Add timed craft queue and hangar

BuildController.gd

@@ -42,6 +42,21 @@ extends Node2D
 @onready var lab_buy_button: IconButton = get_node("../UI/LabMenu/BuyButton")
 @onready var lab_close_button: IconButton = get_node("../UI/LabMenu/CloseButton")
 @onready var craft_shield_button: IconButton = get_node("../UI/CraftMenu/ShieldButton")
+@onready var queue_slots: Array = [
+	get_node("../UI/CraftMenu/QueueSlot0"), get_node("../UI/CraftMenu/QueueSlot1"),
+	get_node("../UI/CraftMenu/QueueSlot2"), get_node("../UI/CraftMenu/QueueSlot3"),
+]
+@onready var queue_detail: Label = get_node("../UI/CraftMenu/QueueDetail")
+@onready var hangar_button: IconButton = get_node("../UI/HangarButton")
+@onready var hangar_menu: Control = get_node("../UI/HangarMenu")
+@onready var hangar_list: Label = get_node("../UI/HangarMenu/ListLabel")
+@onready var hangar_status: Label = get_node("../UI/HangarMenu/StatusLabel")
+@onready var hangar_next_button: IconButton = get_node("../UI/HangarMenu/NextButton")
+@onready var hangar_crew_button: IconButton = get_node("../UI/HangarMenu/CrewButton")
+@onready var hangar_close_button: IconButton = get_node("../UI/HangarMenu/CloseButton")
+
+# Which stored vessel the hangar is offering to crew.
+var hangar_choice: int = 0
 @onready var build_menu_entries: Array = [
 	[GameState.BUILDING_MOTHERSHIP, build_mothership_button,
 		get_node("../UI/BuildMenu/MothershipLabel"), get_node("../UI/BuildMenu/MothershipCost")],
@@ -199,6 +214,12 @@ func _ready() -> void:
 	craft_close_button.pressed.connect(func(): craft_menu.visible = false)
 
 	transfer_button.pressed.connect(_on_transfer_pressed)
+	hangar_button.pressed.connect(_on_hangar_pressed)
+	hangar_close_button.pressed.connect(func(): hangar_menu.visible = false)
+	hangar_next_button.pressed.connect(_on_hangar_next)
+	hangar_crew_button.pressed.connect(_on_hangar_crew)
+	for i in range(queue_slots.size()):
+		queue_slots[i].pressed.connect(_on_queue_slot.bind(i))
 	transfer_close_button.pressed.connect(func(): transfer_menu.visible = false)
 	to_building_batch_button.pressed.connect(_on_transfer.bind(true, GameState.CARGO_LOAD_BATCH))
 	to_building_all_button.pressed.connect(_on_transfer.bind(true, ALL))
@@ -222,13 +243,16 @@ func _ready() -> void:
 	transfer_menu.visible = false
 	action_button.visible = false
 	transfer_button.visible = false
+	hangar_button.visible = false
+	hangar_menu.visible = false
 
 
 # True while a building prompt or panel owns the shared action slot, so the
 # enter-atmosphere prompt knows to stay out of the way.
 func is_showing_building_prompt() -> bool:
 	return current_building != null or build_menu.visible or craft_menu.visible \
-		or formation_menu.visible or skill_menu.visible or transfer_menu.visible
+		or formation_menu.visible or skill_menu.visible or transfer_menu.visible \
+		or hangar_menu.visible
 
 
 func _unhandled_input(event: InputEvent) -> void:
@@ -254,7 +278,7 @@ func _unhandled_input(event: InputEvent) -> void:
 		get_viewport().set_input_as_handled()
 		return
 	if build_menu.visible or craft_menu.visible or world_map.visible or lab_menu.visible \
-			or transfer_menu.visible:
+			or transfer_menu.visible or hangar_menu.visible:
 		# These panels have no raw-input handler of their own, but the world
 		# behind them must still not react.
 		get_viewport().set_input_as_handled()
@@ -282,11 +306,12 @@ func _process(delta: float) -> void:
 
 	if world_map.visible or build_menu.visible or craft_menu.visible \
 			or formation_menu.visible or skill_menu.visible or lab_menu.visible \
-			or transfer_menu.visible:
+			or transfer_menu.visible or hangar_menu.visible:
 		current_building = null
 		pending_building = null
 		action_button.visible = false
 		transfer_button.visible = false
+		hangar_button.visible = false
 		return
 
 	# Debounced exactly like the enter-atmosphere prompt, so the action
@@ -304,6 +329,10 @@ func _process(delta: float) -> void:
 
 	current_building = pending_building
 	action_button.visible = current_building != null
+	# The hangar is where finished vessels are delivered (#23), so it belongs
+	# at the mothership and nowhere else.
+	hangar_button.visible = current_building != null \
+		and current_building.building_type == GameState.BUILDING_MOTHERSHIP
 	# Every building can hold ore, so the transfer button rides alongside the
 	# action button rather than being one of the things the action button
 	# turns into - the two are independent choices at the same structure.
@@ -662,27 +691,19 @@ func _refresh_craft_status() -> void:
 	craft_shield_button.enabled = GameState.shield_vessel_unlocked()
 	craft_shield_button.queue_redraw()
 
-	# A full fleet cannot take another vessel, so the order would be refused.
+	# Fleet capacity no longer gates ORDERING (#23). A finished vessel waits
-	# Showing that on the button is the difference between "not available yet"
+	# at the mothership until the player crews it, so a full fleet is a
-	# and a button that looks live and silently does nothing when pressed.
+	# reason not to collect one yet - not a reason the crafter cannot build.
-	var room: bool = fleet.ships.size() + GameState.vessels_owed.size() \
+	# This is also what stopped the crafter being inert on a fresh save,
-		+ GameState.pending_orders_of(craft_building_id, GameState.PRODUCT_SHIP) \
+	# where the fleet starts at exactly its cap.
-		< GameState.max_fleet_size()
+	craft_interceptor_button.enabled = true
-	craft_interceptor_button.enabled = room
 	craft_interceptor_button.queue_redraw()
-	# One statement of the fleet count, either way round: the capacity line
+	craft_status.text += "      Fleet %d/%d      Ready %d" % [
-	# replaces the plain readout rather than being bolted in front of it.
+		fleet.ships.size(), GameState.max_fleet_size(), GameState.stored_vessels.size()
-	if room:
-		craft_status.text += "      Fleet %d/%d" % [fleet.ships.size(), GameState.max_fleet_size()]
-	else:
-		var queued_ships: int = GameState.pending_orders_of(craft_building_id, GameState.PRODUCT_SHIP)
-		var owed: int = GameState.vessels_owed.size() + queued_ships
-		var pending_note: String = "" if owed == 0 else " (%d already on order)" % owed
-		craft_status.text = "No room in the fleet: %d/%d%s - research capacity at the mothership\n%s" % [
-			fleet.ships.size(), GameState.max_fleet_size(), pending_note, craft_status.text
 	]
 	# LAST, so a message about what just happened is the first line the
 	# player reads rather than being buried under the standing state.
+	_refresh_queue()
 	if craft_message != "":
 		if Time.get_ticks_msec() < craft_message_until:
 			craft_status.text = "%s\n%s" % [craft_message, craft_status.text]
@@ -694,13 +715,6 @@ func _on_craft_interceptor() -> void:
 	if craft_building_id == 0:
 		_say("No crafter selected - reopen this panel from the building")
 		return
-	# Still refused when there is nowhere to put the vessel - queueing an
-	# order that can never be delivered would just bank vessels_owed forever.
-	if fleet.ships.size() + GameState.vessels_owed.size() \
-			+ GameState.pending_orders_of(craft_building_id, GameState.PRODUCT_SHIP) \
-			>= GameState.max_fleet_size():
-		_say("Fleet is full (%d slots)" % GameState.max_fleet_size())
-		return
 	# No affordability check: an order the crafter cannot pay for yet is
 	# QUEUED, and completes by itself once ore is delivered here (#16). But
 	# queueing silently looks identical to a dead button, so it says which
@@ -839,10 +853,6 @@ func _on_craft_shield() -> void:
 	if not GameState.shield_vessel_unlocked():
 		_say("Shield vessels must be unlocked at a ship lab first")
 		return
-	if fleet.ships.size() + GameState.vessels_owed.size() \
-			+ GameState.pending_orders(craft_building_id) >= GameState.max_fleet_size():
-		_say("Fleet is full (%d slots)" % GameState.max_fleet_size())
-		return
 	GameState.queue_order(craft_building_id, GameState.VESSEL_SHIELD)
 	_report_order(GameState.VESSEL_SHIELD)
 
