Units that begin with experience levels

Tetra Xiphos · Soldier **Joined**: 05 Mar 2008

How might I edit a unit to begin with a level of veterancy? I've been looking through the code but cannot find the correct module tag. The ones I've used returned no error when compiling but were ineffective.

This question is actually two-fold since the reason for the veterancy is the autoheal ability of the 'Heroic' rank. Is there a way to give this as an innate ability to a unit so it autoheals BEFORE the veterancy is achieved? I am aware that veterancy will increase the amount healed, I just want to know the tag that enables this.

Thanks yas

Dutchygamer · Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 12:27 pm Post subject:

For your first question: the units that start as veteran (from support powers) are separate from the normal units.

As for your second question: I know it's possible to give units selfheal, but I dunno how I did it. I remember each unit already has the selfheal logic, but it's restricted to Heroic Rank only.

Stygs · Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 1:03 pm Post subject:

1) You can use the same way as EA used for their support powers:

<GrantUpgradeCreate
id="ModuleTag_GrantUpgradeCreate"
UpgradeToGrant="Upgrade_CallSupportUpgrade"
/>
<LevelUpUpgrade
id="ModuleTag_LevelUpUpgrade"
LevelCap="4"
DoFlash="false"
LevelsToGain="1">
<TriggeredBy>Upgrade_CallSupportUpgrade</TriggeredBy>
</LevelUpUpgrade>

LevelsToGain defines how many level they gain by this upgrade.
LevelCap is the maximum level they can reach with this. If you set it to 1 and the unit was allready promoted once, the upgrade will have no effect.

2)

<AutoHealBehavior
id="AutoHealBehavior_1"
InitiallyActive="true"
HealOnlyIfNotInCombat="true"
HealOnlyIfNotUnderAttack="true"
StartHealingDelay="8s"
HealingAmount="10"
HealingDelay=".5s" />

theres a couple more settings for this Behaviour, sou can find them in \MOD SDK\Schemas\xsd\Modules\AutoHealBehavior.xsd

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Tetra Xiphos · Soldier **Joined**: 05 Mar 2008

The tag I used was AutoHealBehavior. I didn't specify that it shoud StartInitially though. Thanks guys....

Tetra Xiphos · Soldier **Joined**: 05 Mar 2008

Adding the tag ''AutoHealBehavior'' had no effect. The unit doesn't build with the ability.

Where did you find the id= 'AutoHealBehavior_1'? Don't those modules have to begin with Module_XXXXX? Something like, ''ModuleTag_AutoHealBehavior'', right?

Stygs · Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 8:54 pm Post subject:

The Id does not matter, its only used to make them unique so they can overwriten or removed (usefull for modmaps).
You can use any Id you want, just make sure that you dont use it twice in the same unit.

Note that my example had a StartHealingDelay of 8s, meaning it takes 8 seconds after the unit was damaged before it starts healing.
If you are sure that the compiler works and still no changes ingame, simply post your unit codes here or attach the mod.

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Tetra Xiphos · Soldier **Joined**: 05 Mar 2008

Hey Stygs,

Yea, I tried ammending the tag with the prefix 'ModuleTag_' and it worked. The reference CAN be found in the schema file 'AutoHealBehavior'. As it is a module, correct structure is ModuleTag_AuotHealBehavior for the id.

Working code looks like this:

AutoHealBehavior
id="ModuleTag_AutoHealBehavior"
InitiallyActive="true"
HealOnlyIfNotInCombat="true"
HealOnlyIfNotUnderAttack="true"
StartHealingDelay="0s"
HealingAmount="30"
HealingDelay=".5s"

edit: forgot the brackets to open and close the data but you get the point...