Tracking Search Lights

setstyle · Vehicle Driver **Joined**: 20 Apr 2003

If I missed a topic on this in my search, sorry. But anyway, Singleplayer granted search lights that track units caught in their beam... is this able to be transferred into Multiplayer? I have the idea of a harmless weapon with the report of an alarm down, but that's about it.

The DvD · Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2003 9:10 am Post subject:

it's possible to make them tracking, but only on buildings that are already in a map. You can't give searchlights to units.

SMIFFGIG · Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2003 11:56 am Post subject:

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it's possible to make them tracking, but only on buildings that are already in a map.

No this isnt true, searchlights are designed to track a unit that passes near by and not stop tracking them unless they are out of range

however due to the nature of this feature (being hardcoded) this ability is broken as soon as you add any new units (vehicles) to the Rules.ini

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I have the idea of a harmless weapon with the report of an alarm down, but that's about it

This is exactly what is used in TSR... however as there are many new units added to TSR the tracking feature does not work sadly.

EDIT: However I have changed the spotlight characteristics so that it rotates 360 degrees (rather than the default Rules.ini setting of 180)

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The DvD · Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2003 3:00 pm Post subject:

What i meant is you set it tracking in the map.ini, so it can only be enabled for buildings that are placed in the map. (like the gdi towers in mission one)

SMIFFGIG · Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2003 3:53 pm Post subject:

you can give any building a spotlight via the Rules.ini Question

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The DvD · Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2003 5:11 pm Post subject:

Yes but you need to enable the tracking, or am i remembering wrong? Anyway.... It won't work on units..

SeaMan · Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2003 7:49 pm Post subject:

The tracking feature becomes broken as soon you edit the VehicleTypes list.

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SMIFFGIG · Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2003 10:53 pm Post subject:

yep, there is no enable for it... it should be automatically enabled

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The DvD · Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2003 9:26 am Post subject:

Oh.

Sk8erkid · INSANE **Joined**: 16 Aug 2002

I think what the DVD meant was that he thought that if IN final sun you place a guard tower and inable it with the searchlight it will work on that gurad tower even if you change the vehicle list but it wont work on built guard towers...? Did i read that correctly?

SMIFFGIG · Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2003 12:47 am Post subject:

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if IN final sun you place a guard tower and inable it with the searchlight it will work on that gurad tower even if you change the vehicle list but it wont work on built guard towers...?

Well either way, that wouldnt make any difference anyway Wink

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