On: Zero-k: A libre sci-fi RTS game, with an economy b...

[shoggouth]

Does Zero-k or another SpringRTS game support "strategic zoom" or building structures/units with real-time debt (as in you can construct a unit that requires 10000 mineral when you are only making 600 a minute) such as Supreme Commander?

[remram → shoggouth]

They all do (Zero-K, BAR, and most of the games built on the engine).

You can also reclaim metal from dead units and structures.

[Pet_Ant → shoggouth]

I mean Total Annihilation pioneered that concept and Spring RTS started as an open source clone of Total Annihilation so definitely some Spring RTS mods do, and Zero-K almost certainly does.

[fho → shoggouth]

I feel old now :-)

SpringRTS is actually older than the first Supreme Commander game.

[tomca32 → shoggouth]

I think pretty much all Spring games support that. Zero-K and BAR both do anyway. Both strategic zoom and real time “streaming” building came from Total Annihilation and Spring games are TA based.