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Thread: Commander ability modding Problems6 Dec 2019, 04:31 AM Once again I'm having problems. I can't seem to get the following abilities to work: p47_recon_mp, Off_map_smoke_artillery, combined_arms. I tried cloning combined arms and changed - 1. required all in list (display) 1. required player upgrade : combined arms (display) to: <template_reference name="required" value="requirements\required_any_in_list"> <enum name="reason" value="usage_and_display" /> <locstring name="ui_name" value="0" /> <list name="requirements"> <template_reference name="requirement" value="requirements\required_player_upgrade"> <enum name="reason" value="usage_and_display" /> <locstring name="ui_name" value="0" /> <bool name="is_present" value="True" /> <float name="max_completed" value="100" /> <float name="min_completed" value="1" /> <instance_reference name="upgrade_name" value="upgrade\aef\commander\ability\raid_tactics" /> </template_reference> <template_reference name="requirement" value="requirements\required_player_upgrade"> <enum name="reason" value="usage_and_display" /> <locstring name="ui_name" value="0" /> <bool name="is_present" value="True" /> <float name="max_completed" value="100" /> <float name="min_completed" value="1" /> <instance_reference name="upgrade_name" value="upgrade\pm\american\unit_unlocks\pm_pathfinders_unlock" /> </template_reference> <template_reference name="requirement" value="requirements\required_player_upgrade"> <enum name="reason" value="usage_and_display" /> <locstring name="ui_name" value="0" /> <bool name="is_present" value="True" /> <float name="max_completed" value="100" /> <float name="min_completed" value="1" /> <instance_reference name="upgrade_name" value="upgrade\aef\commander\ability\pathfinders" /> </template_reference> <template_reference name="requirement" value="requirements\required_player_upgrade"> <enum name="reason" value="usage_and_display" /> <locstring name="ui_name" value="0" /> <bool name="is_present" value="True" /> <float name="max_completed" value="100" /> <float name="min_completed" value="1" /> <instance_reference name="upgrade_name" value="upgrade\aef\commander\ability\cavalry_riflemen_dispatch" /> </template_reference> <template_reference name="requirement" value="requirements\required_player_upgrade"> <enum name="reason" value="usage_and_display" /> <locstring name="ui_name" value="0" /> <bool name="is_present" value="True" /> <float name="max_completed" value="100" /> <float name="min_completed" value="1" /> <instance_reference name="upgrade_name" value="upgrade\aef\commander\passive\riflemen_defensive_buildings" /> </template_reference> <template_reference name="requirement" value="requirements\required_player_upgrade"> <enum name="reason" value="usage_and_display" /> <locstring name="ui_name" value="0" /> <bool name="is_present" value="True" /> <float name="max_completed" value="100" /> <float name="min_completed" value="1" /> <instance_reference name="upgrade_name" value="upgrade\aef\commander\ability\t34_sherman_calliope_dispatch" /> </template_reference> <template_reference name="requirement" value="requirements\required_race"> <enum name="reason" value="usage_and_display" /> <locstring name="ui_name" value="0" /> <instance_reference name="race" value="racebps\aef" /> </template_reference> </list> </template_reference> In: Modding and Tools
Thread: AI Questions5 Dec 2019, 16:49 PM Are you sure the AI can't detect squads in camouflage? Why does hardest AI have a true next to detect squads in camouflage? I remember when they made changes to camouflage and I was under the impression that the expert AI was altered so that it could still see hidden units but was not allowed to target them (which is a big difference). I noticed instantly when I started tinkering with the AI that changing camouflage from true to false made the AI play in a very different fashion. So by modifying the squad utility list you're basically telling the AI which units to use. That's very interesting. I'll have to come back to this later when I get all the factions up to their base modifications. I'll probably turn easy AI into some insane monster AI (noticed the resource tab). I see there are a lot of setting under fallback. I assume retreat capacity/health ratios tell the AI to run away when either their squad % or health gets to a certain point. Is there a heal importance I can modify? All I see are time settings for when reinforcement fails. In: Modding and Tools
Thread: AI Questions5 Dec 2019, 00:09 AM So I was thinking about removing the easy AI and replacing it with a modified version of expert AI. I want to test seeing how the AI plays when it can only see non camouflaged units. If it seems to play well still I will try making the AI play with all vision bonuses removed. Would I need to do anything besides clone: default skirmish hardest / total domination hardest and rename them appropriately to easy? (and then of course modify the targeting as you said before) edit there must be something else I need to change because that alone did not work. In: Modding and Tools
