Spring RTS Engine

basically, i want my con to build two buildings over and over, much like the way we hold shift and drag to multiply build orders for one building, but for 2 or even more different buildings.

only because i like my t1 cons to build adv solar + mm a few times in the back. currently, its the only thing that stops me from devoting time to front lines

let 1 build solar and one MM?

there are syncing problems associated with that

AFAIK, work is being done on something with said functionality.

Hacked wrote:there are syncing problems associated with that

Well, metal makers are roughly free, and if you have either widget or groupai managing them you don't need to worry about timing, since extras will turn off.

thanks everyone
im actually trying to make this myself
on my quest to learning lua scripting for spring

currently, im having trouble with giveordertounit

good to know its being worked on by someone more competent than me =)

show the script?

give order to unit? all i have is this

Spring.GiveOrderToUnit(Spring.GetSelectedUnits()[1],CMD.INSERT, {1, CMD.BUILD, CMD_OPT_INTERNAL, 11}, {"shift"})

i tried to get a t1 con to build an adv solar so i cut, pasted, and modified this line from the mexupgrader gadget in ba6.31

the spring api isnt like the .net api where everything is explicit
heres what i found in the syncedctrl wiki for giveordertounit parameters

anyone know what im supposed to put for params?
i also dont know how to add a button on the left

Spring.GiveOrderToUnit
( number unitID,
number cmdID,
params = {number, etc...},
options = {"alt", "ctrl", "shift", "right"} ) -> nil

"etc"? are you kidding?
idk, for me working with lua and spring is a little hard
perhaps a tutorial on making a button would be better than having to look through other luas

edit: i read the cmd section again after realizing there wasnt a build cmd. im still confused on how to build

Does the mod you're playing have metal generators?

its BA

lurker wrote:Well, metal makers are roughly free,

Not so, they cost a lot of E, which is critical in the early game...

Hacked wrote:

Spring.GiveOrderToUnit
( number unitID,
number cmdID,
params = {number, etc...},
options = {"alt", "ctrl", "shift", "right"} ) -> nil

"etc"? are you kidding?
idk, for me working with lua and spring is a little hard
perhaps a tutorial on making a button would be better than having to look through other luas

edit: i read the cmd section again after realizing there wasnt a build cmd. im still confused on how to build

try cmdID = -unitDefID (the unit you want to build)
params = {x,y,z,buildfacing}
options = {"shift"}