@@ -927,6 +937,115 @@ func _refresh_transfer() -> void:
 		button.queue_redraw()
 
 
+func _refresh_queue() -> void:
+	# The queue down the right of the craft panel: one slot per pending
+	# vessel, the first being the one actually under construction. Tapping a
+	# slot cancels it (#23).
+	var orders: Array = GameState.order_list(craft_building_id)
+	for i in range(queue_slots.size()):
+		var slot: IconButton = queue_slots[i]
+		slot.visible = i < orders.size()
+		if not slot.visible:
+			continue
+		var order: Dictionary = orders[i]
+		slot.icon = IconButton.Icon.TRANSPORT_HUB if order.product == GameState.PRODUCT_TRANSPORTER \
+			else IconButton.Icon.SHIP
+		slot.glow_color = _vessel_colour(String(order.product))
+		# Only the one under construction reads as active; the rest are
+		# waiting, and greyed says so without needing a caption each.
+		slot.enabled = bool(order.started)
+		slot.queue_redraw()
+
+	if orders.is_empty():
+		queue_detail.text = "Nothing queued"
+		return
+	var head: Dictionary = orders[0]
+	if bool(head.started):
+		queue_detail.text = "Building %s  %d%%\nTap to cancel" % [
+			GameState.VESSEL_NAMES.get(head.product, head.product),
+			int(round(float(head.progress) * 100.0)),
+		]
+	else:
+		queue_detail.text = "%s waiting for ore\nTap to cancel" % \
+			GameState.VESSEL_NAMES.get(head.product, head.product)
+
+
+func _vessel_colour(product: String) -> Color:
+	match product:
+		GameState.VESSEL_SHIELD:
+			return Color(0.45, 0.8, 1.0)
+		GameState.PRODUCT_TRANSPORTER:
+			return Color(0.95, 0.55, 0.85)
+		_:
+			return Color(0.25, 0.85, 1.0)
+
+
+func _on_queue_slot(index: int) -> void:
+	var orders: Array = GameState.order_list(craft_building_id)
+	if index >= orders.size():
+		return
+	var vessel: String = GameState.VESSEL_NAMES.get(orders[index].product, orders[index].product)
+	var refunded: bool = bool(orders[index].started)
+	if not GameState.cancel_order(craft_building_id, index):
+		return
+	_say("%s cancelled%s" % [vessel, "  - ore refunded here" if refunded else ""])
+	_refresh_queue()
+
+
+# --- hangar (#23) ---------------------------------------------------------
+
+func _on_hangar_pressed() -> void:
+	hangar_choice = 0
+	hangar_status.text = ""
+	hangar_menu.visible = true
+	_refresh_hangar()
+
+
+func _on_hangar_next() -> void:
+	if GameState.stored_vessels.is_empty():
+		return
+	hangar_choice = (hangar_choice + 1) % GameState.stored_vessels.size()
+	_refresh_hangar()
+
+
+func _on_hangar_crew() -> void:
+	if GameState.stored_vessels.is_empty():
+		hangar_status.text = "Nothing built yet - order vessels at a ship crafter"
+		return
+	if fleet.ships.size() >= GameState.max_fleet_size():
+		hangar_status.text = "Fleet is full (%d/%d) - research capacity at the mothership" % [
+			fleet.ships.size(), GameState.max_fleet_size()
+		]
+		return
+	var product: String = GameState.claim_stored_vessel(hangar_choice)
+	if product == "" or not fleet.add_ship(product):
+		hangar_status.text = "Could not crew that vessel"
+		return
+	GameState.take_stored_vessel(hangar_choice)
+	hangar_status.text = "%s joined the fleet" % GameState.VESSEL_NAMES.get(product, product)
+	hangar_choice = 0
+	_refresh_hangar()
+
+
+func _refresh_hangar() -> void:
+	var stored: Array = GameState.stored_vessels
+	if stored.is_empty():
+		hangar_list.text = "No vessels waiting.\n\nOrder them at a ship crafter - finished vessels are delivered here."
+		hangar_crew_button.enabled = false
+		hangar_next_button.enabled = false
+	else:
+		hangar_choice = clampi(hangar_choice, 0, stored.size() - 1)
+		var lines: Array = []
+		for i in range(stored.size()):
+			var marker: String = ">" if i == hangar_choice else " "
+			lines.append("%s %s" % [marker, GameState.VESSEL_NAMES.get(stored[i], stored[i])])
+		hangar_list.text = "\n".join(lines)
+		hangar_crew_button.enabled = fleet.ships.size() < GameState.max_fleet_size()
+		hangar_next_button.enabled = stored.size() > 1
+	hangar_crew_button.queue_redraw()
+	hangar_next_button.queue_redraw()
+
+
 func _on_formation_changed() -> void:
 	fleet.apply_formation()
 

Fleet.gd

@@ -128,9 +128,6 @@ func move_in_direction(direction: Vector2) -> void:
 
 
 func _process(delta: float) -> void:
-	# Before the steering early-out: a ship the crafter has already built and
-	# paid for is owed whether or not the fleet happens to be flying (#16).
-	_claim_owed_ships()
 	if steer_direction == Vector2.ZERO:
 		return
 	# The anchor - the fleet's formation centre - travels at cruise_speed.
@@ -140,17 +137,6 @@ func _process(delta: float) -> void:
 	_assign_slot_targets()
 
