Special changes on certain missions? Options

[Lin Kuei Ominae]

I've now encountered already on several different missions a special change in the game behaviour and want to know if anyone knows how it was done.

The first is in mission scb11ea /eb: There you have to capture the tech centre so you are able to build the stealth tank. How was it done that the stealth tank has for this mission a different prerequisite?
The second is in mission scb12ea: There you have to capture the normally uncapturable adv. comm. centre.
The third is in mission scg07ea: How does the game remember which building you destroyed in the previous mission, in case you don't destroy the airfield with your commando?
On some other missions they also changed the name of the technology centre to prison.

Are all these special changes hardcoded or is there any way to reproduce them in self-made maps?

This post has been edited by Lin Kuei Ominae: Aug 20 2009, 06:15 PM

[Nyerguds]

Yeah, that's indeed a classic approach. But with that method, there will be inconsistencies in the score screen because the building isn't counted because it's not true GDI or Nod. Not to mention, if it's supposed to be Nod, you'll always see the wrong unit colour.

I'm just trying to change all mission exceptions of this kind into ini keys so they can be used in other missions too.

I assume your key would make them all sleep, so with your method you can't have both.

Except if I add 2 new triggers to enable and disable the option at will
Then you can do some really nice stuff like making the helis "wake up", or "sabotage" them

"sabotaging" helis won't really work though; even 'sleeping' helicopters will retaliate when you attack them. That's because this "passive helicopters" exception is simply in the code to change the helicopters' "Guard" command to "Area Guard" if they're owned by an AI player. So even if this makes sure they're not put on "Area Guard", they're still on "Guard" just like the player's helis. And like any AI unit you attack, they'll retaliate.

This post has been edited by Nyerguds: Aug 31 2009, 04:38 PM