Gem growers?

Kamuix

Is there any information showing how to make a Gem grower? It's weird how they would have the BlueTib growers In firestorm but then not have Gem growers in RA2, Does the function still exist? Ive been doing a lot of modding and looking around and never seen anyone discuss it,

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Renegade · Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2013 4:18 am Post subject:

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Kamuix · Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2013 4:32 am Post subject:

This is what I mean you're all I need see, me and search function don't get along anymore, besides I have you and you're all I need <3

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Atomic_Noodles · Defense Minister **Joined**: 05 Oct 2011

You mean a BuildingType or an OverlayType...

Not sure who posted it but someone posted a Tutorial for a Non-Laggy Version for a Building Ore/Gem Spawner

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Lin Kuei Ominae · Seth **Joined**: 16 Aug 2006 **Location**: Germany

The code of the above posted tutorial has quite a lot of redundant stuff and isn't very user/mapper-friendly.
-warhead and weapon are not necessary. It's bad to have it to force fire to work.

A simple dummy building (can be invisible) which spawns tiberium via an activeanim is much more convenient to use. Just place it on a map and it works already.

1) create a dummy building (e.g. light post clone which you then call GEMSPRD or something)
2) give it an activeanim e.g. ActiveAnim=SPAWNTIB
3) create the necessary code to loop the activeanim and let it spawn in intervals some debris
e.g.
[SPAWNTIB]
Image=CLRANIM ;create an empty SHP with 10 frames
LoopCount=-1
TrailerAnim=TIBDEBRIS
TrailerSeperation=250 ;LKO: adjust this for tiberium spawn rate. Higher means slower

;the invisible dummy debris that spawns the tiberium
[TIBDEBRIS]
Image=CLRANIM
Elasticity=0.0
MinZVel=10.0
MaxXYVel=100.0 ;adjust this to change the range over which tiberium is randomly spawned
ExpireAnim=none ;you can set here a twinkle anim or something else that should be played when the tiberium is spawned
IsTiberium=true
LoopStart=0
LoopEnd=1
LoopCount=-1
Rate=0
Bouncer=yes
TiberiumSpreadRadius=0
TiberiumSpawnType=TIB2_01 ;set here the overlay that should be spawned (don't know if the RA2 Gems use TIB2 too)

4) don't forget to add the new animations to the [Animations] list in rules.ini

5) place the building on a map and let it spawn Tiberium/Ore/Gems

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Thanks Lin kuei

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Exley · Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2013 6:56 pm Post subject:

LKO will this same code work for TS ?

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Lin Kuei Ominae · Seth **Joined**: 16 Aug 2006 **Location**: Germany

yes

see the invisible tiberium spreaders in TI and in the upcoming DTA version.

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Exley · Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2013 9:30 pm Post subject:

just to ask something that was poking me for so many years
TiberiumSpawnType=

did anyone found a way to spawn big tiberium patches ?

I know I asked Matze somewhen in 2004 how he did it with his FinalSun
his answer was that game does that automatically when
small tiberium patch finds itself near a "field"

but then again that should worth for "ingame" too no ?

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Lin Kuei Ominae · Seth **Joined**: 16 Aug 2006 **Location**: Germany

It's a difference if an overlay is on the map, or spawned ingame.
The ingame spawning via debris only creates the smallest stage 1 patches.

The only exception are dying units with TiberiumHeal=yes. When they die, the spawned tiberium is added to the ground and not only spawned there. Thus existing patches become bigger, the more often the unit "dies".
A unit can die multiple times using deathframes and thus create bigger grown patches (see cyborg reaper from TS).

Though i don't know if the TiberiumHeal logic still works in RA2 and if it spawns Ore instead when such a unit dies. IIRC is tiberium healing not working in RA2.