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ICE is the .IGC Core Editor for Allegiance by KGJV. It is used by core developers to balance their core.

Using ICE

As for using ICE, its all pretty straightforward (fighters are under ships, max speed is clearly labeled max speed, etc.) except for pres & defs and a couple odd quirks here and there. The best way to learn to use ICE is to get into it with a core and just start experimenting with what changes what.

Quick guide to Pres & defs

"Pre" is short for prerequisite. Every prerequisite must be met before you can use that item, however most prerequisites can be satisfied by more than one item. For example the prerequisite to build a shipyard is a techbase - but any techbase will fulfill that pre.

"Def" is short for definition. It is the pre slots that this item 'fills', if you have the item. Defs are usually found on factions and development items (devels, or researched tech).

Example Load up CC_04 to follow along

Go into Parts and down to PW Gat Gun 2. Select it, then change to the Tech tree tab on the top right. What you should see is:

Depends on

118

Faction: Belters (101) 'No Devel'

Faction: Bios (35) 'No Devel'

Faction: Etc

Devel: PW Gattling Gun 2 (71)

Devel: PE Plasma Gattling Gun 2 (174)

Part: PE Gat Gun 2 (6)

Part: PW Gat Gun 2 (71)

157

Faction: Belters (101) 'Devel'

Faction: Belters (101) 'No Devel'

Faction: Etc

230

Faction: Etc 'Devel'

Faction: Etc 'No Devel'

Station: Supremacy (Adv) (7)

Station: Supremacy (11)

Station: Etc

356

Faction: Etc 'Devel'

Faction: Etc 'No Devel'

— Quoted from ICE

What does this mean? PW Gat 2 requires at least one item from alll of pre #s 118, 157, 230, and 356. Thus it requires 4 separate items for the tech to be available to a team in-game.

118 is the weapon tech itself. It is fulfilled by having development turned off (i.e. in a death match), or by having researched Gat 2 under supremacy (the devels) or by picking up PE gat 2 or PW gat 2 and bringing it home (the parts).

157 just defines the different factions that can use this tech, with both devel on or off. A team on any one of these factions will have gat2 available if it meets the other pres as well. Any faction not on this list will be unable to use that tech.

230 is the techbase. Remember how if you lose your sup you lose gat2? That's because of this prerequisite. Once again you will see all the factions listed with devel off - to fulfill this requirement during deathmatches. And belters has it with devel on, so they can use tech without the techbase.

356 just defines the factions again. Except this time the list does not include TF, thus TF cannot use PW gat 2 (they use PE gat 2 instead)

One more note: At the top you'll notice that 118 is also in the "def" list. The item is giving itself one of its own prerequisites? But of course! This allows teams that pick up gat2 and bring it home to fulfill that requirement.

Note Devel on or off?

Factions don't have any prerequisites. Instead, for them, the "Pre" button acts as a 'Devel' def, and the "Def" button acts as a 'No Devel' def.

