Basically we remove the AI Controlled ship movement and change it to the player.
New Keys:
- (near backspace): slow down escort
= (near backspace): speed up escort (Note Escorts would still not Overheat)
0 (near backspace): turn firing on and off.
9 (near backspace): selects escort (similar to planes) to set direct of travel (Like your main ship), right clicking a ship would follow it, just like if you click someone else's ship with your own. Canceled by selecting a plane (1-8), pressing `(under Esc) or left clicking the screen.
New feature: Similar to torpedo warnings, if an escort comes within a 2-3" range of another ship, red text and a voice warning will be displayed to the owning player.
This is doable proven with the current distance based sound warnings for aircraft and torpedoes.
New feature: Escorts will automatically say in team chat: "PlayerNameABC (Escort): Crossing PlayerNameCBA" whenever they come withing 1" of another ship.
Also doable based on the distance based sound warning, changing sound to outputting a message should be code-able.
Thoughts and concerns?
