Fixed / Improved Logics

This page describes all ingame logics that are fixed or improved in Phobos without adding anything significant.

Bugfixes and miscellaneous

• Fixed the bug that GameModeOptions are not correctly saved. For example, BuildOffAlly is corrupted after load a save.

• Fixed the bug that light tint created by buildings can never be removed (light tint persists even if the building is destroyed/sold) after loading a game

• Fixed the bug when reading a map which puts Preview(Pack) after Map lead to the game fail to draw the preview

• Fixed the bug when retinting map lighting with a map action corrupted light sources.

• Fixed the bug when deploying mindcontrolled vehicle into a building permanently transferred the control to the house which mindcontrolled it.

• Fixed the bug when capturing a mind-controlled building with an engineer fail to break the mind-control link.

• Removed the EVA_BuildingCaptured event when capturing a building considered as a vehicle.

• Fixed the bug when units are already dead but still in map (for sinking, crashing, dying animation, etc.), they could die again.

• Fixed the bug when cloaked Desolator was unable to fire his deploy weapon.

• Fixed the bug that temporaryed unit cannot be erased correctly and no longer raise an error.

• Fixed DebrisMaximums (spawned debris type amounts cannot go beyond specified maximums anymore). Only applied when DebrisMaximums values amount is more than 1 for compatibility reasons.

• Fixed building and defense tab hotkeys not enabling the placement mode after Cannot build here. triggered and the placement mode cancelled.

• Fixed buildings with UndeployInto playing EVA_NewRallypointEstablished on undeploying.

• Fixed buildings with Naval=yes ignoring WaterBound=no to be forced to place onto water.

• Fixed AI Aircraft docks bug when Ares tag [GlobalControls] > AllowParallelAIQueues=no is set.

• Fixed laser drawing code to allow for thicker lasers in house color draw mode.

• Fixed DeathWeapon not detonating properly.

  • Some settings are still ignored like PreImpactAnim (Ares feature), this might change in future.

• Fixed the bug when occupied building’s MuzzleFlashX is drawn on the center of the building when X goes past 10.

• Fixed jumpjet units that are Crashable not crashing to ground properly if destroyed while being pulled by a Locomotor warhead.

• Fixed jumpjet units being unable to turn to the target when firing from a different direction.

• Fixed jumpjet units being able to continue firing at enemy target when crashing.

Jumpjet turning to target applied in Robot Storm X

• Fixed turreted jumpjet units always facing bottom-right direction when motion stops.

• Fixed jumpjet objects being unable to use Sensors.

• Fixed interaction of UnitAbsorb & InfantryAbsorb with Grinding buildings. The keys will now make the building only accept appropriate types of objects.

• Fixed missing ‘no enter’ cursor for VehicleTypes being unable to enter a Grinding building.

• Fixed Engineers being able to enter Grinding buildings even when they shouldn’t (such as ally building at full HP).

• Allowed usage of AlternateFLH of vehicles in OpenTopped transport.

• Improved the statistic distribution of the spawned crates over the visible area of the map so that they will no longer have a higher chance to show up near the edges.

• SHP debris shadows now respect the Shadow tag.

• Allowed usage of TileSet of 255 and above without making NE-SW broken bridges unrepairable.

• Added a “Load Game” button to the retry dialog on mission failure.

Side offset voxel turret in Breaking Blue project

• TurretOffset tag for voxel turreted TechnoTypes now accepts FLH (forward, lateral, height) values like TurretOffset=F,L or TurretOffset=F,L,H, which means turret location can be adjusted in all three axes.

• TurretOffset is now supported for SHP vehicles.

• InfiniteMindControl with Damage=1 can now control more than 1 unit.

• Aircraft with Fighter set to false or those using strafing pattern (weapon projectile ROT is below 2) now take weapon’s Burst into accord for all shots instead of just the first one.

• Vehicles using DeployFire will now use DeployFireWeapon for firing the deploy weapon if explicitly set, if not it behaves like previously (Primary if can fire, Secondary if not) and respect FireOnce setting on weapon and any stop commands issued during firing. If FireOnce is set to true the unit won’t accept further deploy commands for number of frames that is equal to whichever is smaller between weapon ROF and [Unload] -> Rate times 900.

• Infantry with DeployFireWeapon=-1 can now fire both weapons (decided by its target), regardless of deployed or not.

Nod arty keeping target on attack order in C&C: Reloaded

• Vehicle to building deployers now keep their target when deploying with DeployToFire.

• Effects like lasers are no longer drawn from wrong firing offset on weapons that use Burst.

• Animations can now be offset on the X axis with XDrawOffset.

• IsSimpleDeployer units now only play DeploySound and UndeploySound once, when done with (un)deploying instead of repeating it over duration of turning and/or DeployingAnim.

• AITrigger can now recognize Building Upgrades as legal condition.

• EWGates and NSGates now will link walls like xxGateOne and xxGateTwo do.

• Fixed the bug when occupied building’s MuzzleFlashX is drawn on the center of the building when X goes past 10.

• Fixed jumpjet units that are Crashable not crashing to ground properly if destroyed while being pulled by a Locomotor warhead.

• Fixed interaction of UnitAbsorb & InfantryAbsorb with Grinding buildings. The keys will now make the building only accept appropriate types of objects.

• Fixed missing ‘no enter’ cursor for VehicleTypes being unable to enter a Grinding building.

• Fixed Engineers being able to enter Grinding buildings even when they shouldn’t (such as ally building at full HP).

• Aircraft & jumpjet units are now affected by speed modifiers such as SpeedAircraft/Infantry/UnitsMult on Countries, VeteranSpeed and Crates / AttachEffect (Ares feature).

• Both voxel and SHP vehicle units should now correctly respect custom palette set through Palette.

• Weapons fired by EMPulse superweapons without EMPulse.TargetSelf=true (Ares feature) can now create radiation.

• Setting RadarInvisible to true on TerrainTypes now hides them from minimap display.

• Mind control indicator animations will now correctly restore on mind controlled objects when uncloaked.

• Animations from Warhead AnimList & SplashList etc. as well as animations created through map trigger 41 Play Anim At now have the appropriate house set as owner of the animation by default.

• Nuke carrier & payload weapons now respect Bright setting on the weapons always when appropriate (previously only payload did and only if Superweapon had Nuke.SiloLaunch=false (Ares feature)).

• Self-healing pips from InfantryGainSelfHeal & UnitsGainSelfHeal now respect unit’s PixelSelectionBracketDelta like health bar pips do.

• Fixed the bug where the health bar of a unit being attacked by temporal weapons would not disappear after mouse hover, causing it to remain visible even when the mouse moved away.

• Buildings using SelfHealing will now correctly revert to undamaged graphics if their health is restored back by self-healing.

• Allow use of Foundation=0x0 on TerrainTypes without crashing for similar results as for buildings.

