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Team Black
post Mar 3 2009, 04:38 PM
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Below I have uploaded 2 actual multiplayer co-op maps

The first one is a fairly known about map to find on XWIS, called "Scandinavian Defense". It is a co-op multiplayer map in which the AI comes in waves.
The other map is called "Civie Fright" by someone named "User 68". We tested this map together, but he's long since disappeared.

The player's units DO automatically target the Neutral House. The Neutral House is counted in the game as a 'player' and is even brought up in the end score screen in the grey color.

The only thing is, you need 1 AI player so all of the humans can ally with each other. Al lthe players then kill or capture that AI from the start.
(all players start within walls, so that when the AI deploys, it doesn't have room to build anything - the players simply move out of the walls)

I haven't looked too much into how this is done. Like, at all.
I know traditionally, I would have more information on how to do it, etc. for the Advanced Discussion, but as you may be able to see with the Scandinavian Defense map, my Final Sun screws up the ini code of the map, making it very difficult to edit it or even read it it with notepad (no, it's not "word wrap" either)

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post Mar 3 2009, 05:05 PM
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Nice, I'll take a look at these immediately!

These can help even in other things than co-op maps.. for example, now I can make the Neutral house auto-targetable in The Hills Have Eyes smile.gif

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post Mar 3 2009, 05:41 PM
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Nice I will check them out. 1 question, what is XWIS? roll.gif


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post Mar 3 2009, 06:03 PM
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XWIS is the older C&C games' multiplayer server ("Westwood Online").

These maps are weird.. they're some mod maps and aren't fun.. however I tried modifying the neutral house in a map of mine so that it would be in the player list, and now the map gives an IE after a few seconds of gameplay with the EIP "004C6426".

I found this on ModEnc:
QUOTE ('ModEnc')
004C6428: AI does not have any buildings available for it to build. Check BuildConst=, BuildPower= etc.


I think the error is the same on my map since the EIPs are almost identical, only with the last number being different. This is the code I have for the Neutral Side:
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[Neutral]
IQ=5
Name=CivieFright
Side=GDI
Color=DarkRed
Prefix=G
Suffix=GDI
Credits=999
SmartAI=yes
Multiplay=yes
MultiplayPassive=false

Is there anyone who knows why the game crashes? It's pretty much the same code as in Scandinavian Defense and the other map. The Neutral house has a Construction Yard and a Tiberium Refinery in the start.

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post Mar 3 2009, 07:22 PM
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If you notice, "Civilian" is a choice in the side drop down menu, as it is MultiplayPassive=False.
I have no idea if this is necessary to make the map work, though it's possible the computer will randomly choose this side and, 'has no buildings to build' which is what will happen if you choose that side as well. (hosts always tell the players not to choose the civilian side)

probably the best solution to this is to edit the map text to list 1 building that is Owner=Civilian for all of the AI building commands (BuildPower etc.) just to prevent the error.


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post Mar 3 2009, 07:27 PM
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QUOTE ('Team Black')
probably the best solution to this is to edit the map text to list 1 building that is Owner=Civilian for all of the AI building commands (BuildPower etc.) just to prevent the error.

I tried that while you were typing that post, and it didn't crash anymore biggrin.gif So, now we know how to make Neutral an AI player without crashing the game.
QUOTE ('Team Black')
I have no idea if this is necessary to make the map work, though it's possible the computer will randomly choose this side

AFAIK the sides the computer chooses from are defined in Game.exe.. I remember reading a tutorial somewhere on how to add a third side there. Don't remember where it was though.

However, in this case there already was one AI player playing the Neutral/Civilian house.


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post Mar 3 2009, 09:19 PM
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My game crashes because I cannot edit the thing right, i'll have to use my alternative for editing.


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