research for repair weapon purposes Options

[Lin Kuei Ominae]

I recently realised that my deployed units are still repairable with the modile repair vehicle. So i tried to make all other buildings repairable with this too, but without success. It seems that the UndeploysInto= key makes this possible.

The reason why i want this to be possible is either a unit or building that automatically repairs buildings and keeps the base intact, so you don't have to click every few seconds on a slightly damaged building.

The problem i encountered was, that buildings with UndeploysInto= can't be repaired or sold anymore. The repair/sell cursor just don't work on them.
And [IQ] RepairSell=0 isn't an option too, due to the auto sell.
And if i give a building a repair weapon, it only repairs when forced to fire and they don't stop when the building/unit is repaired.

So has anyone any experience in repair weapons, auto repairing buildings etc?

This post has been edited by Lin Kuei Ominae: May 13 2008, 11:05 AM

[Scorch]

But instead of having something like that, a shield or something running around repairing your base/deployed units, wouldn't it be possible to have a secondary weapon attached to some structures that would repair other structures? As you know, only a vehicle can repair a vehicle, (not including the repair dock thing.) and only an infantry unit can heal an infantry. (Forgetting the hospital is there.) So, only a unit of the same type (vehicle or infantry) and heal another unit, so why wouldn't it be possible for a structure to do the same? I know there was a tutorial for the ConYard to have a siren (while it did damage to units, it still alarmed you to approaching enemies.), so why not give the ConYard a secondary weapon (With the siren as the first.) that would repair other structures nearby at the same rate the repair tool does? So while the Medic can automatically find and heal other infantry alone by itself, couldn't the ConYard do the same?

This has got me thinking now. If it works, couldn't a new deployable unit be made (like the Sensor Array) and when deployed, it could automatically start repairing nearby structures?