• Projectiles now remember the house of the firer even if the firer is destroyed before the projectile detonates. Does not currently apply to some Ares-introduced Warhead effects like EMP.

• OpenTopped transports now take OpenTransportWeapon setting of passengers into consideration when determining weapon range used for threat scanning and approaching targets.

• Trailer animations now inherit the owner of the object (animation, projectile or aircraft) they are attached to.

• Buildings now correctly use laser parameters set for Secondary weapons instead of reading them from Primary weapon.

• Fixed an issue that caused vehicles killed by damage dealt by a known house but without a known source TechnoType (f.ex animation warhead damage) to not be recorded as killed correctly and thus not spring map trigger events etc.

Animated trees used in Ion Shock

• IsAnimated, AnimationRate and AnimationProbability now work on TerrainTypes without SpawnsTiberium set to true. Note that this might impact performance.

• Fixed transports recursively put into each other not having a correct killer set after second transport when being killed by something.

Example gradient SHP drawing with 75% translucency, before and after

• Translucent RLE SHPs will now be drawn using a more precise and performant algorithm that has no green tint and banding. Can be disabled with rulesmd.ini->[General]->FixTransparencyBlitters=no.

  • Only applies to Z-aware drawing mode for now.

• Fixed projectiles with Inviso=true suffering from potential inaccuracy problems if combined with Airburst=yes or Warhead with EMEffect=true.

• Fixed the bug when MakeInfantry logic on BombClass resulted in Neutral side infantry.

• Fixed railgun particles being drawn to wrong coordinate against buildings with non-default TargetCoordOffset or when force-firing on bridges.

• Fixed building TargetCoordOffset not being taken into accord for several things like fire angle calculations and target lines.

• In singleplayer missions, the player can now see cloaked objects owned by allied houses.

• IvanBomb images now display and the bombs detonate at center of buildings instead of in top-leftmost cell of the building foundation.

• Fixed BibShape drawing for a couple of frames during buildup for buildings with long buildup animations.

• Animation with Tiled=yes now supports CustomPalette.

• Attempted to avoid units from retaining previous orders (attack,grind,garrison,etc) after changing ownership (mind-control,abduction,etc).

• Fixed buildings’ NaturalParticleSystem being created for in-map pre-placed structures.

• Fixed jumpjet units being unable to visually tilt or be flipped over on the ground if TiltCrashJumpjet=no.

• Unlimited (more than 5) AlternateFLH entries for units.

• Warheads spawning debris now use MaxDebris as an actual cap for number of debris to spawn instead of MaxDebris - 1. If both Primary and Secondary weapons can fire at air targets (projectile has AA=true), Primary can now be picked instead of always forcing Secondary. Also applies to IsGattling=true, with odd-numbered and even-numbered WeaponX slots instead of Primary and Secondary, respectively.

• IsGattling=true can now fall back to secondary weapon slot (even-numbered WeaponX slots) if primary one (odd-numbered) cannot fire at current target (armor type, CanTarget(Houses), shield etc).

• Fixed LandTargeting=1 not preventing from targeting TerrainTypes (trees etc.) on land.

• Fixed NavalTargeting=6 not preventing from targeting empty water cells or TerrainTypes (trees etc.) on water.

• Fixed NavalTargeting=7 and/or LandTargeting=2 resulting in still targeting TerrainTypes (trees etc.) on land with Primary weapon.

• Fixed an issue that causes objects in layers outside ground layer to not be sorted correctly (caused issues with animation and jumpjet layering for an instance)

• Fixed infantry without C4=true being killed in water if paradropped, chronoshifted etc. even if they can normally enter water.

• Allowed MCV to redeploy in campaigns using a new toggle different from [MultiplayerDialogSettings]->MCVRedeploys.

• Fixed buildings with UndeploysInto but Unsellable=no & ConstructionYard=no unable to be sold normally. Restored EVA_StructureSold for buildings with UndeploysInto when being selled.

• Fixed WaterBound=true buildings with UndeploysInto not correctly setting the location for the vehicle to move into when undeployed.

• Buildings with CanC4=false used to take 1 point of damage if hit by damage below 1 (calculated after Verses are applied but before veterancy, crate and AttachEffect modifiers). This no longer applies to negative damage under any conditions and can be disabled for zero damage by setting CanC4.AllowZeroDamage to true.

• Buildings with primary weapon that has AG=false projectile now have attack cursor when selected.

• Weapons with AA=true projectiles can now be set to fire exclusively at air targets by setting AAOnly=true, regardless of other conditions. This is useful because AG=false only prevents targeting ground cells (and cannot be changed without breaking existing behaviour) and for cases where LandTargeting cannot be used.

• Transports with OpenTopped=true and weapon that has Burst above 1 and passengers firing out no longer have the passenger firing offset shift lateral position based on burst index.

• Fixed disguised infantry not using custom palette for drawing the disguise when needed.

• Disguised infantry now show appropriate insignia when disguise is visible, based on the disguise type and house. Original unit’s insignia is always shown to observers and if disguise blinking is enabled for the current player by [General]->DisguiseBlinkingVisibility.

• Buildings with superweapons no longer display SuperAnimThree at beginning of match if pre-placed on the map.

• SpySat=yes can now be applied using building upgrades.

• AI players can now build Naval=true and Naval=false vehicles concurrently like human players do.

• Fixed the bug when jumpjets were snapping into facing bottom-right when starting movement (observable when the starting unit is a jumpjet and is ordered to move).

• Objects with Palette set now have their color tint adjusted accordingly by superweapons, map retint actions etc. if they belong to a house using any color scheme instead of only those from the first half of [Colors] list.

• Animations using AltPalette are now remapped to their owner’s color scheme instead of first listed color scheme and no longer draw over shroud. Color scheme from [AudioVisual] -> AnimRemapDefaultColorScheme is used if anim has no owner, which defaults to first listed color scheme from [Colors] still.

  • They can also have map lighting apply on them if AltPalette.ApplyLighting is set to true.

• Fixed DeployToFire not considering building placement rules for DeploysInto buildings and as a result not working properly with WaterBound buildings.

• Fixed DeployToFire not recalculating firer’s position on land if it cannot currently deploy.

• Arcing=true projectile elevation inaccuracy can now be fixed by setting Arcing.AllowElevationInaccuracy=false.

• EMPulseCannon=yes building weapons now respect Floater and Phobos-added Gravity setting.

• You can now specify houses named <Player @ A> through <Player @ H> as the owner of TechnoTypes preplaced on the map in the editor, and they will be correctly given to players starting on points 1-8. Originally, it was only possible to use these house names in events, actions and teams.

• Wall overlays are now drawn with the custom palette defined in Palette in artmd.ini if possible.

