[Question] Very quick question from jobs.xml

[ravayen]

on some jobs ive seen an extra part to time intervals......

<time interval="3600" start="0"/>

could someone explain what the 2nd part (start="0") does please as ive never actually had cause to acknowledge it's existence before and suddenly i'm curios about it

[UniTrader]

just a guess: i would say this is the respawn timer value the game starts at.
so start="0" means the Ship can be created instantly at beginning of the Game.
start="3600" would mean the defined Ship(s) will be created 1 hour after gamestart (and until then they are handled like currently destroyed)

[ravayen]

so to clarify
time interval=respawn time when destroyed in game
start=initial first spawn after game start and only the first time it spawns.
?
If so thanks for the reply it answers my question perfectly

[UniTrader]

so to clarify
time interval=respawn time when destroyed in game
start=initial first spawn after game start and only the first time it spawns.
?
If so thanks for the reply it answers my question perfectly

thats my assumption, yes. nothing else makes sense to me. but i didnt test this out and i also dont have any special documentation.

[ravayen]

nps thanks for the reply

[j.harshaw]

time interval=respawn time when destroyed in game
start=initial first spawn after game start and only the first time it spawns

in case there's some doubt, this is correct. should actually be documented in libraries.xsd (not all library xml files are documented, unfortunately, but the jobs file is.)

<xs:element name="time">

...

<xs:attribute name="interval" use="required">
Minimum job processing interval with +/- 25% random variation

...

<xs:attribute name="start">
First job processing time (interval without variation is used if not specified)