[harrier]

I thought about how to effectively compare units and buildings between the different factions and I came up with this idea for a web form:

The web form should have a

- List of available properties for comparison (build time, costs, DPS, ...), which can be selected individually (a sensibly small subset is preselected)

- List of unit types to include in the comparison. The list should use the generic unit names as far as possible, e.g. T1 Land Scout instead of "Spirit", "Mole" and "Snoop", but would also list units that are only available for one faction, e.g. Monkeylord.
Additionally there could be buttons or a drop-down list for pre-defined subsets of units.

- A button which generates

- a table section which is layouted as follows:

Unit Types |  UEF  | Cybran | UEF
===================================
Unit Type 1|  Name | Name   | Name    
-----------------------------------
 Property1 | value | value  | value
 Property2 | value | value  | value
 Property3 | value | value  | value
...
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Unit Type 2|  Name | Name   | Name    
-----------------------------------
 Property1 | value | value  | value
 Property2 | value | value  | value
 Property3 | value | value  | value
...

Highest and lowest values are signaled by a distinct color. For special units there can only be value for one faction, of course.

I think the above layout is the best general purpose one. The obvious choice for an alternate layout that only compares units within one faction would look like

Unit Types | Property1 | Property2 | Property3 | ...
=====================================================
Unit Type 1|   value   |   value   |   value   | ...
-----------------------------------------------------
Unit Type 2|   value   |   value   |   value   | ...
-----------------------------------------------------
Unit Type 3|   value   |   value   |   value   | ...
-----------------------------------------------------
...

If you code this up as a server-side script people could bookmark there queries or post links on bulletin boards in order to illustrate their arguments.

I know programming up this stuff would cost some time, but I'm pretty sure it would draw a lot of people to your site and I guess there's also a financial motivation for your project

[Spectre_X]

You know what?

I like the idea

I would make it ... if i could

[[HvC]NaTeDoGG]

This is as close as you are going to get for now...
Unit Comparison

Check sig for thread on the tool.

[GuTs]

Originally Posted by [HvC]NaTeDoGG

This is as close as you are going to get for now...
Unit Comparison

Check sig for thread on the tool.

Did you make that comparison script?

[harrier]

He did. Look at the pages linked from his sig.

[GuTs]

Originally Posted by harrier

He did. Look at the pages linked from his sig.

Then it would be nice if he could help updating our units DB here ^^
[HvC]NaTeDoGG add me on msn or PM me or smthg

[TaviRider]

That unit comparison tool is handy for people willing to dig into the individual fields of the blueprints. I'm working on distilling that information into user-friendly comparisons at the supreme commander wiki at Main Page - Supreme Commander Wiki - a Wikia wiki. For instance, see Cybran T3 Strategic Bomber - Supreme Commander Wiki - a Wikia wiki where there's a unit nav box in the top-right to jump around between all the bombers, and text descriptions of the relevant differences.

The wiki community needs more people contributing these kinds of useful comparisons. If anyone would like to contribute, please come over to the wiki!

-TaviRider