• Secondary will now be used against walls if Primary weapon Warhead has Wall=false, Secondary has Wall=true and the firer does not have NoSecondaryWeaponFallback set to true.

• Setting ReloadInTransport to true on units with Ammo will allow the ammo to be reloaded according to Reload or EmptyReload timers even while the unit is inside a transport.

• It is now possible to enable Verses and PercentAtMax to be applied on negative damage by setting ApplyModifiersOnNegativeDamage to true on the Warhead.

Fixes / interactions with other extensions

• Fixed an issue introduced by Ares that caused Grinding=true building ActiveAnim to be incorrectly restored while SpecialAnim was playing and the building was sold, erased or destroyed.

Aircraft

Fixed spawn distance & spawn height for airstrike / SpyPlane aircraft

• It is now possible to have aircraft spawned from (Elite)AirstrikeTeamType or Type=SpyPlane superweapons to be created at fixed distance from their intended target/destination instead of from edge of the map by setting SpawnDistanceFromTarget.

• SpawnHeight can also be used to override the initial height of the aircraft, which defaults to FlightLevel, or if not set then [General] -> FlightLevel.

In rulesmd.ini:

[SOMEAIRCRAFT]            ; AircraftType
SpawnDistanceFromTarget=  ; floating point value, distance in cells
SpawnHeight=              ; integer, height in leptons

Animations

Animation weapon and damage settings

• Weapon can be set to a WeaponType, to create a projectile and immediately detonate it instead of simply dealing Damage by Warhead. This allows weapon effects to be applied.

• Damage.Delay determines delay between two applications of Damage. Requires Damage to be set to 1.0 or above. Value of 0 disables the delay. Keep in mind that this is measured in animation frames, not game frames. Depending on Rate, animation may or may not advance animation frames on every game frame.

• Damage.DealtByInvoker, if set to true, makes any Damage dealt to be considered as coming from the animation’s invoker (f.ex, firer of the weapon if it is Warhead AnimList/SplashList animation, the destroyed vehicle if it is DestroyAnim animation or the object the animation is attached to). If invoker has died or does not exist, the house the invoker belonged to is still used to deal damage and apply Phobos-introduced Warhead effects. Does not affect which house the Damage dealt by Warhead is dealt by.

• Damage.ApplyOncePerLoop, if set to true, makes Damage be dealt only once per animation loop (on single loop animations, only once, period) instead of on every frame or intervals defined by Damage.Delay. The frame on which it is dealt is determined by Damage.Delay, defaulting to after the first animation frame.

In artmd.ini:

[SOMEANIM]                     ; AnimationType
Weapon=                        ; WeaponType
Damage.Delay=0                 ; integer, animation frames
Damage.DealtByInvoker=false    ; boolean
Damage.ApplyOncePerLoop=false  ; boolean

Note

Weapon and Damage.Delay, beyond the other additions, should function similarly to the equivalent features introduced by Ares and take precedence over them if Phobos is used together with Ares.

Attached animation position customization

• You can now customize whether or not animations attached to objects are centered at the object’s actual center rather than the bottom of their top-leftmost cell (cell #0).

In artmd.ini:

[SOMEANIM]                       ; AnimationType
UseCenterCoordsIfAttached=false  ; boolean

Customizable debris & meteor impact and warhead detonation behaviour

• ExplodeOnWater can be set to true to make the animation explode on impact with water. ExpireAnim will be played and Warhead is detonated or used to deal damage / generate light flash.

• Warhead.Detonate, if set to true, makes the Warhead fully detonate instead of simply being used to deal damage and generate light flash if it has Bright=true.

• WakeAnim contains a wake animation to play if ExplodeOnWater is not set and the animation impacts with water. Defaults to [General] -> Wake if IsMeteor is not set to true, otherwise no animation.

• SplashAnims contains list of splash animations used if ExplodeOnWater is not set and the animation impacts with water. Defaults to [CombatDamage] -> SplashList.

  • If SplashAnims.PickRandom is set to true, picks a random animation from SplashAnims to use on each impact with water. Otherwise last listed animation from SplashAnims is used.

In artmd.ini:

[SOMEANIM]                    ; AnimationType
ExplodeOnWater=false          ; boolean
Warhead.Detonate=false        ; boolean
WakeAnim=                     ; Animation
SplashAnims=                  ; list of animations
SplashAnims.PickRandom=false  ; boolean

Layer on animations attached to objects

• You can now customize whether or not animations attached to objects follow the object’s layer or respect their own Layer setting. If this is unset, attached animations use ground layer.

In artmd.ini:

[SOMEANIM]             ; AnimationType
Layer.UseObjectLayer=  ; boolean

Ore stage threshold for HideIfNoOre

• You can now customize which growth stage should an ore/tiberium cell have to have animation with HideIfNoOre displayed. Cells with growth stage less than specified value won’t allow the anim to display.

In artmd.ini:

[SOMEANIM]               ; AnimationType
HideIfNoOre.Threshold=0  ; integer, minimal ore growth stage

Buildings

Airstrike target eligibility

• By default whether or not a building can be targeted by airstrikes depends on value of CanC4, which also affects other things. This can now be changed independently by setting AllowAirstrike. If not set, defaults to value of CanC4.

In rulesmd.ini:

[SOMEBUILDING]   ; BuildingType
AllowAirstrike=  ; boolean

Apply ZShapePointMove during buildups

• By default buildings do not apply ZShapePointMove (which offsets the ‘z shape’ applied on buildings which is used to adjust them in depth buffer and is used to fix issues related to that such as corners of buildings getting cut off when drawn) when buildup is being displayed. This behaviour can now be toggled by setting ZShapePointMove.OnBuildup.

In artmd.ini:

[SOMEBUILDING]                   ; BuildingType
ZShapePointMove.OnBuildup=false  ; boolean

Buildings considered as vehicles

• By default game considers buildings with both UndeploysInto set and Foundation equaling 1x1 as vehicles, in a manner of speaking. This behaviour can now be toggled individually of these conditions by setting ConsideredVehicle. These buildings are counted as vehicles for unit count tracking, are not considered as base under attack when damaged and can be mass selected by default, for an example.

• When capturing such “buildings”, the player won’t be notified by EVA capture event.

In rulesmd.ini:

[SOMEBUILDING]      ; BuildingType
ConsideredVehicle=  ; boolean

Customizable & new grinder properties

Using ally grinder, restricting to vehicles only and refund display (Project Phantom)

• You can now customize which types of objects a building with Grinding set can grind as well as the grinding sound.

  • Grinding.AllowAllies changes whether or not to allow units to enter allies’ buildings.

  • Grinding.AllowOwner changes whether or not to allow units to enter your own buildings.

  • Grinding.AllowTypes can be used to define InfantryTypes and VehicleTypes that can be grinded by the building. Listing any will disable grinding for all types except those listed.

