players create custom units

Dwiel · 2003-02-11T05:59:53

Hello, I am working on an RTS where the player can deside what the attributes are for each of the units he creates. This btw has a futuristic setting. the user would be able to for example make 10 units that had very high accuracy while shooting lasers, but had fairly weak armor. The better the attributes for the unit the user wants, the more time/rescources the unit will take. I am having trouble though trying to figure out how I should display the units. If there are theoretically an infinate number of types of units the user could create, how can we have models that represent each one, and at a glance inform the user what kind of specs the unit has. For example, how will the user be able to tell if a unit is a fighter with high payload, and high energy consumption, and low speeds or a fighter with high agility, low payload, low detectivity. I think that the best way to do it might be to have many different base units that the user can derive their custom ones from. This way, they don''t have to custom build each type of unit, many presets are there for them. I would definately make the game so that each time you make a unit there is an option to save the configuration for later use. Any ideas on how to display minute differences in attributes easily? Thanx Tazzel3d ~ Dwiel