 
-func _claim_owed_ships() -> void:
-	# Production completes in the GameState autoload, which may well happen
-	# while the player is on a planet's surface with no Fleet node in
-	# existence to hand a vessel to. Those vessels wait in `vessels_owed`
-	# fleet with room can take them.
-	while not GameState.vessels_owed.is_empty() and ships.size() < GameState.max_fleet_size():
-		if not add_ship(String(GameState.vessels_owed[0])):
-			return
-		GameState.vessels_owed.pop_front()
-
-
 func _assign_slot_targets() -> void:
 	for i in range(ships.size()):
 		ships[i].set_move_target(fleet_target + formation_offsets[i])

GameState.gd

@@ -294,12 +294,15 @@ func reset_progression() -> void:
 # on the same spot.
 var next_building_id: int = 1
 
-# Vessels that have been paid for and built but not yet handed to the fleet,
+# Finished vessels waiting at the mothership for the player to collect
-# as a list of VESSEL_* types - a shield vessel finishing while the player is
+# (#23), as a list of VESSEL_* types - a shield vessel must not come back as
-# on a planet must not come back as an interceptor. Production is simulated
+# an interceptor. They are NOT handed to the fleet automatically: the player
-# here, in the autoload, the same way extractor haulers are, so an order can
+# picks what to crew from the hangar, so a full fleet no longer stops a
-# complete where there is no Fleet node to hand a ship to.
+# crafter from building.
-var vessels_owed: Array = []
+#
+# Production is simulated here, in the autoload, the same way extractor
+# haulers are, so a build finishes whether or not the player is in space.
+var stored_vessels: Array = []
 
 signal order_completed(building_id: int, type: String)
 
@@ -337,6 +340,24 @@ const VESSEL_NAMES: Dictionary = {
 
 const SHIELD_COST: int = 14
 
+# How long one vessel takes to build, once its ore is actually in the
+# building. A queue you can watch and cancel needs time to exist in.
+const BUILD_TIMES: Dictionary = {
+	VESSEL_INTERCEPTOR: 10.0,
+	VESSEL_SHIELD: 16.0,
+	VESSEL_TRANSPORTER: 8.0,
+}
+
+
+# Test seam. Headless tests need the timed path - queued, started, finishing
+# - without sitting through a real 10-second build each, and a suite that
+# slow stops being run. Left at 1.0 in the game.
+var build_time_scale: float = 1.0
+
+
+func build_time(product: String) -> float:
+	return float(BUILD_TIMES.get(product, 10.0)) * build_time_scale
+
 # Researched at the ship lab, per vessel type. Separate from SKILL_TREE on
 # purpose: that gates what the player may build at all and is a strategic
 # spine, while these are repeatable tuning on a vessel you already have.
@@ -553,11 +574,44 @@ func pending_orders_of(id: int, product: String) -> int:
 		return 0
 	var n: int = 0
 	for o in b.get("orders", []):
-		if o == product:
+		if String(o.product) == product:
 			n += 1
 	return n
 
 
+func order_list(id: int) -> Array:
+	# What the queue panel draws: product, and how far along the one being
+	# built is. Everything behind it reads as simply waiting.
+	var out: Array = []
+	var b: Dictionary = find_building(id)
+	if b.is_empty():
+		return out
+	for o in b.get("orders", []):
+		var product: String = String(o.product)
+		out.append({
+			"product": product,
+			"started": bool(o.started),
+			"progress": clampf(float(o.elapsed) / maxf(build_time(product), 0.001), 0.0, 1.0),
+		})
+	return out
+
+
+func cancel_order(id: int, index: int) -> bool:
+	# Refunds whatever was actually taken: a build that has started has its
+	# ore in the building already, one still waiting never paid.
+	var b: Dictionary = find_building(id)
+	if b.is_empty():
+		return false
+	var orders: Array = b.get("orders", [])
+	if index < 0 or index >= orders.size():
+		return false
+	var order: Dictionary = orders[index]
+	if bool(order.started):
+		b.stock = int(b.get("stock", 0)) + product_cost(String(order.product))
+	orders.remove_at(index)
+	return true
+
+
 func outstanding_cost(id: int) -> int:
 	# What this building still needs delivered to clear everything queued.
 	var b: Dictionary = find_building(id)
@@ -565,7 +619,9 @@ func outstanding_cost(id: int) -> int:
 		return 0
 	var need: int = 0
 	for o in b.get("orders", []):
-		need += product_cost(o)
+		# A started build has already paid, so it is not still owed.
+		if not bool(o.started):
+			need += product_cost(String(o.product))
 	return maxi(need - int(b.get("stock", 0)), 0)
 
 
@@ -592,42 +648,71 @@ func queue_order(id: int, product: String = PRODUCT_SHIP) -> bool:
 	if product == PRODUCT_TRANSPORTER and not can_station_transporter():
 		# Every berth is taken or spoken for (#20).
 		return false
-	(b.orders as Array).append(product)
+	(b.orders as Array).append({"product": product, "elapsed": 0.0, "started": false})
 	return true
 
 
-func _advance_production() -> void:
+func _advance_production(delta: float) -> void:
 	for b in buildings:
 		if not can_produce(b.type):
 			continue
-		# `while`, not `if`: a delivery big enough to cover several queued
-		# orders should clear them all rather than dribbling one out per
-		# frame.
 		var orders: Array = b.get("orders", [])
-		while not orders.is_empty():
+		if orders.is_empty():
-			var product: String = String(orders[0])
+			continue
+
+		# ONE at a time, in order. A queue the player can watch and cancel
+		# has to have a thing being built and things waiting behind it -
+		# clearing the whole queue the instant the ore lands (which is what
+		# this did before #23) leaves nothing to see or cancel.
+		var order: Dictionary = orders[0]
+		var product: String = String(order.product)
 		var cost: int = product_cost(product)
+
+		if not bool(order.started):
 			if int(b.get("stock", 0)) < cost:
-				break
+				continue
 			if product == PRODUCT_TRANSPORTER and transporters.size() >= transport_capacity():
 				# A hub was demolished after this was ordered, so the berth it
-				# was going to use is gone. Hold the order rather than
+				# was going to use is gone. Hold rather than overfill.
-				# overfilling what is left.
+				continue
-				break
 			if product == PRODUCT_TRANSPORTER and nearest_hub_to(b.position).is_empty():
-				# Every hub was demolished while this sat in the queue. Leave
+				continue
-				# it queued and the stock untouched rather than producing a
-				# vessel with nowhere to live.
-				break
 			b.stock = int(b.stock) - cost
+			order.started = true
+
+		order.elapsed = float(order.elapsed) + delta
+		if float(order.elapsed) < build_time(product):
+			continue
+
 		orders.pop_front()
 		if product == PRODUCT_TRANSPORTER:
+			# Transporters are unchanged: they take themselves to the nearest
+			# hub and wait for work (#19).
 			_station_transporter(b.position)
 		else:
-				vessels_owed.append(product)
+			# Everything else is delivered to the mothership and waits there
+			# until the player crews it (#23).
+			stored_vessels.append(product)
 		order_completed.emit(int(b.id), product)
 
