Economy problem

Or rather I flaw in the game design that has persisted for years. Such that the game can't handle a unit with two economy draws.

Example: A shielded unit that can also build...

Which is further compounded by thing that must build ammo to fire. Applying shielding to such a unit is impossible without breaking the economy draw of that unit.

Added a small change to a snippet I've taken from FAF's Unit.lua to allow a shielded unit to build silo ammo when keeping accurate build costs. The below script is running within a single unit only, so this isnt hook'd into the whole game.

    UpdateConsumptionValues = function(self)
        local energy_rate = 0
        local mass_rate = 0

        if self.ActiveConsumption then
            local focus = self:GetFocusUnit()
            local time = 1
            local mass = 0
            local energy = 0
            local targetData
            local baseData
            local repairRatio = 0.75

            if focus then -- Always inherit work status of focus
                self:InheritWork(focus)
            end

            if self.WorkItem then -- Enhancement
                targetData = self.WorkItem
            elseif focus then -- Handling upgrades
                if self:IsUnitState('Upgrading') then
                    baseData = self.Blueprint.Economy -- Upgrading myself, subtract ev. baseCost
                elseif focus.originalBuilder and not focus.originalBuilder.Dead and focus.originalBuilder:IsUnitState('Upgrading') and focus.originalBuilder:GetFocusUnit() == focus then
                    baseData = focus.originalBuilder:GetBlueprint().Economy
                end

                if baseData then
                    targetData = focus:GetBlueprint().Economy
                end
            end

            if targetData then -- Upgrade/enhancement
                time, energy, mass = Game.GetConstructEconomyModel(self, targetData, baseData)
            elseif focus then -- Building/repairing something
                if focus:IsUnitState('SiloBuildingAmmo') then
                    local siloBuildRate = focus:GetBuildRate() or 1
                    time, energy, mass = focus:GetBuildCosts(focus.SiloProjectile)
                    energy = ( (energy / siloBuildRate) * (self:GetBuildRate() or 0) ) + focus:GetConsumptionPerSecondEnergy()
                    mass = ( (mass / siloBuildRate) * (self:GetBuildRate() or 0) ) + focus:GetConsumptionPerSecondMass()
                else
                    time, energy, mass = self:GetBuildCosts(focus:GetBlueprint())
                    if self:IsUnitState('Repairing') and focus.isFinishedUnit then
                        energy = energy * repairRatio
                        mass = mass * repairRatio
                    end
                end
            end

            energy = math.max(0, energy * (self.EnergyBuildAdjMod or 1))
            mass = math.max(0, mass * (self.MassBuildAdjMod or 1))
            energy_rate = energy / time
            mass_rate = mass / time
        end

        local myBlueprint = self.Blueprint
        if self.MaintenanceConsumption then
            local mai_energy = (self.EnergyMaintenanceConsumptionOverride or myBlueprint.Economy.MaintenanceConsumptionPerSecondEnergy)  or 0
            local mai_mass = myBlueprint.Economy.MaintenanceConsumptionPerSecondMass or 0

            -- Apply economic bonuses
            mai_energy = mai_energy * (100 + (self.EnergyModifier or 0)) * (self.EnergyMaintAdjMod or 1) * 0.01
            mai_mass = mai_mass * (100 + (self.MassModifier or 0)) * (self.MassMaintAdjMod or 1) * 0.01

            energy_rate = energy_rate + mai_energy
            mass_rate = mass_rate + mai_mass
        end

         -- Apply minimum rates
        energy_rate = math.max(energy_rate, myBlueprint.Economy.MinConsumptionPerSecondEnergy or 0)
        mass_rate = math.max(mass_rate, myBlueprint.Economy.MinConsumptionPerSecondMass or 0)

        self:SetConsumptionPerSecondEnergy(energy_rate)
        self:SetConsumptionPerSecondMass(mass_rate)
        self:SetConsumptionActive(energy_rate > 0 or mass_rate > 0)
    end,

This is just a quick fix and is by no means perfect... Will mess with this more as time allows.

@resin_smoker said in Economy problem:

Or rather I flaw in the game design that has persisted for years. Such that the game can't handle a unit with two economy draws.

You're right - it was known from the start too. Extractors have the same problem, and it is why this code exists even in the Steam distribution.