  • Grinding.DisallowTypes can be used to exclude InfantryTypes or VehicleTypes from being able to enter the grinder building.

  • Grinding.PlayDieSound controls if the units’ DieSound and VoiceDie are played when entering the grinder. Default to yes.

  • Grinding.Sound is a sound played by when object is grinded by the building. If not set, defaults to [AudioVisual]->EnterGrinderSound.

  • Grinding.Weapon is a weapon fired at the building & by the building when it grinds an object. Will only be fired if at least weapon’s ROF amount of frames have passed since it was last fired.

• For money string indication upon grinding, please refer to DisplayIncome.

In rulesmd.ini:

[SOMEBUILDING]                     ; BuildingType
Grinding.AllowAllies=false         ; boolean
Grinding.AllowOwner=true           ; boolean
Grinding.AllowTypes=               ; List of InfantryTypes / VehicleTypes
Grinding.DisallowTypes=            ; List of InfantryTypes / VehicleTypes
Grinding.PlayDieSound=true         ; boolean
Grinding.Sound=                    ; Sound
Grinding.Weapon=                   ; WeaponType

Customizable selling buildup sequence length for buildings that can undeploy

• By default buildings with UndeploysInto will only play 23 frames of their buildup sequence (in reverse starting from last frame) when being sold as opposed to being undeployed. This can now be customized via SellBuildupLength.

In rulesmd.ini:

[SOMEBUILDING]        ; BuildingType
SellBuildupLength=23  ; integer, number of buildup frames to play

Projectiles

Cluster scatter distance customization

• ClusterScatter.Min and ClusterScatter.Max can be used to set minimum and maximum distance, respectively, in cells from the original detonation coordinate any additional detonations if Cluster is set to value higher than 1 can appear at.

In rulesmd.ini:

[SOMEPROJECTILE]         ; Projectile
ClusterScatter.Min=1.0  ; float, distance in cells
ClusterScatter.Max=2.0  ; float, distance in cells

Customizable projectile gravity

• You can now specify individual projectile gravity.

  • Setting Gravity=0 is not recommended as it will cause the projectile to fly backwards and be unable to hit the target which is not at the same height. We suggest to use Straight Trajectory instead. See here.

In rulesmd.ini:

[SOMEPROJECTILE]        ; Projectile
Gravity=6.0             ; floating point value

FlakScatter distance customization

• By default FlakScatter=true makes Inviso=true projectiles scatter by random distance (in cells) from 0 to [CombatDamage] -> BallisticScatter. This distance range can now be customized by setting BallisticScatter.Min & BallisticScatter.Max on the projectile. If not set, the default values are used.

In rulesmd.ini:

[SOMEPROJECTILE]      ; Projectile
BallisticScatter.Min= ; float, distance in cells
BallisticScatter.Max= ; float, distance in cells

Technos

Building-provided self-healing customization

• It is now possible to set a global cap for the effects of InfantryGainSelfHeal and UnitsGainSelfHeal by setting InfantryGainSelfHealCap & UnitsGainSelfHealCap under [General], respectively.

• Whether or not MultiplayPassive=true houses benefit from these effects can be controlled via GainSelfHealAllowMultiplayPassive.

• It is also possible to change the pip frames displayed from pips.shp individually for infantry, units and buildings by setting the frames for infantry & unit self-healing on Pips.SelfHeal.Infantry/Units/Buildings under [AudioVisual], respectively.

  • Pips.SelfHeal.Infantry/Units/Buildings.Offset can be used to customize the pixel offsets for the displayed pips, individually for infantry, units and buildings.

• Whether or not a TechnoType benefits from effects of InfantryGainSelfHeal or UnitsGainSelfHeal buildings or neither can now be controlled by setting SelfHealGainType.

  • If SelfHealGainType is not set, InfantryTypes and VehicleTypes with Organic set to true gain self-healing from InfantryGainSelfHeal, other VehicleTypes from UnitsGainSelfHeal and AircraftTypes & BuildingTypes never gain self-healing.

In rulesmd.ini:

[General]
InfantryGainSelfHealCap=                ; integer, maximum amount of InfantryGainSelfHeal that can be in effect at once, must be 1 or higher
UnitsGainSelfHealCap=                   ; integer, maximum amount of UnitsGainSelfHeal that can be in effect at once, must be 1 or higher
GainSelfHealAllowMultiplayPassive=true  ; boolean

[AudioVisual]
Pips.SelfHeal.Infantry=13,20            ; integer, frames of pips.shp for infantry & unit-self healing pips, respectively
Pips.SelfHeal.Units=13,20               ; integer, frames of pips.shp for infantry & unit-self healing pips, respectively
Pips.SelfHeal.Buildings=13,20           ; integer, frames of pips.shp for infantry & unit-self healing pips, respectively
Pips.SelfHeal.Infantry.Offset=25,-35    ; X,Y, pixels relative to default
Pips.SelfHeal.Units.Offset=33,-32       ; X,Y, pixels relative to default
Pips.SelfHeal.Buildings.Offset=15,10    ; X,Y, pixels relative to default

[SOMETECHNO]                            ; TechnoType
SelfHealGainType=                       ; Self-Heal Gain Type Enumeration (none|infantry|units)

Chrono sparkle animation customization & improvements

• It is now possible to customize the frame delay between instances of [General] -> ChronoSparkle1 animations created on objects being warped by setting [General] -> ChronoSparkleDisplayDelay.

• By default on buildings with MaxOccupants higher than 0, chrono sparkle animation would be shown at each of the MuzzleFlashN coordinates. This behaviour is now customizable, and supports MuzzleFlashN indices higher than 10.

  • [General] -> ChronoSparkleBuildingDisplayPositions can be set to show the sparkle animation on the building (building), muzzle flash coordinates of current occupants (occupants), muzzle flash coordinates of all occupant slots (occupantslots) or any combination of these.

    • If occupants or occupantslots is listed without building, a single chrono sparkle animation is still displayed on building if it doesn’t have any occupants or it has MaxOccupants value less than 1, respectively.

• The chrono sparkle animation that is displayed on building itself is also now displayed at the center of it rather than at center of its topmost cell.

In rulesmd.ini:

[General]
ChronoSparkleDisplayDelay=24                         ; integer, game frames
ChronoSparkleBuildingDisplayPositions=occupantslots  ; list of chrono sparkle position enum (building | occupants | occupantslots | all)

Customizable veterancy insignias

• You can now customize veterancy insignia of TechnoTypes.

  • Insignia.(Rookie|Veteran|Elite) can be used to set a custom insignia file, optionally for each veterancy stage. Like the original / default file, pips.shp, they are drawn using palette.pal as palette.

  • InsigniaFrame(.Rookie|Veteran|Elite) can be used to set (zero-based) frame index of the insignia to display, optionally for each veterancy stage. Using -1 uses the default setting. Default settings are -1 (none) for rookie, 14 for veteran and 15 for elite.

