Talk:FlightLevel

What about Firestorm?

I've noticed that we haven't been putting FS in the Works in Game(s) slot. Why is that?
Vinifera7 22:32, 29 August 2006 (CEST)

I keep omitting it because, to my knowledge, no code from TS was castrated in FS (I mean, if your game is fully patched to 2.03, the engine used is completely the same regardless of whether you pick to play "TS" or "FS" in the startup menu) and thus all code flagged as "works in TS" works implicitly in FS. The only pages stating "works in FS" are flags introduced by FS, such as Template:TTL. However, I'm now starting to think that might not be the best idea and a sign such as "2.03" would work better.
That is not the case in the RA2/YR transition (as it uses a separate exe as opposed to patching the original one), so YR deserves a separate mention. //DCoder 06:49, 30 August 2006 (CEST)

I agree with V7 fully.
FS is separate game.
So we need add it to all tags.
CnCVK 15:14, 30 August 2006 (CEST)

Actually Firestorm DOES use another EXE, though it just overrides the TS one rather than creating a new one. But the new exe is still fully compatible with the TS rules, just as RockPatch is still fully compatible with the YR rules. There aren't very many flags that are new to Firestorm, as you have mentioned. For consistency, we should probably add FS to the list, if it indeed works in FS. However I was looking at this in terms of what would be best in the long run. Eventually we will need to specify which flags work in which games, so that users can easily navigate ModEnc and locate the information that they're looking for.

So who wants to go over the existing pages adding TD/CO, RA/CS/AM, and TS/FS to them as necessary? :p //DCoder 06:16, 31 August 2006 (CEST)

Editing Conflict! These two replies were done at the same time:

It doesn't have to be done right away. It can be done as we update the pages. Do we need CO, CS, and AM? I'm not at all familiar with modding TD or RA, so I have no idea whether or not those expansions even added new logic to the existing game. Hell, I've never even played them (yeah, I can barely call myself a true C&C fan *rolleyes*) If not, then there is no point in including them. Vinifera7 06:37, 31 August 2006 (CEST)

That is immaterial to this discussion. It can happen over time, in conjunction with other edits. The fact that it's hard to do doesn't change the fact that it has to be done. FS is a seperate product, whether you like it or not, and no matter how similar it is to other products. As such, it should be listed in any Works in... list if applicable.

~ Renegade (SysOp) 06:40, 31 August 2006 (CEST)

Also FS have special "Firestrom" disk, new save game format.
TD/CO have not any INI tags at all and RA/CS/AM have only RULES.INI file with "easy" format.