Stopping Upgrades from Activating

Darkwander · Medic **Joined**: 18 Jan 2005 **Location**: Australia

Greetings,

I have added a research item called Ascension, i have also added a function on my "Pre-Ascended Beings" called Ascend, however when the research is complete the "Pre Ascended Beings" automatically Ascend to Ascended Beings.

I was wanting it so that you have to click on them, then click the Ascend option before they ascend, as they are now, they are Automatically Ascending.

Anyone know where that option is to turn it off ?

Golan · Flamethrower **Joined**: 21 Nov 2007

Make a second, object-based upgrade that requires the initial ascension upgrade. Then, change the trigger of th ascension to the new upgrade.

Darkwander · Medic **Joined**: 18 Jan 2005 **Location**: Australia

Golan wrote:

Make a second, object-based upgrade that requires the initial ascension upgrade. Then, change the trigger of th ascension to the new upgrade.

Yea, i have an Upgrade called "PurchaseUpgradeAscension" and i have a ability called "UseAscension"

However some reason it is activating the trigger when the Research is complete.

Golan · Flamethrower **Joined**: 21 Nov 2007

Code please.

Darkwander · Medic **Joined**: 18 Jan 2005 **Location**: Australia

AncientPreAscended.xml

Code:

<ReplaceSelfUpgrade
         id="ModuleTag_ReplaceSelf"
         NewObjectUnpackTime="0.5s">
         <TriggeredBy>Upgrade_AncientAscension</TriggeredBy>
         <ReplacementTemplate>AncientAscended</ReplacementTemplate>
      </ReplaceSelfUpgrade>

UpdateLogicCommandSet.xml

Code:

<LogicCommandSet
   id="AncientPreAscendedCommandSet">
   <Cmd>Command_StanceDrillDown</Cmd>
   <Cmd>Command_AncientCallForTransportInfantry</Cmd>
   <Cmd>Command_UseAscension</Cmd>
   <Cmd>Command_AttackMove</Cmd>
</LogicCommandSet>

Code:

<LogicCommandSet
   id="AncientResearchLabCommandSet">
   <Cmd>Command_UpgradeAncientCompositeArmor</Cmd>
   <Cmd>Command_UpgradeAncientPersonalShield</Cmd>
   <Cmd>Command_PurchaseUpgradeAscension</Cmd>
   <Cmd>Command_TogglePower</Cmd>
   <Cmd>Command_SelfRepair</Cmd>
   <Cmd>Command_Sell</Cmd>
</LogicCommandSet>

UpdateLogicCommand.xml

Code:

<LogicCommand
   Type="PLAYER_UPGRADE"
   id="Command_PurchaseUpgradeAscension">
   <Upgrade>Upgrade_AncientAscension</Upgrade>
</LogicCommand>
<LogicCommand
   Type="SPECIAL_POWER"
   id="Command_UseAscension">
   <SpecialPower>SpecialPower_UseAscension</SpecialPower>
</LogicCommand>

UpdateUnitAbilityButtonTemplates.xml

Code:

Updateupgrade.xml

Code:

UpdateSpecialPowerTemplates.xml

Code:

ccgx · Medic **Joined**: 12 Aug 2007

Golan wrote:

Make a second, object-based upgrade that requires the initial ascension upgrade. Then, change the trigger of th ascension to the new upgrade.

Darkwander: just do this.

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Darkwander · Medic **Joined**: 18 Jan 2005 **Location**: Australia

ccgx wrote:

Golan wrote:

Make a second, object-based upgrade that requires the initial ascension upgrade. Then, change the trigger of th ascension to the new upgrade.

Darkwander: just do this.

Isnt that what i have done ?

ccgx · Medic **Joined**: 12 Aug 2007

no. you need a PLAYER upgrade to enable your button and with this button you trigger a specialpower who grants an OBJECT upgrade.

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Darkwander · Medic **Joined**: 18 Jan 2005 **Location**: Australia

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Golan · Flamethrower **Joined**: 21 Nov 2007

If you want to use a special power, you will also have to add a behavior for the special power, otherwise it doesn´t have any function.

The problem is that the ReplaceSelfUpgrade has <TriggeredBy/> set to Upgrade_AncientAscension - this is exactly what you don´t want.
First, create a new upgrade that is object based so that it can be applied to each unit individually. It should look something like this:

Code:

Change the ReplaceSelfUpgrade to be triggered by this new upgrade.

Code:

<ReplaceSelfUpgrade
id="ModuleTag_SuperSizeSelf"
NewObjectUnpackTime="0.5s">
<TriggeredBy>Upgrade_SuperSizeMe</TriggeredBy>
<ReplacementTemplate>AncientAscended</ReplacementTemplate>
</ReplaceSelfUpgrade>

Now modify the SpecialPowerTemplate so that it requires the ascension upgrade to be triggered:

Code:

<SpecialPowerTemplate
   id="SpecialPower_UseAscension"
   TargetType="NONE"
   InitiateSound="ALI_ShockTrooper_Blink">
   <GameDependency>
      <NeededUpgrade>Upgrade_AncientAscension</NeededUpgrade>
   </GameDependency>
</SpecialPowerTemplate>

Finally, add the required SpecialPower modules to the unit´s behaviors so that the object upgrade may be triggered:

Code:

Darkwander · Medic **Joined**: 18 Jan 2005 **Location**: Australia

You need to turn off the following options on the post,

"Disable HTML in this post" and "Disable Smilies in this post"

Golan · Flamethrower **Joined**: 21 Nov 2007

Yeah, I know, but that doesn´t change the fact that the forum deleted the bits of code that weren´t posted.

€dit
That should do the trick.

Darkwander · Medic **Joined**: 18 Jan 2005 **Location**: Australia

kool, i am trying it now..

Do you like the show Stargate ?

It sorta works, however when you click the button, it comes up on the cusor as a little red box, if you click on another unit it then activates, however if you don't click the mouse, it waits, i think it is the

Code:

Type="OBJECT"/>

That is causing the problem, i think it is waiting for you to select an object.

Stygs · Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 5:56 pm Post subject:

No. Type="Object" means its only an upgrade for a single unit, not for the entire player.

The problem is the TargetedSpecialPowerButton, which allways requires a target (hence TARGETEDSpecialPowerButton).

Simplye use a normal SpecialPowerButton...

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Darkwander · Medic **Joined**: 18 Jan 2005 **Location**: Australia

Darkwander wrote:

kool, i am trying it now..

Do you like the show Stargate ?

It sorta works, however when you click the button, it comes up on the cusor as a little red box, if you click on another unit it then activates, however if you don't click the mouse, it waits, i think it is the

Code:

Type="OBJECT"/>

That is causing the problem, i think it is waiting for you to select an object.

Simply change the coding on Updateupgrade.xml to the following and it fixes it...

Code:

Darkwander · Medic **Joined**: 18 Jan 2005 **Location**: Australia

Golan wrote:

Yeah, I know, but that doesn´t change the fact that the forum deleted the bits of code that weren´t posted.

€dit
That should do the trick.

Thanks alot man, i really do thank you for the help...