    • A shorthand InsigniaFrames can be used to list them in order from rookie, veteran and elite instead as well. InsigniaFrame(.Rookie|Veteran|Elite) takes priority over this.

  • Normal insignia can be overridden for specific weapon modes of Gunner=true units by setting Insignia(.Frame/.Frames).WeaponN where N stands for 1-based weapon mode index. If not set, defaults to non-mode specific insignia settings.

  • Insignia.ShowEnemy controls whether or not the insignia is shown to enemy players. Defaults to [General] -> EnemyInsignia, which in turn defaults to true.

In rulesmd.ini:

[General]
EnemyInsignia=true                ; boolean

[SOMETECHNO]                      ; TechnoType
Insignia=                         ; filename - excluding the .shp extension
Insignia.Rookie=                  ; filename - excluding the .shp extension
Insignia.Veteran=                 ; filename - excluding the .shp extension
Insignia.Elite=                   ; filename - excluding the .shp extension
InsigniaFrame=-1                  ; int, frame of insignia shp (zero-based) or -1 for default
InsigniaFrame.Rookie=-1           ; int, frame of insignia shp (zero-based) or -1 for default
InsigniaFrame.Veteran=-1          ; int, frame of insignia shp (zero-based) or -1 for default
InsigniaFrame.Elite=-1            ; int, frame of insignia shp (zero-based) or -1 for default
InsigniaFrames=-1,-1,-1           ; int, frames of insignia shp (zero-based) or -1 for default
Insignia.WeaponN=                 ; filename - excluding the .shp extension
Insignia.WeaponN.Rookie=          ; filename - excluding the .shp extension
Insignia.WeaponN.Veteran=         ; filename - excluding the .shp extension
Insignia.WeaponN.Elite=           ; filename - excluding the .shp extension
InsigniaFrame.WeaponN=-1          ; int, frame of insignia shp (zero-based) or -1 for default
InsigniaFrame.WeaponN.Rookie=-1   ; int, frame of insignia shp (zero-based) or -1 for default
InsigniaFrame.WeaponN.Veteran=-1  ; int, frame of insignia shp (zero-based) or -1 for default
InsigniaFrame.WeaponN.Elite=-1    ; int, frame of insignia shp (zero-based) or -1 for default
InsigniaFrames.WeaponN=-1,-1,-1   ; int, frames of insignia shp (zero-based) or -1 for default
Insignia.ShowEnemy=               ; boolean

Note

Insignia customization besides the InsigniaFrames shorthand should function similarly to the equivalent feature introduced by Ares and takes precedence over it if Phobos is used together with Ares.

Customizable harvester ore gathering animation

Custom ore gathering anims in Project Phantom

• You can now specify which anim should be drawn when a harvester of specified type is gathering specified type of ore.

In rulesmd.ini:

[SOMETECHNO]                     ; TechnoType
OreGathering.Anims=              ; list of animations
OreGathering.FramesPerDir=15     ; list of integers
OreGathering.Tiberiums=0         ; list of Tiberium IDs

Customizable Teleport/Chrono Locomotor settings per TechnoType

Chrono Legionnaire and Ronco using different teleportation settings in YR: New War

• You can now specify Teleport/Chrono Locomotor settings per TechnoType to override default rules values. Unfilled values default to values in [General].

• Only applicable to Techno that have Teleport/Chrono Locomotor attached.

In rulesmd.ini:

[SOMETECHNO]            ; TechnoType
WarpOut=                ; Anim (played when Techno warping out), default to [General] WarpOut
WarpIn=                 ; Anim (played when Techno warping in), default to [General] WarpIn
WarpAway=               ; Anim (played when Techno chronowarped by chronosphere), default to [General] WarpOut
ChronoTrigger=          ; boolean, if yes then delay varies by distance, if no it is a constant
ChronoDistanceFactor=   ; integer, amount to divide the distance to destination by to get the warped out delay
ChronoMinimumDelay=     ; integer, the minimum delay for teleporting, no matter how short the distance
ChronoRangeMinimum=     ; integer, can be used to set a small range within which the delay is constant
ChronoDelay=            ; integer, delay after teleport for chronosphere

Customizable target evaluation map zone check behaviour

• By default, any non-AircraftType units seeking targets via ScriptType team mission (action) 0 Attack Target Type or any attack team missions introduced in Phobos check if the potential target is in same map zone as the attacking unit to be able to pick it as a target. This can now be customized to allow objects from any map zone with no constraints (TargetZoneScanType=any) or only if they are within weapon range (TargetZoneScanType=inrange).

In rulesmd.ini:

[SOMETECHNO]             ; TechnoType
TargetZoneScanType=same  ; target zone scan enumeration (same|any|inrange)

Customizable unit image in art

• Image tag in art INI is no longer limited to AnimationTypes and BuildingTypes, and can be applied to all TechnoTypes (InfantryTypes, VehicleTypes, AircraftTypes, BuildingTypes).

• The tag specifies only the file name (without extension) of the asset that replaces TechnoType’s graphics. If the name in Image is also an entry in the art INI, no tags will be read from it.

• By default this feature is disabled to remain compatible with YR. To use this feature, enable it in rules with ArtImageSwap=true.

• This feature supports SHP images for InfantryTypes, SHP and VXL images for VehicleTypes and VXL images for AircraftTypes.

In rulesmd.ini:

[General]
ArtImageSwap=false  ; disabled by default

In artmd.ini:

[SOMETECHNO]
Image=              ; name of the file that will be used as image, without extension

Customize resource storage

• Now Ares Storage feature can set which Tiberium type from [Tiberiums] list should be used for storing resources in structures with Refinery.UseStorage=yes and Storage > 0.

• This tag can not be used without Ares.

In rulesmd.ini:

[General]
Storage.TiberiumIndex=-1  ; integer, [Tiberiums] list index

Exploding unit passenger killing customization

• By default Explodes=true TechnoTypes have all of their passengers killed when they are destroyed. This behaviour can now be disabled by setting Explodes.KillPassengers=false.

In rulesmd.ini:

[SOMETECHNO]                 ; TechnoType
Explodes.KillPassengers=true ; boolean

IronCurtain effects on organics customization

• In vanilla game, when iron-curtain is applied on organic units like infantries and squids, they could only get killed instantly by C4Warhead. This behavior is now dehardcoded, and the effect under iron-curtain can now be chosen among

  • kill : Iron-Curtain kills the organic object with a specifc warhead.

  • invulnerable : Iron-Curtain makes the organic object invulnerable like buildings and vehicles.

  • ignore : Iron-Curtain doesn’t give any effect on the organic object.