 
+func claim_stored_vessel(index: int) -> String:
+	# Hands one finished vessel over to be crewed. Returns its type, or ""
+	# when there is nothing there - the caller decides whether the fleet
+	# actually has room.
+	if index < 0 or index >= stored_vessels.size():
+		return ""
+	return String(stored_vessels[index])
+
+
+func take_stored_vessel(index: int) -> String:
+	var product: String = claim_stored_vessel(index)
+	if product == "":
+		return ""
+	stored_vessels.remove_at(index)
+	return product
+
+
 func has_mothership() -> bool:
 	return get_mothership_position() != null
 
@@ -756,7 +841,7 @@ func _process(delta: float) -> void:
 	# Runs in the autoload, so extraction keeps earning - and queued orders
 	# keep completing - while the player is on a planet's surface or nowhere
 	# near either.
-	_advance_production()
+	_advance_production(delta)
 	_advance_transporters(delta)
 	if extractors.is_empty():
 		return
@@ -827,7 +912,7 @@ func pending_transporter_orders() -> int:
 	var n: int = 0
 	for b in buildings:
 		for o in b.get("orders", []):
-			if o == PRODUCT_TRANSPORTER:
+			if String(o.product) == PRODUCT_TRANSPORTER:
 				n += 1
 	return n
 

Main.tscn

@@ -145,6 +145,18 @@ offset_bottom = -572
 script = ExtResource("10")
 icon = 2
 
+[node name="HangarButton" type="Control" parent="UI"]
+visible = false
+anchor_top = 1.0
+anchor_bottom = 1.0
+offset_left = 24
+offset_right = 172
+offset_top = -776
+offset_bottom = -628
+script = ExtResource("10")
+icon = 2
+glow_color = Color(0.45, 0.9, 0.55, 1)
+
 [node name="TransferButton" type="Control" parent="UI"]
 visible = false
 anchor_top = 1.0
@@ -631,6 +643,105 @@ script = ExtResource("10")
 icon = 1
 glow_color = Color(0, 0.62, 0.7, 1)
 
+[node name="HangarMenu" type="Control" parent="UI" groups=["modal_menus"]]
+visible = false
+mouse_filter = 2
+anchor_right = 1.0
+anchor_bottom = 1.0
+
+[node name="Backdrop" type="ColorRect" parent="UI/HangarMenu"]
+anchor_right = 1.0
+anchor_bottom = 1.0
+color = Color(0.03, 0.03, 0.08, 0.94)
+
+[node name="TitleLabel" type="Label" parent="UI/HangarMenu"]
+mouse_filter = 2
+anchor_right = 1.0
+offset_left = 24
+offset_top = 60
+offset_right = -210
+offset_bottom = 170
+text = "Hangar"
+horizontal_alignment = 1
+
+[node name="ListLabel" type="Label" parent="UI/HangarMenu"]
+mouse_filter = 2
+anchor_right = 1.0
+anchor_bottom = 1.0
+offset_left = 32
+offset_top = 200
+offset_right = -32
+offset_bottom = -420
+theme_override_font_sizes/font_size = 30
+autowrap_mode = 2
+horizontal_alignment = 1
+text = ""
+
+[node name="StatusLabel" type="Label" parent="UI/HangarMenu"]
+mouse_filter = 2
+anchor_right = 1.0
+anchor_top = 1.0
+anchor_bottom = 1.0
+offset_left = 32
+offset_top = -410
+offset_right = -32
+offset_bottom = -300
+theme_override_font_sizes/font_size = 30
+autowrap_mode = 2
+horizontal_alignment = 1
+text = ""
+
+[node name="NextButton" type="Control" parent="UI/HangarMenu"]
+anchor_left = 0.5
+anchor_top = 1.0
+anchor_right = 0.5
+anchor_bottom = 1.0
+offset_left = -230
+offset_right = -110
+offset_top = -280
+offset_bottom = -160
+script = ExtResource("10")
+icon = 6
+glow_color = Color(0.55, 0.95, 0.9, 1)
+
+[node name="CrewButton" type="Control" parent="UI/HangarMenu"]
+anchor_left = 0.5
+anchor_top = 1.0
+anchor_right = 0.5
+anchor_bottom = 1.0
+offset_left = 110
+offset_right = 230
+offset_top = -280
+offset_bottom = -160
+script = ExtResource("10")
+icon = 2
+glow_color = Color(0.45, 0.9, 0.55, 1)
+
+[node name="HintLabel" type="Label" parent="UI/HangarMenu"]
+mouse_filter = 2
+anchor_right = 1.0
+anchor_top = 1.0
+anchor_bottom = 1.0
+offset_left = 24
+offset_top = -150
+offset_right = -24
+offset_bottom = -60
+theme_override_font_sizes/font_size = 28
+autowrap_mode = 2
+horizontal_alignment = 1
+text = "Next                            Crew"
+
+[node name="CloseButton" type="Control" parent="UI/HangarMenu"]
+anchor_left = 1.0
+anchor_right = 1.0
+offset_left = -172
+offset_top = 24
+offset_right = -24
+offset_bottom = 172
+script = ExtResource("10")
+icon = 1
+glow_color = Color(0.45, 0.9, 0.55, 1)
+
 [node name="LabMenu" type="Control" parent="UI" groups=["modal_menus"]]
 visible = false
 mouse_filter = 2
@@ -828,7 +939,7 @@ mouse_filter = 2
 anchor_right = 1.0
 offset_left = 24
 offset_top = 274
-offset_right = -24
+offset_right = -200
 offset_bottom = 420
 theme_override_font_sizes/font_size = 36
 autowrap_mode = 2
@@ -917,6 +1028,91 @@ autowrap_mode = 2
 text = "Shield Vessel"
 horizontal_alignment = 1
 
+[node name="QueueLabel" type="Label" parent="UI/CraftMenu"]
+mouse_filter = 2
+anchor_left = 1.0
+anchor_top = 0.5
+anchor_right = 1.0
+anchor_bottom = 0.5
+offset_left = -200
+offset_right = -10
+offset_top = -450
+offset_bottom = -390
+theme_override_font_sizes/font_size = 26
+autowrap_mode = 2
+horizontal_alignment = 1
+text = "Queue"
+
+[node name="QueueDetail" type="Label" parent="UI/CraftMenu"]
+mouse_filter = 2
+anchor_right = 1.0
+anchor_top = 1.0
+anchor_bottom = 1.0
+offset_left = 24
+offset_right = -24
+offset_top = -150
+offset_bottom = -30
+theme_override_font_sizes/font_size = 26
+autowrap_mode = 2
+horizontal_alignment = 1
+text = ""
+
+[node name="QueueSlot0" type="Control" parent="UI/CraftMenu"]
+visible = false
+anchor_left = 1.0
+anchor_top = 0.5
+anchor_right = 1.0
+anchor_bottom = 0.5
+offset_left = -140
+offset_right = -30
+offset_top = -380
+offset_bottom = -270
+script = ExtResource("10")
+icon = 2
+glow_color = Color(0.25, 0.85, 1, 1)
+
+[node name="QueueSlot1" type="Control" parent="UI/CraftMenu"]
+visible = false
+anchor_left = 1.0
+anchor_top = 0.5
+anchor_right = 1.0
+anchor_bottom = 0.5
+offset_left = -140
+offset_right = -30
+offset_top = -262
+offset_bottom = -152
+script = ExtResource("10")
+icon = 2
+glow_color = Color(0.25, 0.85, 1, 1)
+
+[node name="QueueSlot2" type="Control" parent="UI/CraftMenu"]
+visible = false
+anchor_left = 1.0
+anchor_top = 0.5
+anchor_right = 1.0
+anchor_bottom = 0.5
+offset_left = -140
+offset_right = -30
+offset_top = -144
+offset_bottom = -34
+script = ExtResource("10")
+icon = 2
+glow_color = Color(0.25, 0.85, 1, 1)
+
+[node name="QueueSlot3" type="Control" parent="UI/CraftMenu"]
+visible = false
+anchor_left = 1.0
+anchor_top = 0.5
+anchor_right = 1.0
+anchor_bottom = 0.5
+offset_left = -140
+offset_right = -30
+offset_top = -26
+offset_bottom = 84
+script = ExtResource("10")
+icon = 2
+glow_color = Color(0.25, 0.85, 1, 1)
+
 [node name="CloseButton" type="Control" parent="UI/CraftMenu"]
 anchor_left = 1.0
 anchor_right = 1.0

