GearCity 1.18 Progress

[Eric.B]

I spent the entire day on Bore and Stroke and everything that uses it.
I've removed the displacement slider from altering any specs or ratings directly. In doing so I replaced its usage with direct use of the bore and stroke values.

This allowed me to create more realistic results and now bore and stroke are handled properly. Remember, there is no replacement for displacement. And a bigger bore will give you more! ^,~

Anyhoo, these changes effect Bore/Stroke (obviously), torque, rpm's, horsepower, length, and width.

So why was this even an issue? Well back in the old days of GearCity (versions 0.3 - 1.03 ish) we did not have bore and stroke directly in the game. Everything used the displacement sliders. This was a very simplistic system and the users at the time wanted a little more depth, so we gave it to them. Sadly the game had been balanced for the displacement sliders and not the bore/stroke. My implementation of their effects were subpar due to the pairing with the displacement sliders.


I also fixed an issue design/manufacturing requirement's stars. Red stars now mean a higher requirement.

Anyhoo, I still have a few more things to "fix" in the engine specs/ratings. I should be able to finish it up tomorrow and move on to the gearbox stuff. After that I move to all car stats, and then redoing the RnD's GUI! (I'm excited about that one!)

-Modification to Bore/Stroke system
-Inversed design/manufacturing requirement stars