In rulesmd.ini

[CombatDamage]
IronCurtain.EffectOnOrganics=kill  ; IronCurtain effect Enumeration (kill | invulnerable | ignore), IronCurtain to Infantry and Techno with Organic=yes
IronCurtain.KillOrganicsWarhead=   ; IronCurtain uses this warhead to kill organics, default to [CombatDamage]->C4Warhead

[SOMETECHNO]                       ; InfantryType or Organic TechnoType
IronCurtain.Effect=                ; IronCurtain effect Enumeration (kill | invulnerable | ignore), default to [CombatDamage]-> IronCurtain.EffectOnOrganics
IronCurtain.KillWarhead=           ; IronCurtain uses this warhead to kill this organic, default to [CombatDamage]->IronCurtain.KillWarhead

Jumpjet rotating on crashing toggle

• Jumpjet that is going to crash starts to change its facing uncontrollably, this can now be turned off.

In rulesmd.ini:

[SOMETECHNO]    ; TechnoType
JumpjetRotateOnCrash=true  ; boolean

Warning

This may subject to further changes.

Kill spawns on low power

• Powered=yes structures that spawns aircraft like Aircrafts Carriers will stop targeting the enemy if low power.

• Spawned aircrafts self-destruct if they are flying.

In rulesmd.ini:

[SOMESTRUCTURE]          ; BuildingType
Powered.KillSpawns=false ; boolean

PipScale pip customizations

• It is now possible to change the size of pips (or more accurately the pixel increment to the next pip drawn) displayed on PipScale.

  • Pips.Generic.(Buildings.)Size is for non-ammo pips on non-building TechnoTypes / buildings, accordingly, and Pips.Ammo.(Buildings.)Size is in turn for ammo pips, split similarly between non-building technos and buildings.

  • Ammo pip size can also be overridden on per TechnoType-basis using AmmoPipSize.

• Ammo pip frames can now also be customized.

  • AmmoPipFrame and AmmoPipFrame are frames (zero-based) of pips2.shp used for ammo pip and empty ammo pip (this is not set by default) for when PipWrap=0 (this is the default).

  • AmmoPipWrapStartFrame is used as start frame (zero-based, from pips2.shp) for when PipWrap is above 0. The start frame is the empty frame and up to Ammo divided by PipWrap frames after it are used for the different reload stages.

  • AmmoPipOffset can be used to shift the starting position of ammo pips.

• Pips for TechnoTypes with Spawns can now also be customized.

  • ShowSpawnsPips determines whether or not these pips are shown at all, as they are independent from PipScale setting.

  • SpawnsPipFrame and EmptySpawnsPipFrame are frames (zero-based) of pips.shp (for buildings) or pips2.shp (for others) used for a spawnee pip and empty spawnee pip, respectively.

  • SpawnsPipSize determines the pixel increment to the next pip drawn. Defaults to [AudioVisual] -> Pips.Generic.(Buildings.)Size if not set.

  • SpawnsPipoffset can be used to shift the starting position of spawnee pips.

• Pips for Storage can now also be customized via new keys in [AudioVisual].

  • Pips.Tiberiums.Frames can be used to list frames (zero-based) of pips.shp (for buildings) or pips2.shp (for others) used for tiberium types, in the listed order corresponding to tiberium type index. Defaults to 5 for tiberium type index 1, otherwise 2.

  • Pips.Tiberiums.DisplayOrder controls in which order the tiberium type pips are displayed, takes a list of tiberium type indices. Any tiberium type not listed will be displayed in sequential order after the listed ones.

In rulesmd.ini:

[AudioVisual]
Pips.Generic.Size=4,0                ; X,Y, increment in pixels to next pip
Pips.Generic.Buildings.Size=4,2      ; X,Y, increment in pixels to next pip
Pips.Ammo.Size=4,0                   ; X,Y, increment in pixels to next pip
Pips.Ammo.Buildings.Size=4,2         ; X,Y, increment in pixels to next pip
Pips.Tiberiums.Frames=2,5,2,2        ; list of integers, frames of pips.shp (buildings) or pips2.shp (others) (zero-based)
Pips.Tiberiums.DisplayOrder=0,2,3,1  ; list of integers, tiberium type indices

[SOMETECHNO]                         ; TechnoType
AmmoPipFrame=13                      ; integer, frame of pips2.shp (zero-based)
EmptyAmmoPipFrame=-1                 ; integer, frame of pips2.shp (zero-based)
AmmoPipWrapStartFrame=14             ; integer, frame of pips2.shp (zero-based)
AmmoPipSize=                         ; X,Y, increment in pixels to next pip
AmmoPipOffset=0,0                    ; X,Y, position offset from default
ShowSpawnsPips=true                  ; boolean
SpawnsPipFrame=1                     ; integer, frame of pips.shp (buildings) or pips2.shp (others) (zero-based)
EmptySpawnsPipFrame=0                ; integer, frame of pips.shp (buildings) or pips2.shp (others) (zero-based)
SpawnsPipSize=                       ; X,Y, increment in pixels to next pip
SpawnsPipOffset=0,0                  ; X,Y, position offset from default

Re-enable obsolete [JumpjetControls]

• Re-enable obsolete [JumpjetControls], the keys in it will be as the default value of jumpjet units.

  • Moreover, added two tags for missing ones.

In rulesmd.ini:

[JumpjetControls]
Crash=5.0        ; floating point value
NoWobbles=false  ; boolean

Note

CruiseHeight is for JumpjetHeight, WobblesPerSecond is for JumpjetWobbles, WobbleDeviation is for JumpjetDeviation, and Acceleration is for JumpjetAccel. All other corresponding keys just simply have no Jumpjet prefix.

Voxel body multi-section shadows

• It is also now possible for vehicles and aircraft to display shadows for multiple sections of the voxel body at once, instead of just one section specified by ShadowIndex, by specifying the section indices in ShadowIndices (which defaults to ShadowIndex) in unit’s artmd.ini entry.

In artmd.ini:

[SOMETECHNO]    ; TechnoType
ShadowIndices=  ; list of integers (voxel section indices)

Forbid parallel AI queues

• You can now set if specific types of factories do not have AI production cloning issue instead of Ares’ indiscriminate behavior of AllowParallelAIQueues=no.

  • If AllowParallelAIQueues=no (Ares feature) is set, the tags have no effect.

In rulesmd.ini

[GlobalControls]
AllowParallelAIQueues=yes           ; must be set yes/true unless you don't use Ares
ForbidParallelAIQueues.Infantry=no  ; boolean
ForbidParallelAIQueues.Vehicle=no   ; boolean
ForbidParallelAIQueues.Navy=no      ; boolean
ForbidParallelAIQueues.Aircraft=no  ; boolean
ForbidParallelAIQueues.Building=no  ; boolean

Terrains

Customizable ore spawners

Different ore spawners in Rise of the East mod

• You can now specify which type of ore certain TerrainType would generate.

