Modding game mechanics, will it be possible? Specifically interested in automovement handling.

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One thing I'd love to see a mod for is the way that automovement is handled.  Stardock obviously likes it the way it is so it will not be changing but it drives me crazy.  I really think automoves should be handled at the beginning of a turn so that I have as much info as possible.  I won't go into all the reasons why but I would just like to know if something like this could be changed through modding?  If not now what about when more code is exposed through Python later on?  Maybe it's a strange request but it is something I would really like changed.  Plus I'm sure there are others that would like to change something more fundamental than just stats and item changes (etc) so it would be good to know.

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Reply #1 from Elemental Forums Top

I suggested to add a button for this, could be named "Auto Move units" and it would move all units that had a set waypoint. This kind of button is available in other games and I think its pretty handy, because there might be units in the Fog of war that are discovered by automoves, but you cant really react after you pressed End turn.

Reply #2 from Elemental Forums Top

I like Civfreak's idea, moving them at the start of the turn doesn't give you a chance to cancel their moves in reaction to the enemy moves.

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Reply #3 from Elemental Forums Top

That would be fine with me.  I just find myself continually going to units that have automove set and manually moving them anyway which defeats the purpose.  Once this becomes a lot of units it is very tedious which means I'll start getting lazy and then having out of date information.  That's why I like having the movement happen upfront, I simply don't use automove in areas where I feel I need to be careful.  Automove should also be smart enough to stop the automove if a unit is detected which helps.  I'm not sure if Elemental does that or not. 

The question still remains though, is this something that we could add in ourselves somehow or would this require a developer?  I don't really care how it's accomplished, I just hope it's possible somehow.  I love how moddable this game and see myself playing a lot of mods in the future.  It would just be very unfortunate if I had to fight this one feature that drives me up a wall for all of them.

Reply #4 from Elemental Forums Top

I'd really like an Auto-Move button too... For me at least, it is unintuitive to have the Auto-Move at the end of turn.

Having it auto-move at beginning or end of turn could also be a Game Option.