Joined: 05 Jan 2011 Location: Temple Prime, Sarajevo
Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2011 9:53 pm Post subject:
Deployable Infantry Anyone???
Just one more question(hopefully ).I plan on making it so that Light Infantry are deployable, just like in RA2, but I want to know if anyone has ever done this, or if it is beyond TS's engine capabilities. Last edited by Noble Phoenix on Thu Jan 06, 2011 10:00 pm; edited 1 time in total QUICK_EDIT
Joined: 05 Jan 2011 Location: Temple Prime, Sarajevo
Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2011 10:02 pm Post subject:
Aro wrote:
Impossible.
It is???
Darn... I really wanted to do something like that. I wanted to include in a new mod I'm working on that I just might publish called The Tiberian Evolution, or maybe The Days of Darkness. _________________ Prepare for Decimation, for you are not worthy of assimilation... QUICK_EDIT
Only vehicles are deployable, so aircrafts are also out of the question (in case you were thinking of bringing the Siege Chopper over from RA2). QUICK_EDIT
Only vehicles are deployable, so aircrafts are also out of the question (in case you were thinking of bringing the Siege Chopper over from RA2).
The seige chopper is a vehicletype. It uses the balloon hover logic in RA2 (well, I guess that's not in TS anyway). Actual aircraft (IE the Harrier, which uses the same flight logic as TS's helicopters IIRC) still can't deploy in RA2.
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Team Black wrote:
you could make a shp vehicle that looks like infantry, or a squad of infantry.
That might be your best workaround. Can't remember if you can assign deployment sounds on a per-unit basis however...
There's also the difficulties of getting it to be built from a building other than a war factory. _________________ Dawn of the Tiberium Age staff member QUICK_EDIT
Could do it like this; the unit you build can be an APC of some kind that, when deployed, turns into an APC with soldiers and sandbags or whatever around the APC. Just a thought. It technically doesn't start as infantry, but it's a similar idea.
Though the main problem I see with that (considering my negligible experience modding TS) is that you would only be able to attack one target at a time as opposed to multiple targets simultaneously as you would expect from a squad of deployed individuals. QUICK_EDIT
Don't worry. The balloonhover logic wouldn't be important enough, because my workarounds work quite well. _________________ SHP Artist of Twisted Insurrection: Nod buildings
Could do it like this; the unit you build can be an APC of some kind that, when deployed, turns into an APC with soldiers and sandbags or whatever around the APC. Just a thought. It technically doesn't start as infantry, but it's a similar idea.
Deploy = Vehicle Type -> Building Type only. Reverse is true for Undeploy.
Also, Free Unit given with a Building Type is always a Vehicle Type, thus you'lll need to make a Building that looks like a stationary APC which spawns "Infantry Squad" shp-vehicle as a workaround.
That is, unless someone found a way to spawn an APC loaded with Infantry, then we'll have a field day.
Just a thought, you could always have the APC deploy into a bunker-style Building, with animated infantry shps surrounded by sandbags (like what Gravedust said). That would be kinda cool to have for a GDI-based structure. QUICK_EDIT
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Deployable Infantry Anyone???
).I plan on making it so that Light Infantry are deployable, just like in RA2, but I want to know if anyone has ever done this, or if it is beyond TS's engine capabilities. 