• It’s also now possible to specify a range value for an ore generation area different compared to standard 3x3 rectangle. Ore will be uniformly distributed across all affected cells in a spread range.

• You can specify which ore growth stage will be spawned and how many cells will be filled with ore per ore generation animation. Corresponding tags accept either a single integer value or two comma-separated values to allow randomized growth stages from the range (inclusive).

In rulesmd.ini:

[SOMETERRAINTYPE]             ; TerrainType
SpawnsTiberium.Type=0         ; tiberium/ore type index
SpawnsTiberium.Range=1        ; integer, radius in cells
SpawnsTiberium.GrowthStage=3  ; integer - single or comma-sep. range
SpawnsTiberium.CellsPerAnim=1 ; integer - single or comma-sep. range

Minimap color customization

• TerrainTypes can now be made to display on minimap with different colors by setting MinimapColor.

In rulesmd.ini:

[SOMETERRAINTYPE]  ; TerrainType
MinimapColor=      ; integer - Red,Green,Blue

Passable & buildable-upon TerrainTypes

• TerrainTypes can now be made passable or buildable upon by setting IsPassable or CanBeBuiltOn, respectively.

  • Movement cursor is displayed on IsPassable TerrainTypes unless force-firing.

  • CanBeBuiltOn=true terrain objects are removed when building is placed on them.

In rulesmd.ini:

[SOMETERRAINTYPE]   ; TerrainType
IsPassable=false    ; boolean
CanBeBuiltOn=false  ; boolean

Tiberiums (ores)

Minimap color customization

• Ore can now be made to display on minimap with different colors by setting MinimapColor on Tiberiums.

In rulesmd.ini:

[SOMEORE]      ; Tiberium
MinimapColor=  ; integer - Red,Green,Blue

Vehicles

Customizing crushing tilt and slowdown

• Vehicles with Crusher=true and OmniCrusher=true / MovementZone=CrusherAll were hardcoded to tilt when crushing vehicles / walls respectively. This now obeys TiltsWhenCrushes but can be customized individually for these two scenarios using TiltsWhenCrusher.Vehicles and TiltsWhenCrusher.Overlays, which both default to TiltsWhenCrushes.

• CrushForwardTiltPerFrame determines how much the forward tilt is adjusted per frame when crushing overlays or vehicles. Defaults to -0.02 for vehicles using Ship locomotor crushing overlays, -0.050000001 for all other cases.

• CrushOverlayExtraForwardTilt is additional forward tilt applied after an overlay has been crushed by the vehicle.

• It is possible to customize the movement speed slowdown when MovementZone=CrusherAll vehicle crushes walls by setting CrushSlowdownMultiplier.

In rulesmd.ini:

[SOMEVEHICLE]                      ; VehicleType
TiltsWhenCrushes.Vehicles=         ; boolean
TiltsWhenCrushes.Overlays=         ; boolean
CrushForwardTiltPerFrame=          ; floating point value
CrushOverlayExtraForwardTilt=0.02  ; floating point value
CrushSlowdownMultiplier=0.2        ; floating point value

Destroy animations

• DestroyAnim has been extended to work with VehicleTypes, with option to pick random animation if DestroyAnim.Random is set to true. These animations store owner and facing information for use with CreateUnit logic.

In rulesmd.ini:

[SOMEVEHICLE]                          ; VehicleType
DestroyAnim=                           ; list of animations
DestroyAnim.Random=true                ; boolean

IsSimpleDeployer vehicle deploy animation / direction customization

• DeployingAnim.AllowAnyDirection if set, disables any direction constraints for deployers with DeployingAnim set. Only works for ground units.

• DeployingAnim.KeepUnitVisible determines if the unit is hidden while the animation is playing.

• DeployingAnim.ReverseForUndeploy controls whether or not the animation is played in reverse for undeploying.

• DeployingAnim.UseUnitDrawer controls whether or not the animation is displayed in the unit’s palette and team colours or regular animation palette, including a potential custom palette.

In rulesmd.ini:

[SOMEVEHICLE]                          ; VehicleType
DeployingAnim.AllowAnyDirection=false  ; boolean
DeployingAnim.KeepUnitVisible=false    ; boolean
DeployingAnim.ReverseForUndeploy=true  ; boolean
DeployingAnim.UseUnitDrawer=true       ; boolean

Preserve Iron Curtain status on type conversion

Bugfix in action

• Iron Curtain status is now preserved by default when converting between TechnoTypes via DeploysInto/UndeploysInto.

  • This behavior can be turned off per-TechnoType and global basis.

  • IronCurtain.Modifier is re-applied upon type conversion.

In rulesmd.ini:

[CombatDamage]
IronCurtain.KeptOnDeploy=yes ; boolean

[SOMETECHNO]                 ; VehicleType with DeploysInto or BuildingType with UndeploysInto
IronCurtain.KeptOnDeploy=    ; boolean, default to [CombatDamage]->IronCurtain.KeptOnDeploy

Stationary vehicles

• Setting VehicleType Speed to 0 now makes game treat them as stationary, behaving in very similar manner to deployed vehicles with IsSimpleDeployer set to true. Should not be used on buildable vehicles, as they won’t be able to exit factories.

Voxel turret shadow

• Vehicle voxel turrets can now draw shadows if [AudioVisual] -> DrawTurretShadow is set to true. This can be overridden per VehicleType by setting TurretShadow in the vehicle’s artmd.ini section. In rulesmd.ini:

[AudioVisual]
DrawTurretShadow=false  ; boolean

In artmd.ini:

[SOMEUNIT]      ; UnitType
TurretShadow=   ; boolean

IsSimpleDeployer vehicle auto-deploy / deploy block on ammo change

• Vehicle deployment can now be affected by ammo count.

  • Ammo.AutoDeployMinimumAmount determines the minimal number of ammo at which a vehicle converts/deploys automatically.

  • Ammo.DeployUnlockMinimumAmount determines the minimal number of ammo that unlocks issuing vehicle converting/deploying command.

    • Ammo.AutoDeployMaximumAmount and Ammo.DeployUnlockMaximumAmount behave analogically.

    • Setting a negative number will disable ammo count check.

In rulesmd.ini:

[SOMEVEHICLE]                        ; VehicleType
Ammo.AutoDeployMinimumAmount=-1      ; integer
Ammo.AutoDeployMaximumAmount=-1      ; integer
Ammo.DeployUnlockMinimumAmount=-1    ; integer
Ammo.DeployUnlockMaximumAmount=-1    ; integer

Warning

Auto-deploy feature requires Convert.Deploy from Ares’ Type Conversion to change type. Unit without it will constantly use deploy command on self until ammo is changed.

IsSimpleDeployer vehicle ammo change on deploy

• Ammo.AddOnDeploy determines the number of ammo added or substracted on unit deploy.

