Feature Request: Targettable markers

Dragon45 · Post by **Dragon45** » 13 Jun 2006, 21:02

One of those little things that could really help a whole lot woudl be if you could target markers as if they were actual units; IE the game would throw the XZ position of the marker to the unit's script aiming functions.

On some maps you find yourself force-firing at a number of different points you're certain the enemy is at or has good defenses at (like with Berthas); plus it would be a good compromise for people who dont want ghosted buildings but want to be able to still fire at selected locations.

mongus · Post by **mongus** » 13 Jun 2006, 21:17

not only force firing, but you must turn off radar, then force fire, then get radar back again, anyhow that problem is being addresed.

i like targetable markers...

maybe if you put units names as labels, those units force fire on such points?

that maybe can be worked out as a group ai.

btw aint you a progammer dragon45?

Guessmyname · Post by **Guessmyname** » 13 Jun 2006, 21:50

He made a little addition to the Spring code that allowed modders to change unit health in the script, but that was for an outdated version of Spring. It was also about 8 lines if I recall correctly (pokes devs for not including it in the main version of Spring)

Post by **Tim Blokdijk** » 14 Jun 2006, 01:15

Link his patch Guessmyname!

Archangel of Death · Post by **Archangel of Death** » 14 Jun 2006, 08:10

I'm 97% certain that you can still set unit health as of the latest source I have (0.70b1).

Dragon45 · Post by **Dragon45** » 15 Jun 2006, 20:21

Yes I am a coder but I'm lazy as fuck.

I made the original SET unit HEALTHPERCENT patch, but even after sending it to multiple devs and making post, it didnt get included until Fnodria <essentially> redid those <admiteddly> few lines and didnt realize at all that I'd made it in the first place

I also had some work done for some nifty script/FBI features and accessors but never released it beucase I was too frustrated with unresponsive devs, and eventually had to stop coding altogether to focus on studies

I deleted all of my work when i was cleaning compy btw, so dont ask for it; im sure Fnord will reimplement on his own <again>

(love ya Fnord)

*wanders off to work on neural network programs in Java...*

Felix the Cat · Post by **Felix the Cat** » 16 Jun 2006, 00:10

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Feature Request: Targettable markers

Feature Request: Targettable markers