Discuss: Survivor.Count

[Renegade]

It is calculated individually, as far as I can tell.

And let's keep bloat in mind here. I'd rather not end up with blocks like

Code:

Survivor.Count=3
Survivor.PilotChance=10
Survivor.VeteranPilotChance=25
Survivor.ElitePilotChance=50
Survivor.PassengerChance=10
Survivor.VeteranPassengerChance=25
Survivor.ElitePassengerChance=50
Survivor.PilotChanceIfPassengerIsMedic=80
Survivor.CLEGChance=100 ;can just teleport out, after all
Survivor.SelfHealerChance=80 ;can save himself
Survivor.SeatBeltBroken=3,2 ;third row, second seat passenger is doomed
Survivor.LastSupper=Peanuts

etc. While I understand the wish for customizability, some things are just overkill. Let's focus on figuring it out with one flag for the moment.

To clarify the pilots+passenger question a little, should Survivor.Count be a hard limit for all survivors, or for each group individually?
i.e. if you have Survivor.Count = 5
Should that mean "of all pilots, a maximum of 5 is allowed to survive AND of all passengers, a maximum of 5 is allowed to survive"
or "of all people in this vehicle, a maximum of 5 is allowed to survive".

Again, it comes down to figuring out how many pilots/drivers there are.
Assume you have a Battle Fortress with five passengers, and Survivor.Count = 5.
How do I know how many pilots to account for?

Come to think of it, I believe a big part of the confusion stems from the naming of the flag.
Suggestion: How about, instead of Survivor.Count, we add a Survivor.Pilots?
That way, it's clear what's there - X pilots, Y passengers, and we just run through pilots survival and passenger survival as before, just with more pilots to account for?
Default to the exact same behavior as before, no limits, leaving it up to the modder to balance his mod or use it wisely...how does that sound?