In rulesmd.ini:

[SOMEVEHICLE]           ; VehicleType
Ammo.AddOnDeploy=0      ; integer

VoxelAnims

Customizable debris & meteor impact and warhead detonation behaviour

• The INI keys and behaviour is mostly identical to the equivalent behaviour available to regular animations. Main difference is that the keys must be listed in the VoxelAnim’s entry in rulesmd.ini, not artmd.ini.

Warheads

Customizable Warhead animation behaviour

• It is possible to make game play random animation from AnimList by setting AnimList.PickRandom to true. The result is similar to what EMEffect=true produces, however it comes with no side-effects (EMEffect=true prevents Inviso=true projectiles from snapping on targets, making them miss moving targets).

• If AnimList.CreateAll is set to true, all animations from AnimList are created, instead of a single anim based on damage or random if AnimList.PickRandom is set to true.

• If AnimList.CreationInterval is set to a value higher than 0, there will be that number of detonations of the Warhead before animations from AnimList will be created again. If the Warhead had a TechnoType firing it, this number is remembered by the TechnoType across all Warheads fired by it, otherwise it is shared between all detonations of same WarheadType period. This can be useful for things like Airburst with large spread where one might want uniform distribution of animations to appear but not on every detonation.

• SplashList can be used to override animations displayed if the Warhead has Conventional=true and it hits water, by default animations from [CombatDamage] -> SplashList are used.

  • SplashList.PickRandom, SplashList.CreateAll and SplashList.CreationInterval apply to these animations in same manner as the AnimList equivalents.

• CreateAnimsOnZeroDamage, if set to true, makes it so that AnimList or SplashList animations are created even if the weapon that fired the Warhead deals zero damage.

• Setting Conventional.IgnoreUnits to true on Warhead with Conventional=true will make the Warhead detonate on non-underwater VehicleTypes on water tiles as if they are water tiles, instead of treating it as land.

In rulesmd.ini:

[SOMEWARHEAD]                   ; WarheadType
AnimList.PickRandom=false       ; boolean
AnimList.CreateAll=false        ; boolean
AnimList.CreationInterval=0     ; integer
SplashList=                     ; List of animations
SplashList.PickRandom=false     ; boolean
SplashList.CreateAll=false      ; boolean
SplashList.CreationInterval=0   ; integer
CreateAnimsOnZeroDamage=false   ; boolean
Conventional.IgnoreUnits=false  ; boolean

Custom debris animations and additional debris spawn settings

• You can now use DebrisAnims to specify a list of debris animations to spawn instead of animations from [General] -> MetallicDebris when Warhead with MaxDebris > 0 and no DebrisTypes (VoxelAnims) listed is detonated.

• Debris.Conventional, if set to true, makes DebrisTypes or DebrisAnims only spawn if Warhead is fired on non-water cell.

In rulesmd.ini:

[SOMEWARHEAD]              ; WarheadType
DebrisAnims=               ; List of animations
Debris.Conventional=false  ; boolean

Allowing damage dealt to firer

• You can now allow warhead to deal damage (and apply damage-adjacent effects such as KillDriver and DisableWeapons/Sonar/Flash.Duration (Ares features)) on the object that is considered as the firer of the Warhead even if it does not have DamageSelf=true.

  • Note that effect of Psychedelic=true, despite being tied to damage will still fail to apply on the firer as it does not affect any objects belonging to same house as the firer, including itself.

In rulesmd.ini:

[SOMEWARHEAD]            ; WarheadType
AllowDamageOnSelf=false  ; boolean

Customizing decloak on damaging targets

• You can now specify whether or not the warhead decloaks objects that are damaged by the warhead.

In rulesmd.ini:

[SOMEWARHEAD]               ; WarheadType
DecloakDamagedTargets=true  ; boolean

Restricting screen shaking to current view

• You can now specify whether or not the warhead can only shake screen (ShakeX/Ylo/hi) if it is detonated while visible on current screen view.

In rulesmd.ini:

[SOMEWARHEAD]       ; WarheadType
ShakeIsLocal=false  ; boolean

Weapons

Customizable disk laser radius

• You can now set disk laser animation radius using a new tag.

In rulesmd.ini:

[SOMEWEAPON]          ; WeaponType
DiskLaser.Radius=240  ; floating point value
                      ; 240 is the default saucer disk radius

Customizable ROF random delay

• By default weapon ROF has a random delay of 0 to 2 frames added to it. This random delay is now customizable, globally and on per-WeaponType basis.

In rulesmd.ini:

[CombatDamage]
ROF.RandomDelay=0,2  ; integer - single or comma-sep. range (game frames)

[SOMEWEAPON]         ; WeaponType
ROF.RandomDelay=     ; integer - single or comma-sep. range (game frames)

Single-color lasers

Comparison of IsSingleColor=yes lasers with higher thickness to regular ones (RA2: Reboot)

• You can now set laser to draw using only LaserInnerColor by setting IsSingleColor, in same manner as IsHouseColor lasers do using player’s team color. These lasers respect laser thickness. Note that this is not available on prism support weapons.

In rulesmd.ini:

[SOMEWEAPON]         ; WeaponType
IsSingleColor=false  ; boolean

Toggle-able ElectricBolt visuals

EBolt customization utilized for different Tesla bolt weapon usage (RA2: Reboot)

• You can now specify individual bolts you want to disable for IsElectricBolt=true weapons. Note that this is only a visual change.

In rulesmd.ini:

[SOMEWEAPONTYPE]       ; WeaponType
Bolt.Disable1=false    ; boolean
Bolt.Disable2=false    ; boolean
Bolt.Disable3=false    ; boolean

Note

Due to technical constraints, this does not work with electric bolts created from support weapon of Ares’ Prism Forwarding.

Customizable ElectricBolt Arcs

• By default IsElectricBolt=true effect draws a bolt with 8 arcs. This can now be customized per WeaponType with Bolt.Arcs. Value of 0 results in a straight line being drawn.

In rulesmd.ini:

[SOMEWEAPONTYPE]       ; WeaponType
Bolt.Arcs=8            ; integer, number of arcs in a bolt

Note

Due to technical constraints, this does not work with electric bolts created from support weapon of Ares’ Prism Forwarding.

RadialIndicator visibility

In vanilla game, a structure’s radial indicator can be drawn only when it belongs to the player. Now it can also be visible to observer. On top of that, you can specify its visibility from other houses.

In rulesmd.ini:

[AudioVisual]
RadialIndicatorVisibility=allies  ; list of Affected House Enumeration (owner/self | allies/ally | enemies/enemy | all)

Crate generation

The statistic distribution of the randomly generated crates is now more uniform within the visible map region by using an optimized sampling procedure.

• You can now limit the crates’ spawn region to land only.

In rulesmd.ini:

[CrateRules]
CrateOnlyOnLand=no  ; boolean