Build time

[3drts]

Does anyone know the build time formula?

It doesn't seem to be a matter of weight or cost, unless there are body "size" modifiers like for vtol speed.
Panthers build faster than mantis bodies, despite being heavier and more expensive.
Leopards build *slightly* faster than scorpions (nearly the exact same build time), and are more expensive, but lighter.
No surprise: hftx build slower than tracks.

Its not a matter of hitpoints, or some body modifer alone, as tigers build faster than retributions - tigers are heavier, have more hit points, and are a larger body class.

mini pods build slower than machineguns, despite having the same weight and less hitpoints.

So unless there is some complex formula of weight, cost, and body size, I am going to guess that each weapon and body has a build time associated with it, that can easily be modded independent of its other stats - I'm also going to guess that propulsions modify the body build times by a fixed ratio.

[Zarel]

It's not. There's a separate "build time" variable (not listed in the Guide). You can find it in the "bodyPoints" column of most stats files (weapons.txt, structures.txt, body.txt, etc).

[Germanium]

thanks Zarel... I should have looked there earlier.