More veteran abilities

[Coronia]

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Description

Weapon range adjustment on promotion

• Now you can add RANGE to VeteranAbilities and EliteAbilities to adjust the weapon range of this TechnoType.
  • ProjectileRange of the weapon's projectile will also be affected if Projectile.ApplyModifiers set to true.

Tip

• Abilities from VeteranAbilities keep working at elite level, and EliteAbilities are added on top, matching how vanilla abilities accumulate.
• VeteranRange will be applied to the range calculation. Values greater than 1.0 lengthen the range, values smaller than 1.0 shorten it, and 1.0 (the default) leaves it unchanged.

In rulesmd.ini:

[General]
VeteranRange=1.0        ; floating point value, multiplier

[SOMETECHNO]            ; TechnoType, with VeteranAbilities and/or EliteAbilities containing RANGE.
VeteranRange=           ; floating point value, multiplier, default to [General] -> VeteranRange

• You can also add CRITIMMUNE to the TechnoTypes' VeteranAbilities and EliteAbilities to grant them immunity when promoting.
• You can add CRITCHANCE to VeteranAbilities and EliteAbilities to adjust the critical hit chance of this TechnoType.

- Abilities from `VeteranAbilities` keep working at elite level, and `EliteAbilities` are added on top, matching how vanilla abilities accumulate.
- `VeteranCritChance` will be applied to the range calculation. Values greater than `1.0` increase the chance, values smaller than `1.0` decrease it, and `1.0` (the default) leaves it unchanged.

In rulesmd.ini:

[General]
VeteranCritChance=1.0                      ; floating point value

[SOMETECHNO]                               ; TechnoType, with VeteranAbilities and/or EliteAbilities containing CRITCHANCE.
VeteranCritChance=                         ; floating point value, multiplier, default to [General] -> VeteranCritChance

[Coronia]

if there're more vanilla or Phobos stuffs that you think should be added to Veteran/EliteAbilities please comment here

[Metadorius]

Sectorz in Discord wanted gap and psychic beacon range increase badly as a veteran ability.

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[1Sector-z]

#2331

You have Done the VeteranRange, Please I really need for CNCNET those 3 that left of the 4. Thanks in advance.

[General]
VeteranGapRadiusInCells=
VeteranDetectDisguiseRange=
VeteranPsychicDetectionRadius=
*VeteranRange=

[Coronia]

#2331

You have Done the VeteranRange, Please I really need for CNCNET those 3 that left of the 4. Thanks in advance.

[General] VeteranGapRadiusInCells= VeteranDetectDisguiseRange= VeteranPsychicDetectionRadius= *VeteranRange=

do you want a multiplier that increase these values in veteran/elite, or you want to directly grant units such abilities?

[1Sector-z]

#2331
You have Done the VeteranRange, Please I really need for CNCNET those 3 that left of the 4. Thanks in advance.
[General] VeteranGapRadiusInCells= VeteranDetectDisguiseRange= VeteranPsychicDetectionRadius= *VeteranRange=

do you want a multiplier that increase these values in veteran/elite, or you want to directly grant units such abilities?

Multiplier, like all others Veteran bonus.

INI code

[General]
VeteranGapRadiusInCells= 1.3
VeteranDetectDisguiseRange=1.2
VeteranPsychicDetectionRadius=1.2
VeteranRange=1.2

Exemple

;Allied Gap Generator Building
[GAGAP]
Trainable=yes :By spy intiltrate Construction Yard
VeteranAbilities=STRONGER,SELF_HEAL,GapRadiusInCells

[1Sector-z]

@Coronia it ok for the 3 Tag replied to you above ?

[Coronia]

@Coronia it ok for the 3 Tag replied to you above ?

hard to say. The interaction between them and various things are harder to handle, and it's a bit anti-design to make abilities that can only be used by buildings which don't even have a weapon. Maybe I can take a look at the detect disguise thing first but not like it'll come out relatively soon

[1Sector-z]

@Coronia it ok for the 3 Tag replied to you above ?

hard to say. The interaction between them and various things are harder to handle, and it's a bit anti-design to make abilities that can only be used by buildings which don't even have a weapon. Maybe I can take a look at the detect disguise thing first but not like it'll come out relatively soon

What I gived you was a exemple that can be used by player on Map Mod Online. Because we planned to introduce a deeper Spy gameplay experience that need this Tag for make couple feature that Ares introduced already, working. Without this 3 tag we facing a wall in the project that we started on CnCnet. For have a Timelines ~ you think about what when you say "not relatively soon" ? Because they was needed already many week ago already 😓. Thanks younin advance for the Help.