Random Lightning strike

Okapis Rule

On my map, I would like to make a lightning strike that hits any of my 43 waypoints every 1000 "seconds". I have set the time using event 13, elapsed time, and that should work fine, but I am wondering if it is possible to make the lightning strike happen at any waypoint.

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EricAnimeFreak · Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 1:20 am Post subject:

You can set recurring weather storms, but lighting strikes always automatically target position 0.

However if you want lighting storms as there were in Tiberian sun, there is already a way to do this........
I also once struggled with this question in the past, and with a lot of work, I was able to figure it out on my own. Back then I wish I had realized it had already been "figured out" on modding sites years before I ever had the problem.

My next post after I gather the code will contain the code you need for simulated ion storms.

EricAnimeFreak · Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 1:40 am Post subject:

[General]
LightningDamage=95
LightningWarhead=IonWH
LightningHitDelay=150
LightningDeferment=15
LightningPrintText=no
LightningCellSpread=275
LightningSeparation=10
LightningScatterDelay=2
LightningStormDuration=900

[IonWH]
Wall=no
Wood=no
Rocker=no
Verses=180%,150%,140%,120%,100%,80%,20%,70%,20%,100%,100%
CellSpread=2
Conventional=yes
PercentAtMax=.35

[AudioVisual]
StormSound=none

After you add that, weather storm will now automatically randomly target the entire map with random bolts...

Also set 1 repeating trigger that spawns a weather-storm at the center of the map every 61 seconds. This allows for constant storm, or you can adjust it so the storm only goes off once and awhile.

LightningStormDuration=900
This controls Storm length after creation. It is in frames, 15 frames per game second. So it's currently set to 60 game seconds. Note this # cannot go Too high.

Give The allies a New Super-weapon to replace their old one. Consider sharing the soviets Nuclear Silo, or making a cloned Nuke Silo so they both can fire at same time. I'll provide the code below.

[GAWEAT]
Name=Soviet Nuclear Missile Silo
Armor=concrete
Image=NAMISL
Owner=British,French,Germans,Americans,Alliance,Russians,Confederation,Africans,Arabs,YuriCountry
Sight=4
Crewed=yes
Points=30
UIName=Name:NAMISL
Nominal=yes
Spyable=yes
Adjacent=2
BuildCat=Combat
NukeSilo=yes
Explosion=TWLT070,S_BANG48,S_BRNL58,S_CLSN58,S_TUMU60
MaxDebris=15
MinDebris=5
TechLevel=1
BuildLimit=1
Capturable=false
DamageSelf=yes
DebrisAnim=Dbris3sm,Dbris4lg,Dbris4sm,Dbris6sm,Dbris7lg,Dbris7sm,Dbris8sm,Dbris9lg,Dbris10lg,Dbris10sm
AIBuildThis=yes
RevealToAll=yes
SuperWeapon=NukeSpecial2
ThreatPosed=0
ChargedAnimTime=1
AIBasePlanningSide=1
HasStupidGuardMode=false
SpecialThreatValue=1
DamageParticleSystems=SparkSys,LGSparkSys

[NukeSpecial2]
UIName=Name:Nuke
Name=N U K E !!!
IsPowered=true
RechargeVoice=00-I154
ChargingVoice=
ImpatientVoice=
SuspendVoice=
;RechargeTime=0.1
RechargeTime=10
Type=MultiMissile
SidebarImage=NukeIcon
Action=Airstrike
WeaponType=NukeCarrier
ShowTimer=yes

[SuperWeaponTypes]
1=NukeSpecial
2=IronCurtainSpecial
3=LightningStormSpecial
4=ChronoSphereSpecial
5=ChronoWarpSpecial
6=ParaDropSpecial
7=AmericanParaDropSpecial
8=PsychicDominatorSpecial
9=SpyPlaneSpecial
10=GeneticConverterSpecial
11=ForceShieldSpecial
12=PsychicRevealSpecial
13=NukeSpecial2

Enjoy.

Okapis Rule · Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 1:12 pm Post subject:

Wow, thanks so much! I have tried enabling the ion storm before via the game settings box but it didn't do anything. This is definitely better, thanks!

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