Making a building reload by itself

GeckoYamori

I'm trying to modify the civilian armory a bit... Normally it has 5 ammo meaning it can upgrade only 5 units. Now I want to make it have unlimited ammo, but there should be a slight delay between upgrading infantry so I was thinking the best way to do this is to give it 1 ammo, but have it automaticly reload after a while. I've tried but I can't seem to get it done. How do I do this exactly? Can it even be done?

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christophski the great · Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2004 4:58 pm Post subject:

you could always give it -1 that would give it unlimited amount of upgrades, but i dunno how to do the reload thingy

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GeckoYamori · Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2004 5:00 pm Post subject:

-1 doesn't work on that... It just lets you upgrade 1 unit.

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Banshee · Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2004 9:24 pm Post subject:

99999 is probably the closest to unlimited....

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GeckoYamori · Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2004 10:06 pm Post subject:

Yeah, but I'd still like a short delay... Otherwise you could just "mass promote" your units. Is there any other way to make a small delay between entering?

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Ackron · Commander **Joined**: 19 May 2004

why not make its ammo 9999999?

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GeckoYamori · Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2004 7:42 pm Post subject:

I did that, but I still think the promotion process is a little quick.

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Ackron · Commander **Joined**: 19 May 2004

oh well get over it. you could use triggers maybe.

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The DvD · Posted: Sun Jun 20, 2004 1:02 pm Post subject:

It can be done.

I can't remember the tags right now but look at the list of useable tags just above [HVR] there's some info there.

Clazzy · Posted: Sun Jun 20, 2004 3:52 pm Post subject:

If only the Aegis Cruiser reload/fire logic was in TS. That would probably do it.

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Ackron · Commander **Joined**: 19 May 2004

i have no idea what that is.

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Jango · Soldier **Joined**: 18 Nov 2003

Well, I don't want to spread the pesimism but I don't think it can be done.
However to promote your forces is a process pretty annoying so you could put ammo=99999.

Clazzy · Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2004 6:36 pm Post subject:

I had the brainwave of the EMP charge logic. Could that be used to do it?

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GeckoYamori · Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2004 6:51 pm Post subject:

Well, I'm leaving it as it is right now with ammo=99999. The armories aren't base normals so you can't build a barracks next to them and start pumping out loads of elites. That's good enough for me...

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GeckoYamori · Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2004 8:03 pm Post subject:

While we're on the subject of buildings, how would I make a building which reveals the entire map like a spysat?

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Kravvitz · Commander **Joined**: 25 Mar 2003 **Location**: USA

Try giving it a really big Sight= range.

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GeckoYamori · Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2004 8:41 pm Post subject:

If memory serves right it won't have any sight at all if it's set too big... But I'll try.

Nope, it didn't work.

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Kravvitz · Commander **Joined**: 25 Mar 2003 **Location**: USA

IIRC, there is a map trigger that can reveal the whole map when you build the building and you can have another trigger set to reshroud the map if the building is destroyed or loses power.

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

Might be possible by giving it an invisible weapon that does no damage and can fire into shroud with huge range bla bla, get the idea? not sure if this works.

GeckoYamori · Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2004 9:40 pm Post subject:

I know about map triggers, but that is something I'd like to avoid. I think there is a Ts mod out there that actually has a spy satellite?

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