BuildLimit wired between two unit types?

suffle19 · Disk Thrower **Joined**: 27 Jun 2019

Is there way to make something like build limit that will comprise two units?
or maybe something like prerequisite.neagtive but for unit Very Happy

I have comando unit and have upgrade plugin building, but if unupgraded comando was built before plugin then upgraded comando is still able to be trained.

...I made two different infantry types for this system.

XxpeddyxX · Commander **Joined**: 03 Sep 2004

You can create a Alternate Prereqs for a unit then use that tag on the upgraded unit. This is fairly buggy though, I tested it years back and it yielded subpar results on unlimited build units, might be better on limited units though.

PrerequisiteAihaxreqAlternate=AIHAXTNK

Or Custom GenericPrerequisites maybe?

AIHAXREQ=AIHAXDEP;,AIHAXTNK

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suffle19 · Disk Thrower **Joined**: 27 Jun 2019

XxpeddyxX wrote:

You can create a Alternate Prereqs for a unit then use that tag on the upgraded unit. This is fairly buggy though, I tested it years back and it yielded subpar results on unlimited build units, might be better on limited units though.

PrerequisiteAihaxreqAlternate=AIHAXTNK

Or Custom GenericPrerequisites maybe?

AIHAXREQ=AIHAXDEP;,AIHAXTNK

Sorry don't get it... how it can help me? Im not familiar with such hacks.

I mean I have usual comando, i built him, then i build upgrade plugin which gives me access to upgraded one... that upgrade plugin disable default comando also, and replace it with upgraded.
my problem is - the presence of normal commando does not block ability to train upgraded one cuz of diffirent unit types.

silverwind · Cyborg Firebomber **Joined**: 11 Jun 2016

http://ares-developers.github.io/Ares-docs/new/prerequisites.html#alternate-prerequisites-with-non-buildings

[GenericPrerequisites]
COMMANDO=DUMMY ;Defining this key, so that the below key works.

[General]
PrerequisiteCommandoAlternate=CMDO ;pre-upgrade commando unit. This key allows you to use non-buildings, similar to the Slave Miner.

[CMDOUP] ;upgraded commando
Prerequisite.Negative=COMMANDO ;this unit is unavailable if anthing from the COMMANDO prerequisite group is owned by the player.

That should do the trick.

An issue you'll find with this method is that the Cameo won't be greyed out - it'll disappear completely, until the default commando dies/leaves the map. Basically, if you have already build a commando unit, the 'upgrade plugin' will remove both the default and the upgraded unit from the side bar until that unit dies. Not really a bit deal, and something players will get used to if you use negative prerequisites a lot.

Starkku · Posted: Sun Feb 09, 2020 7:32 pm Post subject:

It does not necessarily have a huge impact but I figured I'd share a small detail related to this topic just in case.

The expanded AlternateXPrerequisite in Ares comes with a small quirk - namely that the prerequisite can be satisfied before unit physically exists on the map (for units you can train/build, this happens when you queue them, can't recall if whether or not there were objects queued already affected this). This behaviour did not apply to Slave Miner in original YR and is introduced likely as a consequence of expanding it to work with other TechnoTypes besides VehicleTypes. This hypothesis is further supported by the fact that the map trigger events checking existence of TechTypes have this exact same quirk even in vanilla YR.

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suffle19 · Disk Thrower **Joined**: 27 Jun 2019

Thx, it works.