DEVELOPMENT SNAPSHOT #50 — Squads Across Borders: Country-Aware Templates

We are developing a country-aware filter that shows only squad templates available to the country being edited. In the Debug build, we verified that an Empire list excludes a Symbiosis squad while its home country retains it.

Two countries can use the same formation window without sharing every squad template. When every template appears in one list, the player must check not just its name and equipment but also whether that country can field it. We are developing a country-aware filter to make that choice clearer.

Squad pattern data can identify an available country. Country ID 0 marks a shared template; an unset (null) country keeps the legacy faction restrictions. Saving a country-specific squad clears those faction restrictions and binds it to the chosen country.

Actual Debug capture: Country filter verification (open image)

In a Debug-build check, selecting the Empire removes the Symbiosis infantry squad from the choices while keeping the Empire infantry squad. The same check confirms the squad remains available to its owning Symbiosis country. This is development-stage verification, not a release claim.

Real-game captures of formation slots: Air squad formation / Logistics slot formation

Country-aware filtering is still under development. We are checking how it coexists with shared templates and existing faction rules; this does not mean the entire formation system or all civilization-specific content is complete.

Previous snapshot: compact platoon window. Japanese version of snapshot #50.

Note: the English UI is shown, while some dynamic squad names remain Japanese because the saved master-data labels are Japanese.

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