paradrop

[Soon2BeLegend 0]

i used to have a map where when you are Iraq, you can build a tech airport and paradrop harmless cows. there are two things i want on my map.

 

1. i want both korea and france to be able to build a tech airport and be able to drop cows that are able to shoot tesla.

2. i want the american airport to be able to be built by korea and france and and be able to drop monkeys that shoot exactly like the soviets apocalypse.

3. and is it possible for each to paradrop 15 of them? that would be cool. thanks.

[Nmenth 291]

Are you requesting this map to be made for you, or instructions on how to do it yourself?

[Soon2BeLegend 0]

i would like to do it myself since i have the map already saved. thanks.

[Nmenth 291]

You'll need all of these in the Rules.ini then:

[General]
AmerParaDropInf=JOSH
AmerParaDropNum=15
AllyParaDropInf=COW
AllyParaDropNum=15
SovParaDropInf=COW
SovParaDropNum=15
YuriParaDropInf=COW
YuriParaDropNum=15

[GAAIRC]
ForbiddenHouses=Alliance,French ; ,Americans (depending on if you want them included or not)

[AMRADR]
RequiredHouses=Alliance,French ; ,Americans (depending on if you want them included or not)

[CAAIRP]
TechLevel=1
Insignificant=no
CaptureEvaEvent=dummy
NeedsEngineer=no
LeaveRubble=no
RequiredHouses=Alliance,French

[COW]
Insignificant=no
Fraidycat=no
Civilian=no
Primary=TankBolt ; Tesla Tank weapon, if you want Coil; =CoilBolt, Trooper; =ElectricBolt, IVF; =CRElectricBolt
ElitePrimary=TankBoltE ; Optional. Tesla Tank weapon, if you want coil; =OPCoilBolt, Trooper; =ElectricBoltE, IVF; =CRElectricBolt
Trainable=yes ; Need this if you are using ElitePrimary
Cost=10 ; Increase this if you want it to be promoted practically, 500-1000 I'd suggest

[JOSH]
TargetLaser=yes
Primary=120mmx
ElitePrimary=120mmxE
Secondary=MammothTusk
Trainable=yes ; Need this if you are using ElitePrimary
Cost=10 ; Increase this if you want it to be promoted practically, 1000-1500 I'd suggest

[Soon2BeLegend 0]

thanks. ill try this.

[Nmenth 291]

Unless you have a buildup animation for the Tech Airport, however, you will find that it is unsellable. Whether you have Unsellable=no or not.

If this is troublesome, I would suggest attaching the Paradrop superweapon to something else.

[Soon2BeLegend 0]

thats all confusing to me. would it be possible to transfer the map to you and have you do it? and i just decided i want the russians and france to be able to paradrop cows that shoot tesla. thats it. thanks.

[Doctor Destiny 41]

He gave you exactly what you needed to add. You only have to open the map in Notepad, paste the code in and save. Not that hard.

[Soon2BeLegend 0]

i didnt know i had to paste it in the notepad

[Nmenth 291]

i didnt know i had to paste it in the notepad

Er... how did you plan to mod your map?

[Soon2BeLegend 0]

can someone please give me a code to make russia paradrop the monkeys after building their radar? thanks.

 

P.S.-im new at doing this stuff

[Doctor Destiny 41]

That's not exactly easy without duplicating the radar, making it Russia only, altering the existing radar to not allow Russians access, THEN change every radar prerequisite on every Soviet object to have the generic RADAR prerequisite... yeah. Too much work for a mod map.

 

Not that it can't be done though.

[Soon2BeLegend 0]

well, is it possible to only allow russia to build a certain building that will allow them to paradrop monkeys? would it be possible to allow them to build einsteins laboratory to paradrop the monkeys? i really dont care what building it would be, i just would like russia to drop monkeys that shoot like apocalypses. i have a map where all countries can build tech oil derricks. thanks

 

Er... how did you plan to mod your map?

i thought i had to use the ini editing within final alert 2

[Nmenth 291]

i thought i had to use the ini editing within final alert 2

That's how I started out, but it is a pretty slow process. Nevertheless, it does keep your coding restricted to only one map, which can be exactly what you want.

 

For your special building, I would suggest the Psychic Beacon, as it has a buildup animation, is remappable, looks cool, and only takes up 2x2 cells.

 

So here's what you need to do:

[NAPSYB]
UIName=tip:BEACON ; Don't want it to be called 'psychic' anymore...
Prerequisite=RADAR
TechLevel=1
RequiredHouses=Russians
Power=-10
AIBuildThis=yes ; optional...
HasRadialIndicator=false
DetectDisguise=no
WorkingSound=BeaconPlaced
DieSound=dummy
AmbientSound=dummy
SuperWeapon=ParaDropSpecial

[Doctor Destiny 41]

I'd leave the Owner tag alone. You can cause the NCO bug, which is very undesirable.

[Nmenth 291]

I'd leave the Owner tag alone. You can cause the NCO bug, which is very undesirable.

Removed it. Wasn't any reason for including it anyway, just did because it was there.

[Soon2BeLegend 0]

thanks guys. it works great.