One kill elite?

[rabih013 0]

Hello, is it possible to modify yuri's revenge so that one kill grants my unit elite status? Or maybe first kill gets it veteran and the second kill gets it elite status.. If it can be done, how to do it? Would the AI (in skirmish) also get elite status extra fast?

 

I have the XCC utilities and a complete list of original YR .ini files which act as backup.

 

Thanks!

[Nmenth 291]

I don't think you can effectively do this for one unit. Promotion is determined by VeteranRatio which defaults at 3, meaning units must kill three times their value to be promoted. Lowering it will get promotions faster, but for everything.

You could lower the cost of your unit, but that would be lame unless the circumstances around it allow for such, such as it being non-buildable.

You could also make it so that it gets constructed as veteran, but that is more-so skipping a step than gaining rank faster.

Why do you want it to become elite with one kill?

[mOoCoW300 0]

I thought that revolves around a point value in their ini slot, not their financial value? So Surely you could just make the unit's value less. So killing a conscipt would be killing at least 3 times his point value? If he's worth less points, he has to score less points to be promoted.

[Doctor Destiny 41]

It's based on cost, not points. The Point value is for calculating your final score on the score screen.

 

Promotion is determined by VeteranRatio * Cost. YR defaults to 3 and the Conscript is $100 so he would need to destroy $300 worth of units to be promoted one step. Rinse and repeat. Why do you think GIs promote so easily against tanks? Low cost, high yield. There are exceptions with the tags DontScore and Insignificant. If either are set to yes, they will not count towards promotions or your point total.

 

The only really effective promotion method would be to lower the cost, or if you don't care about globals, lower the VeteranRatio.