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-'''ICE''' is the .IGC Core Editor for Allegiance by KGJV.
+'''ICE''' is the .IGC Core Editor for [[Allegiance]] by [[KGJV]]. It is used by [[core]] developers to balance their core.
 ==Using ICE==
-{{stub}}
 As for using ICE, its all pretty straightforward (fighters are under ships, max speed is clearly labeled max speed, etc.) except for pres & defs and a couple odd quirks here and there. The best way to learn to use ICE is to get into it with a core and just start experimenting with what changes what.
+===Quick guide to Pres & defs===
-Quick guide to Pres & defs
+"Pre" is short for prerequisite. Every prerequisite must be met before you can use that item, however most prerequisites can be satisfied by more than one item. For example the prerequisite to build a shipyard is a techbase - but any techbase will fulfill that pre.
-"Pre" is shortform for prerequisite. On an item of tech it is everything that item needs to be available.
+"Def" is short for definition. It is the pre slots that this item 'fills', if you have the item. Defs are usually found on factions and development items (devels, or researched tech).
-"Def" is shortform for definition. Its usually found on factions and development items (devels, or researched tech). These are the pre slots that this item fills out.
-In ICE all of the pres and defs are listed for items. On each pre slot, only one item in the pre must be available for the tech to be available. However all of the individual preqs must be met.
+{{Example|Load up CC_04 to follow along
-Here's an example for pres & defs based on CC_04. I suggest you open up ICE to follow along as it makes what I'm saying much clearer. smile.gif
+Go into '''Parts''' and down to <tt>PW Gat Gun 2</tt>. Select it, then change to the '''Tech tree''' tab on the top right. What you should see is:
-Go into Parts and down to PW Gat Gun 2. Click on it, then go to the "Tech Tree" tab on the top right. This is where you find the pres & defs for any item of tech. For PW Gat2 to be available, it requires the items from pre #s 118, 157, 230, and 356. Thus it requires 4 separate items for the tech to be available to a team ingame.
+{{Quote|ICE|Depends on
-is the weapon tech itself. Its made available by any faction with devel off (meaning in DMs) or by having researched Gat2 under supremacy, or by picking up a PE or PW Gat 2 that was floating around. This is what makes floating tech work in game - picking up Gat2 fills out the requirement in the core to make 118 available.
+:Faction: Belters (101) 'No Devel'
+:Faction: Bios (35) 'No Devel'
+:Faction: Etc
+:Devel: PW Gattling Gun 2 (71)
+:Devel: PE Plasma Gattling Gun 2 (174)
+:Part: PE Gat Gun 2 (6)
+:Part: PW Gat Gun 2 (71)
+:Faction: Belters (101) 'Devel'
+:Faction: Belters (101) 'No Devel'
+:Faction: Etc
+:Faction: Etc 'Devel'
+:Faction: Etc 'No Devel'
+:Station: Supremacy (Adv) (7)
+:Station: Supremacy (11)
+:Station: Etc
+:Faction: Etc 'Devel'
+:Faction: Etc 'No Devel'}}
-just defines the different factions, with both devel on or off. A team on any one of these factions will have gat2 available if it meets the other pres as well.
-is the techbase, since Gat2 is mid level tech and generally requires a techbase to be available. If you look at the pre itself you'll see all the factions listed with devel off (so gat2 is available when development is turned off in settings) and all of the different supremacy stations. Remember that only one item in each pre has to be met to enable it, so just having a supremacy station will enable 230. As a side note, notice that Belters is also listed in 230 with development on, meaning a Belters team doesn't have to have a supremacy station for gat2 to be available.
+What does this mean? PW Gat 2 requires at least one item from ''alll'' of pre #s 118, 157, 230, and 356. Thus it requires 4 separate items for the tech to be available to a team in-game.
-just defines the factions again, except TF, meaning that PW gat2 is not available to TF teams. This is because TF gets the PE version of Gat 2 instead.
+'''118''' is the weapon tech itself. It is fulfilled by having development turned off (i.e. in a death match), or by having researched Gat 2 under supremacy (the devels) or by picking up PE gat 2 or PW gat 2 and bringing it home (the parts).
+'''157''' just defines the different factions that can use this tech, with both devel on or off. A team on any one of these factions will have gat2 available if it meets the other pres as well. Any faction not on this list will be unable to use that tech.
-Also note that in each of the four preqs that the factions are listed with devel off. This is what makes gat2 available to teams in DMs or any other game with development off in the settings. If even one of the preqs didn't have the faction(s) with devel off then they wouldn't get that tech in a DM (or other non dev game).
+'''230''' is the techbase. Remember how if you lose your sup you lose gat2? That's because of this prerequisite. Once again you will see all the factions listed with devel off - to fulfill this requirement during deathmatches. And belters has it with devel on, so they can use tech without the techbase.
-One more note: You'll notice that 118 is also in the "def" list. This is because we're looking at the actual PW gat 2. By defining 118, any team that picks the gun up and docks it at a base will fill out #118 for their team, and if they have a sup (or are belts) then the weapon is made available. In simpler terms, this is the mechanic that allows floating tech ingame to be picked up and used.
+'''356''' just defines the factions again. Except this time the list does not include TF, thus TF cannot use PW gat 2 (they use PE gat 2 instead)
+One more note: At the top you'll notice that 118 is also in the "def" list. The item is giving itself one of its own prerequisites? But of course! This allows teams that pick up gat2 and bring it home to fulfill that requirement.}}
+{{Note|'''Devel on or off?
+Factions don't have any prerequisites. Instead, for them, the "Pre" button acts as a 'Devel' def, and the "Def" button acts as a 'No Devel' def.}}

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