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-====== Understanding Factories =======+====== Factories =======
  
 ===== The Basics ===== ===== The Basics =====
  
-Factories are an incredibly powerful design feature that is unique to WarGear. the concept was developed by designers here on the site. Its limits and potential features are relatively untapped. Yet the basic concept is a simple one, and it all starts with the notion that..+Factories are an incredibly powerful feature available to board designers that is unique to WarGear. The concept was conceived by designers here on the site, and subsequently implemented in brilliant fashion by Tom, who runs the site. The limits and potential features of factories are relatively untapped; yet the basic concept is a simple one, and it all starts with the notion that..
  
 **__A Factory is nothing more than a special type of continental bonus.__** **__A Factory is nothing more than a special type of continental bonus.__**
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 The 'Standard'  continents that we are all familiar with have assigned **"members"** (e.g. Brazil, Peru, Venezuela, Argentina), which give bonus units to the player who owns the continent at the beginning of their turn, and let's them **"place"** (//the factory part//) those bonus units on the board. The 'Standard'  continents that we are all familiar with have assigned **"members"** (e.g. Brazil, Peru, Venezuela, Argentina), which give bonus units to the player who owns the continent at the beginning of their turn, and let's them **"place"** (//the factory part//) those bonus units on the board.
  
-A Factory is created by first assigning it **members** just like a standard continent, but instead of giving bonus units to the player to place anywhere they want, __the factory places bonus units on the board at a pre-determined location__.+A Factory is created by first assigning it **members** just like a standard continent, but instead of giving bonus units to the player to place anywhere they want, __the factory places bonus units on the board at a pre-determined location__. Put another way, a factory is a continental bonus that doesn't let the player decide where the bonus units go.
  
-Put another way, a factory is a continental bonus that doesn't let the player decide where the bonus units go.  Key definitions:+Key terms:
  
 **Member** -- The territory or territories that must be held by the player in order for the factory to be called. Members are more commonly known as "continents." **Member** -- The territory or territories that must be held by the player in order for the factory to be called. Members are more commonly known as "continents."
  
 **Factory** -- The target of the allocated continental bonus. A factory can only be a single territory. **Factory** -- The target of the allocated continental bonus. A factory can only be a single territory.
- +===== Making The Factory More Powerful =====
-===== Making Factories More Powerful =====+
  
 Normally, units would be put on the factory (the target territory) if the player already owns it (see: Standard Factory), but the WarGear Designer offers designers a powerful and versatile palette of factory types.  Normally, units would be put on the factory (the target territory) if the player already owns it (see: Standard Factory), but the WarGear Designer offers designers a powerful and versatile palette of factory types. 
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-**AutoCapture Factory** -- Assigns the territory to the player and adds units. AutoCapture Factories ignore who owns the factory territory. No matter who owns it, ownership is transferred to the player who owns the continent at the beginning of their turn. If the player didn't hold that territory originally, units in that territory are reduced to 0, and the continent bonus is placed in that factory. +**AutoCapture Factory** -- Assigns the territory to the player and adds units. AutoCapture Factories ignore who owns the factory territory. No matter who owns it, ownership is transferred to the player who owns the continent at the beginning of their turn.
  
 **Universal Factory** -- Adds units to territory no matter who owns it. Ownership is retained by the original holder of the territory. All Universal Factories check to see who owns the factory, then places the continent bonus in that factory, and the player who owned the factory gets the bonus and retains ownership of that factory. **Universal Factory** -- Adds units to territory no matter who owns it. Ownership is retained by the original holder of the territory. All Universal Factories check to see who owns the factory, then places the continent bonus in that factory, and the player who owned the factory gets the bonus and retains ownership of that factory.
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 **Universal Factory +N** -- As above, but adds units to territory ONLY if it is occupied by Neutral **Universal Factory +N** -- As above, but adds units to territory ONLY if it is occupied by Neutral
  
 +**AutoNeutral** -- Converts target territory to Neutral and adds further units as Neutrals
 +
 +**AutoNeutralReset** Converts target territory to Neutral, resets to zero units and then adds further units as Neutrals
 ==== Factory Activation Chart ==== ==== Factory Activation Chart ====
 |              ^  Player owns Factory   ^  Someone else owns Factory                        ^  Neutral owns Factory                            ^ |              ^  Player owns Factory   ^  Someone else owns Factory                        ^  Neutral owns Factory                            ^
 ^ Standard     |  Yes                   |  No                                               |  No                                              | ^ Standard     |  Yes                   |  No                                               |  No                                              |
-^ AutoCapture  |  Yes                   |  Yes - captures and reinitializes with 0 units    |  Yes - captures and reinitializes with 0 units   |+^ AutoCapture  |  Yes                   |  Yes    |  Yes  |
 ^ Universal    |  Yes                    |  Yes                                             |  Yes                                             | ^ Universal    |  Yes                    |  Yes                                             |  Yes                                             |
 ^ Universal -N |  Yes                   |  Yes                                              |  No                                              | ^ Universal -N |  Yes                   |  Yes                                              |  No                                              |
 ^ Universal +N |  No                    |  No                                               |  Yes                                             | ^ Universal +N |  No                    |  No                                               |  Yes                                             |
-^ AutoNeutral (//proposed//) |  Yes - The territory turns neutral    |  Yes - The territory turns neutral                                      |  Duh - it's already neutral  |+^ AutoNeutral  |  Yes                   |  Yes   |  NA - it's already neutral  | 
 +^ AutoNeutralReset  |  Yes                   |  Yes   |  NA - it's already neutral  | 
 + 
 +Factories that change the ownership of the target territory (AutoCapture and AutoNeutral) execute in a loop in order of alphanumeric factory name. 
 + 
 +==== Caps ==== 
 + 
 +Factories have an optional unit cap setting. If the number of units on the factory equals or exceeds the specified cap, the factory will not produce any further units. 
 ==== But There's More - Negative Factories ==== ==== But There's More - Negative Factories ====
  
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   * Peru has been selected as the **factory** - the target of the bonus.   * Peru has been selected as the **factory** - the target of the bonus.
   * The factory type is **Universal**, so it doesn't matter who occupies Peru.   * The factory type is **Universal**, so it doesn't matter who occupies Peru.
-  * A negative bonus has been assigned. If at the beginning of any player's turn, they hold the the members of the continent Trifecta, 2 units will be taken off the **factory** (Peru).+  * A negative bonus has been assigned. If at the beginning of any player's turn, they hold the the members of the continent Trifecta, 2 units will be taken off the **factory** (Peru) no matter who owns it.
 ===== Harnessing the Power of Factories ===== ===== Harnessing the Power of Factories =====
designer_tutorials/tutorials/factories/factories.txt · Last modified: 2018/02/15 22:54 by redshift

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