Bah. Capturable units is being a pain. Apparently the way that Glest stores faction ids is really dumb. I may end up having to have the unit die if captured and then recreate a new unit in its place with a new faction id.
You'd have to be careful that the "dead" unit's status transfers over to the new one, i.e. HP, EP, kill count if applicable, rotation. Also worth considering is how the capture counts as far as kills goes. Should it count as a kill for the capturing side and the capturing unit? Should it count as a death for the side that lost it? I think that certainly seems reasonable for it to, but it's something to consider.
Still, this is a
long-standing ticket, so it will/would be nice to see it come to fruition.
Also, I'm glad you made the features in a portable way, as it would be nice to see some of GAE's features moved over to MG, and/or the other way around. In fact, as far as cross-platform multiplayer and all that network code goes, it might be easier to use MG as a base.
Regardless of how you do it, I'm glad to see some new life being breathed into the engine.