tests/_run_inside.sh

@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ set -uo pipefail
 PROJECT_DIR="$1"; shift
 JOBS="$1"; shift
 VERBOSE="$1"; shift
+# A broken test can otherwise leave SceneTree alive after an initialization
+# error, printing the same error every frame forever. Gameplay tests normally
+# complete in seconds, even on a busy phone, so make that failure explicit
+# rather than making the suite look hung. Override for deliberate long runs.
+TEST_TIMEOUT_SECONDS="${TEST_TIMEOUT_SECONDS:-120}"
 
 GODOT_BIN="/root/Godot_v4.7.1-stable_linux.arm64"
 cd "$PROJECT_DIR" || exit 2
@@ -26,6 +31,8 @@ fi
 
 outdir="$(mktemp -d)"
 trap 'rm -rf "$outdir"' EXIT
+REPORT_DIR="${TEST_REPORT_DIR:-$PROJECT_DIR/.test-results}"
+mkdir -p "$REPORT_DIR"
 
 # Import once, serially, before anything runs in parallel. Godot writes to
 # .godot/ while importing; several instances discovering a cold cache at the
@@ -46,7 +53,8 @@ run_one() {
   # 3 parallel runs. Pinned, a test simulates the same 60fps whatever else
   # the phone is doing, and its result no longer depends on how busy the
   # machine was.
-  "$GODOT_BIN" --headless --fixed-fps 60 -s "res://tests/$name" >"$log" 2>&1
+  timeout "$TEST_TIMEOUT_SECONDS" "$GODOT_BIN" --headless --fixed-fps 60 \
+    -s "res://tests/$name" >"$log" 2>&1
   local rc=$?
   end=$(date +%s%N)
   local ms=$(( (end - start) / 1000000 ))
@@ -57,6 +65,16 @@ run_one() {
   # while the log says otherwise.
   if (( rc == 0 )) && grep -q ": PASS" "$log"; then
     printf 'PASS %6dms  %s\n' "$ms" "$name" > "$outdir/$name.status"
+  elif (( rc == 124 )); then
+    printf 'TIMEOUT %4dms  %s (limit %ss)\n' \
+      "$ms" "$name" "$TEST_TIMEOUT_SECONDS" > "$outdir/$name.status"
+  elif (( rc == 137 || rc == 139 )); then
+    # Killed, not failed - almost always the kernel reclaiming memory. Worth
+    # saying plainly: a killed worker and a failing one both simply produced
+    # no verdict before, so a whole suite dying to the OOM killer was
+    # indistinguishable from a hang.
+    printf 'KILLED %4dms  %s (signal %d - out of memory? try JOBS=1)\n' \
+      "$ms" "$name" "$(( rc - 128 ))" > "$outdir/$name.status"
   else
     printf 'FAIL %6dms  %s (exit %d)\n' "$ms" "$name" "$rc" > "$outdir/$name.status"
   fi
@@ -90,4 +108,9 @@ done
 
 echo
 echo "$(( total - failed ))/$total passed"
+# Keep the concise verdicts after the temporary logs are removed. This is
+# especially useful from Termux, where a long-running child can outlive the
+# terminal command that launched it and its final buffered output is lost.
+rm -f "$REPORT_DIR"/*.status
+cp "$outdir"/*.status "$REPORT_DIR"/
 (( failed == 0 ))

tests/run_tests.sh

@@ -32,9 +32,36 @@ set -uo pipefail
 
 PROJECT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/.." && pwd)"
 
-# Leave headroom: Godot is memory-hungry and this is a phone, not a build
+# Worker count comes from FREE MEMORY, not core count. Each Godot instance is
-# server. Override with JOBS= if you know better.
+# ~400MB and this phone shares its RAM with everything else running on it.
-JOBS="${JOBS:-6}"
+# Getting it wrong is bad in both directions:
+#   - too many and the kernel SIGKILLs the runner mid-suite (exit 137), which
+#     looks exactly like a hang
+#   - too many under swap pressure and every worker thrashes: the same suite
+#     measured 100-190s with memory free, and 888s while 9GB sat in swap
+# One worker per ~900MB available, capped at 6, and forced to 1 once swap is
+# more than half consumed - past that, parallelism costs more than it buys.
+# Override with JOBS= when you know better.
+_pick_jobs() {
+	local avail swap_total swap_free n
+	avail=$(awk '/MemAvailable/ {print int($2 / 1024)}' /proc/meminfo 2>/dev/null)
+	swap_total=$(awk '/SwapTotal/ {print $2}' /proc/meminfo 2>/dev/null)
+	swap_free=$(awk '/SwapFree/ {print $2}' /proc/meminfo 2>/dev/null)
+	if [[ -z "$avail" ]]; then
+		echo 2
+		return
+	fi
+	if [[ -n "$swap_total" ]] && (( swap_total > 0 )) \
+			&& (( (swap_total - swap_free) * 2 > swap_total )); then
+		echo 1
+		return
+	fi
+	n=$(( avail / 900 ))
+	(( n < 1 )) && n=1
+	(( n > 6 )) && n=6
+	echo "$n"
+}
+JOBS="${JOBS:-$(_pick_jobs)}"
 VERBOSE="${VERBOSE:-0}"
 IN_PLACE="${IN_PLACE:-0}"
 WORK_DIR="${WORK_DIR:-$HOME/.cache/spaceship-tests}"

