Cargo containers should be bays, not equipment

[Saklad5]

According to page 239 of the sixth printing of TechManual, Cargo Containers are a type of transport bay. This is a significant distinction, as it means that bay doors may be allotted to containers specifically.

It also means that MegaMekLab should allow designers to adjust the quantity of cargo containers in the "Transport Bays" tab, rather than requiring them to add containers one by one. That can become quite tedious when adding a large number of containers, and having dozens makes the "Assign Criticals" tab quite a bit harder to read.

[pavelbraginskiy]

What unit types is this about? CVs, SVs, SCs, all handle transports somewhat differently.

[Saklad5]

What unit types is this about? CVs, SVs, SCs, all handle transports somewhat differently.

No they don't. All of those units handle bays the same way, with the only distinction being whether they have slot limits occupied by bays.

[pavelbraginskiy]

All of the units that can carry cargo have very different interfaces in MML, so I'm not sure what units this suggestion refers to:

It also means that MegaMekLab should allow designers to adjust the quantity of cargo containers in the "Transport Bays" tab, rather than requiring them to add containers one by one.

[Saklad5]

All of the units that can carry cargo have very different interfaces in MML, so I'm not sure what units this suggestion refers to:

It also means that MegaMekLab should allow designers to adjust the quantity of cargo containers in the "Transport Bays" tab, rather than requiring them to add containers one by one.

I mean that containers should be a row in the Transport section of the Structure/Armor tab for Combat Vehicles, and an option in the Available Bays section of the Transport tab for other units.

[psikomonkie]

If equipment can transport they should probably implement Transporter in some way. This would integrate them with the rest of MegaMek's loading stuff.

EDIT: Have a look at CargoBay.

[Saklad5]

Now that I think about it, "Cargo" and "Liquid Storage" are in the same boat: they're actually transport bays, and only implemented as equipment for the sake of 'Mechs. So they really shouldn't be allowed on other unit types.

[pavelbraginskiy]

So as far as I understand, the Cargo and Cargo Container equipment should be made unavailable to non-mech units (CVs should instead use the Transport section of the Structure tab, SVs should instead use the Transport tab), and there should be a new kind of Cargo Container bay added for CVs, SVs, and DSs, while keeping the existing Cargo and Cargo Container equipment for Meks.

I got that all right?

[Saklad5]

Basically. Fighters and Small Craft get transport bays too.