Forts v1.38.0a

G'day Forts fans!
 
Here's another big update to brighten your day.
 
Anti-Air and Weapons Balance
Game balance has been tuned in a few areas. We've taken on the mixed feedback from the last update around the balance of anti-air. Machine guns are now more prone to overheating, but mortars are slightly easier to shoot down. The overall effect is that mortars are more viable and anti-air receives a slight nerf in general. Rockets and Plasma Lasers get a firing cost reduction, while Cannons receive an increase.
 
Phantom's Transfer Pad
Phantom has a new material: the Transfer Pad. When you build these, your allies can move devices to them during the active. If they move storage devices you will also receive resources in proportion to their resource balance. Devices are also moved faster during active. This will allow some interesting new strategies for well coordinated teams.
 
 
Work together with your allies using Phantom's Transfer Pad.
 
Commander Balance
Other commanders have also been touched. Overdrive's active duration has been reduced by 29%, which should curb his extravagant lifestyle. Pinchfist's metal reclaim when not active has been reduced to 75%, but his 5% better collectors have returned. Warthog's Rockets gain the extra splash damage and radius other projectiles enjoy. Spook is unable to see Phantom's initial charge.
 
Device Movement Modding
Making a material capable of accepting moveable devices from allies is as simple as setting 'TransferPlatform' to true on a material. For Phantom this is only applied when active.
To coincide with this new movement tech, modders can expand the use of device movement and balance it per device. Each device can have its own movement cost and technology requirement, including separate values for transfers to allies. These can even be based on distance or any other factor by implementing a function in the device script. Generosity when gifting storage devices can also be adjusted.
 
Powerful Script Functions
This update introduces several eagerly awaited functions for modders. Firstly, GetDeviceListValue can be used to query device configuration from device_list.lua, weapon_list.lua, and ammo_list.lua.
Next, SetScriptValue and GetScriptValue are able to send and receive data to and from other scripts easily. These operate much like the recently added GetDeviceValue and similar functions.
Finally, CallScript better supports inter-mod separation of functionality. It allows you to execute a function in another script, passing a table of parameters, and have the return value assigned to a variable.
A handy function, LogValue, has been added to help you debug the use of these functions. It can write out any Lua values, including tables, formatted as valid Lua script.