tests/test_building_stock_queue.gd

@@ -2,28 +2,29 @@ extends SceneTree
 
 # Headless gameplay test: run with
 #   godot --headless -s res://tests/test_building_stock_queue.gd
-# Forgejo #16 (part 3 of #12): a building produces out of its OWN stock, and
+# Forgejo #16 (part 3 of #12), updated for #23: a building produces out of
-# an order it cannot pay for yet is queued rather than refused.
+# its OWN stock, an order it cannot pay for yet is queued rather than
+# refused, and building now TAKES TIME.
 #
-# Before this, BuildController deducted from the bank at the moment of
+# What #23 changed here: orders no longer complete the instant the ore
-# purchase and refused outright with "Not enough rocks", so nothing ever had
+# lands. The head of the queue consumes its ore, builds for build_time, and
-# to be delivered anywhere.
+# only then finishes - and it finishes into the mothership hangar rather
+# than straight into the fleet. So a queue is something the player can watch
+# and cancel, and a full fleet no longer stops a crafter working.
 #
 # Verifies:
 #   1. ordering with an empty stock queues instead of failing, and produces
 #      nothing yet
 #   2. it does NOT quietly take the cost out of the bank - the whole point is
 #      that the building has to be supplied
-#   3. delivering enough stock completes the order on its own
+#   3. delivering enough stock starts the build, and it completes on its own
-#   4. one delivery covering several queued orders clears them all, rather
+#   4. orders build ONE AT A TIME in order, not all at once the moment a big
-#      than dribbling out one per frame
+#      delivery covers them
 #   5. a part-delivery is not enough: stock below the cost leaves the order
 #      queued and the ore untouched
-#   6. stock and queue survive the space scene being torn down (the trip to
+#   6. stock and queue survive the space scene being torn down
-#      a planet's surface)
+#   7. a build completes with NO fleet in existence, into the hangar, and
-#   7. production completes with NO fleet in existence, and the fleet picks
+#      waits there - it is not lost, and not silently crewed either
-#      the vessel up when it comes back - orders must not depend on which
-#      scene the player is standing in
 
 var game_state: Node
 var scene: Node
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ var stage: int = 0
 var elapsed: float = 0.0
 var ships_at_start: int = 0
 var bank_at_start: int = 0
+var stored_at_start: int = 0
 var ticks: int = 0
 
 const CRAFTER_AT: Vector2 = Vector2(900.0, 0.0)
@@ -43,13 +45,12 @@ func _initialize() -> void:
 	game_state = root.get_node("GameState")
 	game_state.buildings.clear()
 	game_state.extractors.clear()
+	game_state.stored_vessels.clear()
 	game_state.rocks = 500
 	game_state.fleet_cargo = 0
-	game_state.vessels_owed.clear()
+	# Real build times are 10s+; the timed path is what matters here, not the
-	# Room to grow: the default cap is BASE_FLEET_SIZE (5) and the fleet
+	# wall clock. See GameState.build_time_scale.
-	# starts at exactly 5, so without this every completed order would have
+	game_state.build_time_scale = 0.02
-	# nowhere to put its vessel and the test would be measuring the cap
-	# rather than the queue.
 	game_state.unlocked = ["shipyards", "coordination", "wing", "squadron", "armada"]
 	scene = load("res://Main.tscn").instantiate()
 	root.add_child(scene)
@@ -57,6 +58,10 @@ func _initialize() -> void:
 	field = scene.get_node("BuildingField")
 
 
+func _build_time() -> float:
+	return game_state.build_time(GameState.PRODUCT_SHIP)
+
+
 func _process(delta: float) -> bool:
 	elapsed += delta
 	match stage:
@@ -90,7 +95,7 @@ func _process(delta: float) -> bool:
 				print("TEST_BUILDING_STOCK_QUEUE: FAIL (order did not stay queued: %d pending)" % game_state.pending_orders(crafter_id))
 				quit(1)
 				return true
-			if fleet.ships.size() != ships_at_start:
+			if not game_state.stored_vessels.is_empty():
 				print("TEST_BUILDING_STOCK_QUEUE: FAIL (a vessel appeared with an empty stock)")
 				quit(1)
 				return true
@@ -98,8 +103,8 @@ func _process(delta: float) -> bool:
 				print("TEST_BUILDING_STOCK_QUEUE: FAIL (queueing took %d out of the bank - the building is supposed to be supplied)" % (bank_at_start - game_state.rocks))
 				quit(1)
 				return true
-			print("empty stock -> queued=%d ships=%d bank=%d (untouched)" % [
+			print("empty stock -> queued=%d stored=%d bank=%d (untouched)" % [
-				game_state.pending_orders(crafter_id), fleet.ships.size(), game_state.rocks
+				game_state.pending_orders(crafter_id), game_state.stored_vessels.size(), game_state.rocks
 			])
 
 			# --- 5. a part-delivery is not enough -----------------------
@@ -110,7 +115,7 @@ func _process(delta: float) -> bool:
 		3:
 			if elapsed < 0.3:
 				return false
-			if game_state.pending_orders(crafter_id) != 1 or fleet.ships.size() != ships_at_start:
+			if game_state.pending_orders(crafter_id) != 1 or not game_state.stored_vessels.is_empty():
 				print("TEST_BUILDING_STOCK_QUEUE: FAIL (produced on a part-delivery of %d against a cost of %d)" % [
 					GameState.SHIP_COST - 1, GameState.SHIP_COST
 				])
@@ -124,70 +129,95 @@ func _process(delta: float) -> bool:
 				game_state.building_stock(crafter_id), GameState.SHIP_COST
 			])
 
-			# --- 3. topping it up completes the order -------------------
+			# --- 3. topping it up starts the build ----------------------
 			game_state.deposit_to_building(crafter_id, 1)
 			elapsed = 0.0
 			stage = 4
 			return false
 		4:
-			if elapsed < 0.4:
+			# One tick: the build must have STARTED (ore taken) but not yet
+			# finished, or "takes time" means nothing.
+			ticks += 1
+			if ticks < 2:
 				return false
-			if game_state.pending_orders(crafter_id) != 0:
+			var queue: Array = game_state.order_list(crafter_id)
-				print("TEST_BUILDING_STOCK_QUEUE: FAIL (order not completed once the stock arrived)")
+			if queue.is_empty() or not bool(queue[0].started):
-				quit(1)
+				print("TEST_BUILDING_STOCK_QUEUE: FAIL (a fully funded order never started building)")
-				return true
-			if fleet.ships.size() != ships_at_start + 1:
-				print("TEST_BUILDING_STOCK_QUEUE: FAIL (no vessel delivered: %d -> %d)" % [
-					ships_at_start, fleet.ships.size()
-				])
 				quit(1)
 				return true
 			if game_state.building_stock(crafter_id) != 0:
-				print("TEST_BUILDING_STOCK_QUEUE: FAIL (stock not consumed: %d left)" % game_state.building_stock(crafter_id))
+				print("TEST_BUILDING_STOCK_QUEUE: FAIL (starting the build did not consume the ore)")
 				quit(1)
 				return true
-			print("supplied -> ships %d->%d, stock spent" % [ships_at_start, fleet.ships.size()])
+			if not game_state.stored_vessels.is_empty():
+				print("TEST_BUILDING_STOCK_QUEUE: FAIL (the vessel appeared instantly - builds are supposed to take time)")
+				quit(1)
+				return true
+			print("funded -> building started, ore consumed, nothing delivered yet")
+			elapsed = 0.0
+			stage = 5
+			return false
+		5:
+			if elapsed < _build_time() * 2.0:
+				return false
+			if game_state.pending_orders(crafter_id) != 0:
+				print("TEST_BUILDING_STOCK_QUEUE: FAIL (build never finished)")
+				quit(1)
+				return true
+			if game_state.stored_vessels.size() != 1:
+				print("TEST_BUILDING_STOCK_QUEUE: FAIL (finished build did not reach the hangar: %d stored)" % game_state.stored_vessels.size())
+				quit(1)
+				return true
+			if fleet.ships.size() != ships_at_start:
+				print("TEST_BUILDING_STOCK_QUEUE: FAIL (the vessel crewed itself - the player is supposed to pick it up)")
+				quit(1)
+				return true
+			print("built -> 1 vessel waiting in the hangar, fleet untouched at %d" % fleet.ships.size())
 
