Faction Urgency Function

[fbit]

Hello!

I'm not sure if I'm missing something (maybe a bug?), but why does the faction urgency function return the negative affinity towards the other faction?

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public class FactionUrgencyFunction : UrgencyFunction
    {

        public override string typeName { get { return "By Faction"; } }

        public override float Compute(WorldModel worldModel)
        {
            var observerFaction = worldModel.observer.entityType.GetFaction();
            var otherFaction = worldModel.observed.entityType.GetFaction();
            return worldModel.observed.count * -observerFaction.GetAffinity(otherFaction);
        }

    }

[Tony Li]

My thinking on that one was that it's like the Threat but without the entity count scaled by a curve.

After thinking about it, in the next update I'll add an entity count curve and an option to specify negative or positive. In its current form, I don't think it provides any benefit over Threat.

[fbit]

My thinking on that one was that it's like the Threat but without the entity count scaled by a curve.

Ah, now I see. I thought this urgency function should express the affinity to the other faction, like for example helping allies first or keeping an eye on the enemy.

After thinking about it, in the next update I'll add an entity count curve and an option to specify negative or positive. In its current form, I don't think it provides any benefit over Threat.

I would appreciate this, thank you!

[Tony Li]

You may see version 1.1.1 on the Asset Store soon. This is just a quick update version to address API changes in uMMORPG 1.148. The urgency function change will be in 1.1.2.

[fbit]

The urgency function change will be in 1.1.2.

I have just updated to version 1.1.2, thank you for revising this issue!

[Tony Li]

I was glad to make that change. It's much more intuitive now. Thanks for the suggestion!

[fbit]

I was glad to make that change. It's much more intuitive now. Thanks for the suggestion!

Glad to hear that! No need to thank me