Aliases for resources (for the modders) also units.

[Paul Kingtiger]

So this is a request for the modders rather than stock game.

There are a few mods out there, TAC Life Support, ECLSS, Intersteller, that use resources such as Oxygen, Food and so on.

Each mod uses it's own naming system, so some use Oxygen, others O2.

The suggestion is to allow aliases for resources as defined in the ResourceGeneric.cfg so that multiple names could be used for the same resource. Multiple aliases could be separated by commas.

The game would treat any resource with the primary name or any of the aliases as the same resource, allowing mods to be more cross compatible.

Example:

RESOURCE_DEFINITION

{

name = Oxygen

alias = O2, Oxy

density = 0.0075

flowMode = NO_FLOW

transfer = NONE

isTweakable = true

}

Second part!

Also add a units definition, which would display next the value in the game. It would help modders know what a resource is and also add opponunaties for metagame science for those who love that sort of stuff (while taking nothing away for those who don't).

RESOURCE_DEFINITION

{

name = Oxygen

alias = O2, Oxy

units = liters

density = 0.0000014290

flowMode = NO_FLOW

transfer = NONE

isTweakable = true

}

[Nuke]

can we also get a hidden = true/false. there are some secret resources used as go betweens that i dont want the player to worry about.