Re: Developer Questions

[Gil Pinheiro <pinh1440@mach1.wlu.ca>]

> To tell you the truth, I'm personally interested in an AI that can be plugged 
> into parts of the user interface.  For example, I'd like to have an automatic 
> target selection, where if I forget to fire my artillery or if I forget to 
> attack with a front-liner, the AI would go ahead and fire them for me.  If 
> the target selection is good enough, then I'd only have to focus on moving 
> the pieces, which would be nice.  :)  (I'm lazy, so sue me)
>
> Dave
>  
Much of your problem can be fixed by a side bar of some sort (a la 
command  and conquer):

1) it could show all the available units
2) it could shade out those that have already expanded their time allotment
3) it could even gage how much trouble the unit is ( bright color 
overlay, or flashing )

A simple ( or at least it seems simple ) trick might be to place a 
outline around the units which are attackable by the currently selected 
unit.