-			# --- 4. one delivery clears ALL the orders it covers ---------
+			# --- 4. one at a time, in order -----------------------------
-			# Measured in TICKS, not seconds, and with more orders than the
+			stored_at_start = game_state.stored_vessels.size()
-			# ticks allowed: production that handled one order per frame
-			# would still clear them all inside any generous wall-clock wait,
-			# so a timed check cannot tell "cleared at once" from "dribbled
-			# out". Three orders, two ticks - only clearing them together
-			# passes.
-			ships_at_start = fleet.ships.size()
 			game_state.queue_order(crafter_id)
 			game_state.queue_order(crafter_id)
 			game_state.queue_order(crafter_id)
 			game_state.deposit_to_building(crafter_id, GameState.SHIP_COST * 3)
-			ticks = 0
-			stage = 5
-			return false
-		5:
-			ticks += 1
-			if ticks < 2:
-				return false
-			if game_state.pending_orders(crafter_id) != 0 or fleet.ships.size() != ships_at_start + 3:
-				print("TEST_BUILDING_STOCK_QUEUE: FAIL (a delivery covering 3 orders left %d queued after %d ticks, ships %d->%d)" % [
-					game_state.pending_orders(crafter_id), ticks, ships_at_start, fleet.ships.size()
-				])
-				quit(1)
-				return true
-			print("one delivery cleared 3 orders in %d ticks -> ships %d->%d" % [
-				ticks, ships_at_start, fleet.ships.size()
-			])
-
-			# --- 6 + 7. no scene, no fleet: production still completes --
-			# The scene has to be GONE before the order is placed. With a
-			# fleet still alive and under its cap it claims the vessel the
-			# same frame production finishes, which would leave vessels_owed
-			# back at 0 and prove nothing about orders surviving without it.
-			ships_at_start = fleet.ships.size()
-			scene.queue_free()
 			elapsed = 0.0
 			stage = 6
 			return false
 		6:
+			# Enough time for exactly one build, and no more. Funding all
+			# three at once must NOT finish all three at once - that is the
+			# behaviour #23 replaced.
+			if elapsed < _build_time() * 1.4:
+				return false
+			var done: int = game_state.stored_vessels.size() - stored_at_start
+			if done != 1:
+				print("TEST_BUILDING_STOCK_QUEUE: FAIL (after one build time, %d of 3 orders finished - they are not building one at a time)" % done)
+				quit(1)
+				return true
+			if game_state.pending_orders(crafter_id) != 2:
+				print("TEST_BUILDING_STOCK_QUEUE: FAIL (%d orders left, expected 2 still queued)" % game_state.pending_orders(crafter_id))
+				quit(1)
+				return true
+			print("one build time -> 1 of 3 done, 2 still queued (sequential)")
+			elapsed = 0.0
+			stage = 7
+			return false
+		7:
+			if elapsed < _build_time() * 4.0:
+				return false
+			if game_state.stored_vessels.size() - stored_at_start != 3:
+				print("TEST_BUILDING_STOCK_QUEUE: FAIL (the rest of the queue never drained: %d of 3)" % (game_state.stored_vessels.size() - stored_at_start))
+				quit(1)
+				return true
+			print("queue drained in order -> 3 vessels waiting")
+
+			# --- 6 + 7. no scene, no fleet ------------------------------
+			stored_at_start = game_state.stored_vessels.size()
+			scene.queue_free()
+			elapsed = 0.0
+			stage = 8
+			return false
+		8:
 			if elapsed < 0.3:
 				return false
 			if is_instance_valid(fleet):
@@ -195,39 +225,22 @@ func _process(delta: float) -> bool:
 			game_state.queue_order(crafter_id)
 			game_state.deposit_to_building(crafter_id, GameState.SHIP_COST)
 			elapsed = 0.0
-			stage = 61
+			stage = 9
 			return false
-		61:
+		9:
-			if elapsed < 0.4:
+			if elapsed < _build_time() * 3.0:
 				return false
-			# The queue and stock live in the autoload, so tearing the space
+			# The queue, the stock and the hangar live in the autoload, so
-			# scene down must not touch them - and the order must complete
+			# tearing the space scene down must not touch them.
-			# even with no Fleet node anywhere to hand the vessel to.
 			if game_state.pending_orders(crafter_id) != 0:
-				print("TEST_BUILDING_STOCK_QUEUE: FAIL (order stalled once the space scene was gone)")
+				print("TEST_BUILDING_STOCK_QUEUE: FAIL (build stalled once the space scene was gone)")
 				quit(1)
 				return true
-			if game_state.vessels_owed.is_empty():
+			if game_state.stored_vessels.size() != stored_at_start + 1:
-				print("TEST_BUILDING_STOCK_QUEUE: FAIL (vessel completed with no fleet present was lost, not owed)")
+				print("TEST_BUILDING_STOCK_QUEUE: FAIL (a vessel built with no fleet present was lost)")
 				quit(1)
 				return true
-			print("no scene at all -> order completed, %d vessel owed" % game_state.vessels_owed.size())
+			print("no scene at all -> build completed into the hangar (%d waiting)" % game_state.stored_vessels.size())
-
-			# Come back to space: the fleet should claim what it is owed.
-			scene = load("res://Main.tscn").instantiate()
-			root.add_child(scene)
-			fleet = scene.get_node("Fleet")
-			elapsed = 0.0
-			stage = 8
-			return false
-		8:
-			if elapsed < 0.5:
-				return false
-			if not game_state.vessels_owed.is_empty():
-				print("TEST_BUILDING_STOCK_QUEUE: FAIL (returning fleet never claimed its %d owed vessel(s))" % game_state.vessels_owed.size())
-				quit(1)
-				return true
-			print("fleet returned and claimed the owed vessel (ships=%d)" % fleet.ships.size())
 			print("TEST_BUILDING_STOCK_QUEUE: PASS")
 			quit(0)
 			return true
@@ -235,10 +248,6 @@ func _process(delta: float) -> bool:
 
 
 func _clear_hazards() -> void:
-	# set_process(false) on AsteroidField only stops NEW chunks spawning -
-	# rocks already in the world keep drifting and can destroy a parked ship,
-	# which silently changes the fleet size this test asserts on. This is a
-	# logistics test, not a survival one.
 	for a in get_nodes_in_group("asteroids"):
 		if is_instance_valid(a):
 			a.queue_free()

tests/test_crafter_feedback.gd

@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ func _initialize() -> void:
 	game_state.unlocked = ["shipyards", "coordination", "wing", "squadron", "armada"]
 	game_state.rocks = 100
 	game_state.fleet_cargo = 0
-	game_state.vessels_owed.clear()
+	game_state.stored_vessels.clear()
+	game_state.build_time_scale = 0.02
 	scene = load("res://Main.tscn").instantiate()
 	root.add_child(scene)
 	controller = scene.get_node("BuildController")

