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MrSpontaneous · Post by **MrSpontaneous** » 30 May 2006, 04:16

well, I am not sure if I understand how all that works yet, but it sounds like I could find a nice place for the script in my mod (I asked earlier if a unit could leave two corpses). Thanks!

scripting tricks "FTW"

would it be possible to make one of those corpses a unit that can not be built, but could be rezed? ( I think yes but just want to confirm it )

zwzsg · Post by **zwzsg** » 30 May 2006, 14:29

MrSpontaneous wrote:would it be possible to make one of those corpses a unit that can not be built, but could be rezed? ( I think yes but just want to confirm it )

In TA it was possible, but in Spring, I think not.

TA looks at feature name, remove everything after _, and see if there's something in that name. For instance TA see you're trying to rez a armham_heap feature, it looks if armham is a unitname.

In Spring to the contrary it seems that features remembers the name of the unit they come from when they die, and so:
- You can't rez wrecks in graveyards maps.
- You can't trick a feature into being rezzed into something else.

MrSpontaneous · Post by **MrSpontaneous** » 30 May 2006, 22:24

well that is most unfortunate. Maybe in the future it will be possible to make features "remember" what unit they come from manualy, so you can trick them into being rezed.

Forboding Angel · Post by **Forboding Angel** » 30 May 2006, 23:28

That would be nice. I've wanted to make a capture the OMGWTFPWNHUGEKROGOTH map for quite some time, jsut for kicks

MrSpontaneous · Post by **MrSpontaneous** » 30 May 2006, 23:40

I wanted the feature to make a unit that makes "scrap" kinds of units out of other peoples units. so it rezs a special corpse and then makes less capable mockeries of the other sides units, but still things that are not inherent to their play style.

smoth · Post by **smoth** » 01 Jun 2006, 04:24

zwzsg wrote:
smoth wrote:You cannot moniter the status of a unit's construction progress
Actually, with some heavy scripting, you could. First a "for" loop on all ID (don't forget to use the new "get MAX_ID", then some "if(get UNIT_XZ(id)==get PIECE_XZ(buildpad))", then store the ID, and use the new "get UNIT_BUILD_PERCENT_LEFT" to monitor the construction progress.

You were the one who told me no it wouldn't Zwzsg.

zwzsg · Post by **zwzsg** » 02 Jun 2006, 17:46

The new cob function was probably added after I told you it wouldn't work.

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