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MekHQ is a java helper program for the MegaMek game that allows users to load a list of entities from an XML file, perform repairs and customizations, and then save the new entities to another XML file that can be loaded into MegaMek.
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Field Kitchens should not need to service support personnel #4329

Closed Saklad5 closed 2 months ago

Saklad5 commented 3 months ago

Environment

MegaMek Version: MekHQ v0.49.20 Development Snapshot Operating System: Mac Java Version: 20.0.1

Description

MekHQ 0.49.20 adds a rough implementation of Field Kitchens, diverging from Campaign Operations primarily in not tracking actual deployment. The current approach instead compares the number of Field Kitchens on fully-crewed units against the total number of personnel in the force, providing the Fatigue bonus to everyone if there's enough capacity.

Putting aside the Field Kitchen-equivalents included with quarters on Small/Large Craft, this approach shouldn't be counting support personnel at all. Page 219 of the fourth printing of Campaign Operations describes Field Kitchens thusly:

Field Kitchen: Forces that have access to field kitchen reduce fatigue by 1 extra point. One field kitchen can supply 150 combat troops (and their support personnel) per Morale/ Fatigue Cycle. When determining which forces have access to the available field kitchen resources, do not split any units; that is, all 28 ground-pounders in that platoon are counted or none are.

While the logic of this is debatable, the meaning is not: players should only need one Field Kitchen for every 150 combat personnel, and the requirement should ignore support personnel entirely due to being included in the former.

This issue was opened at the request of @IllianiCBT.

IllianiCBT commented 3 months ago

Thanks for making this, I had clear forgot about it :D

I’ll get this fixed when I’m back from vacation. It’ll likely be a campaign option to include support personnel for those who want that functionality. Then, for everyone else, only combatants will be included.

IllianiCBT commented 2 months ago

Closing as resolved (manually closing so I can more clearly see which of my tasks are still outstanding)