tests/test_hub_capacity.gd

@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ func _initialize() -> void:
 	game_state.transporters.clear()
 	game_state.rocks = 900
 	game_state.fleet_cargo = 0
-	game_state.vessels_owed.clear()
+	game_state.stored_vessels.clear()
+	game_state.build_time_scale = 0.02
 	game_state.unlocked = ["shipyards", "logistics", "freight"]
 	scene = load("res://Main.tscn").instantiate()
 	root.add_child(scene)

tests/test_manual_supply_route.gd

@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ func _initialize() -> void:
 	game_state.extractors.clear()
 	game_state.rocks = 40
 	game_state.fleet_cargo = 0
-	game_state.vessels_owed.clear()
+	game_state.stored_vessels.clear()
+	game_state.build_time_scale = 0.02
 	game_state.unlocked = ["shipyards", "coordination", "wing", "squadron", "armada"]
 	scene = load("res://Main.tscn").instantiate()
 	root.add_child(scene)
@@ -161,20 +162,21 @@ func _process(delta: float) -> bool:
 			stage = 6
 			return false
 		6:
-			if elapsed < 0.5:
+			# Long enough for the build itself, which #23 made take time.
+			if elapsed < game_state.build_time(GameState.PRODUCT_SHIP) * 3.0:
 				return false
 			# --- 5. the queued order completed off the fleet's own ore ---
 			if game_state.pending_orders(crafter_id) != 0:
 				print("TEST_MANUAL_SUPPLY_ROUTE: FAIL (order still queued after a hand delivery)")
 				quit(1)
 				return true
-			if fleet.ships.size() != ships_before + 1:
+			# Since #23 a finished vessel waits in the hangar rather than
-				print("TEST_MANUAL_SUPPLY_ROUTE: FAIL (no vessel: %d -> %d)" % [ships_before, fleet.ships.size()])
+			# crewing itself, so this is where it lands.
+			if game_state.stored_vessels.size() != 1:
+				print("TEST_MANUAL_SUPPLY_ROUTE: FAIL (no vessel built: %d in the hangar)" % game_state.stored_vessels.size())
 				quit(1)
 				return true
-			print("queued order fulfilled by hand, no transport hub: ships %d->%d" % [
+			print("queued order fulfilled by hand, no transport hub: %d vessel in the hangar" % game_state.stored_vessels.size())
-				ships_before, fleet.ships.size()
-			])
 
 			# --- 6. conservation ----------------------------------------
 			var expected: int = total_before - GameState.SHIP_COST

tests/test_resource_transfer.gd

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ func _initialize() -> void:
 	game_state.transporters.clear()
 	game_state.rocks = 100
 	game_state.fleet_cargo = 0
-	game_state.vessels_owed.clear()
+	game_state.stored_vessels.clear()
 	game_state.unlocked = ["shipyards", "coordination", "wing", "squadron", "armada"]
 	scene = load("res://Main.tscn").instantiate()
 	root.add_child(scene)

tests/test_shield_vessel.gd

@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ func _initialize() -> void:
 	game_state.buildings.clear()
 	game_state.extractors.clear()
 	game_state.transporters.clear()
-	game_state.vessels_owed.clear()
+	game_state.stored_vessels.clear()
+	game_state.build_time_scale = 0.02
 	game_state.reset_progression()
 	game_state.rocks = 2000
 	scene = load("res://Main.tscn").instantiate()

tests/test_ship_lab.gd

@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ func _initialize() -> void:
 	game_state.buildings.clear()
 	game_state.extractors.clear()
 	game_state.transporters.clear()
-	game_state.vessels_owed.clear()
+	game_state.stored_vessels.clear()
+	game_state.build_time_scale = 0.02
 	game_state.reset_progression()
 	game_state.rocks = 1200
 	game_state.fleet_cargo = 0
@@ -154,16 +155,25 @@ func _process(delta: float) -> bool:
 			stage = 2
 			return false
 		2:
-			if elapsed < 0.6:
+			if elapsed < game_state.build_time(GameState.VESSEL_SHIELD) * 3.0:
 				return false
+			# Finished vessels wait at the mothership (#23); crew it here so
+			# the rest of the checks can look at a real ship.
+			if game_state.stored_vessels.size() != 1:
+				print("TEST_SHIP_LAB: FAIL (the shield order produced nothing: %s)" % [game_state.stored_vessels])
+				quit(1)
+				return true
+			if String(game_state.stored_vessels[0]) != GameState.VESSEL_SHIELD:
+				print("TEST_SHIP_LAB: FAIL (a shield order came back as %s)" % game_state.stored_vessels[0])
+				quit(1)
+				return true
+			fleet.add_ship(game_state.take_stored_vessel(0))
 			var shield_ship: Node = null
 			for ship in fleet.ships:
 				if is_instance_valid(ship) and ship.vessel_type == GameState.VESSEL_SHIELD:
 					shield_ship = ship
 			if shield_ship == null:
-				print("TEST_SHIP_LAB: FAIL (the shield order produced no shield vessel: %d ships, owed %s)" % [
+				print("TEST_SHIP_LAB: FAIL (crewing the stored shield vessel produced none: %d ships)" % fleet.ships.size())
-					fleet.ships.size(), game_state.vessels_owed
-				])
 				quit(1)
 				return true
 			if not shield_ship.has_shield():

tests/test_transporter_supply.gd

@@ -46,6 +46,14 @@ func _total() -> int:
 		sum += int(b.get("stock", 0))
 	for t in game_state.transporters:
 		sum += int(t.get("carrying", 0))
+	# Ore inside a build that has STARTED but not finished (#23). It has left
+	# the building's stock and has not yet been consumed by a completed
+	# vessel, so without counting it the total dips for the length of every
+	# build - which is a gap in this sum, not a leak in the game.
+	for b in game_state.buildings:
+		for o in b.get("orders", []):
+			if bool(o.started):
+				sum += game_state.product_cost(String(o.product))
 	return sum
 
 
@@ -56,7 +64,8 @@ func _initialize() -> void:
 	game_state.transporters.clear()
 	game_state.rocks = 200
 	game_state.fleet_cargo = 0
-	game_state.vessels_owed.clear()
+	game_state.stored_vessels.clear()
+	game_state.build_time_scale = 0.02
 	game_state.unlocked = ["shipyards", "logistics", "freight", "coordination", "wing", "squadron", "armada"]
 	scene = load("res://Main.tscn").instantiate()
 	root.add_child(scene)
@@ -118,7 +127,7 @@ func _process(delta: float) -> bool:
 			total_at_start = _total()
 			return false
 		2:
-			if elapsed < 0.3:
+			if elapsed < game_state.build_time(GameState.PRODUCT_TRANSPORTER) * 3.0:
 				return false
 			if game_state.transporters.size() != 1:
 				print("TEST_TRANSPORTER_SUPPLY: FAIL (built %d transporters from one order)" % game_state.transporters.size())