Thread: AI Questions4 Dec 2019, 23:49 PM Jump back to quoted post4 Dec 2019, 22:07 PMSneakEye ai_economy is very useful, but can also break their buildorder. A to low per_unit_scale can cause the AI to build fewer units in lategame. I'd recommend to set it on 1. Just to double check this is the: category: ai_economy , default squad utility setting? I really like how aggressive the AI is in your mod as it makes expert AI much more difficult to play. Jump back to quoted post4 Dec 2019, 22:07 PMSneakEye The utility has a greater effect. The default_squad_utility is set on 100. That means that all units which are not in your squads list have the utility of 100. If you want the AI to build more conscripts, then you can set it around 110 or 120 for that specific squad. The offset makes them less predictable and changes the utility slightly per match. I use an utility of 1 for units which I don't want to be constructed at all. I found under ai_economy a listing for squads and then found a listing for squad utility. Listing number 21 is the constript. But this is not the listing you are talking about I am pretty sure. I think I found what you are talking about once while looking around but I can't seem to find it now. Where should I be looking? (sorry to ask such a basic question) In: Modding and Tools
Thread: AI Questions4 Dec 2019, 22:33 PM I am giving the soviets a different economy as part of their balance to the mod but I didn't realize that per unit scale was the whole army. I will just change the utility of the units they should use more often. Thanks again! In: Modding and Tools
Thread: AI Questions4 Dec 2019, 21:23 PM 1. Did Relic change the AI in the last year or so? I've seen a lot more behavior recently where the AI will charge forward with one or two units left in a squad. I can understand that behavior if there were a limited number of victory points left but this is happening in annihilation matches. 2. Is it possible to change the AI's cheat vision as a win condition or does it need to be part of the mod itself? 3. This isn't really a question because I've found the answer without needing to ask! Essentially in my mod I have made consripts far more valuable than normal but I was wondering if I could explain that to the AI. https://www.coh2.org/topic/82151/how-to-make-ai-use-weapon-racks Jump back to quoted post29 Aug 2018, 15:36 PMLugie Per_Unit_Scale is how valuable a unit gets after each unit is produced. Its mainly to prevent spam. Example; A unit scale of 1 has no decrease in utility for every unit on the field, a scale of 0.5 means each consecutive unit is considered half as useful to have. So using this entry I should be able to make the AI produce more conscripts. In: Modding and Tools
Thread: Commander ability modding Problems3 Dec 2019, 22:21 PM I deleted my sbps entry for the AT gun (re-changing the requirements) and it was suddenly all working! But largely knowing which problem file to start kicking is an incredible help to remove my broken modifications. Thank you again! In: Modding and Tools
Thread: Commander ability modding Problems3 Dec 2019, 15:08 PM Ok I have a new problem. I want to give the soviets the AT gun Ambush Tactics ability as a default secondary power. I tried getting this ability to work and suddenly my m42 AT gun is now an infantry squad with camouflage. There's an ambush file for the soviets in: abilities/soviet/timed_ability/throw_away_hack_ui/cmd_at_gun_ambush_tactics. There are 2 more abilities under the commander ability: at_gun_ambush_tactics m42_at_gun_ambush_tactics_mp I assume these two are the ones that matter because they are the ones linked to sbps abilities. I'm 99% sure not completely understanding usage/display/usage+display was causing my problems before; abilities were in fact working but not appearing because I told them not to. In: Modding and Tools
Thread: [CoH1] Company of Heroes Mods2 Dec 2019, 17:40 PM In the first place they removed ghost sandbagging as an option. Second let me notify you that you are asking for CoH2 mods in a thread dedicated to CoH1 mods. Make your own mod or play with someone else's work. You would be surprised how easy it is if you just want to modify a few things. You can even post and ask for help. In: Modding and Tools
Thread: Commander ability modding Problems2 Dec 2019, 09:53 AM Thank you for explicitly defining all of those. I kinda figured out what was what but it is always nice to have an exact list. I got all three abilities to work writing them as single required powers (copied clones with new requirements). My for the Fatherland clone did not work when I used the requirement field_defenses. But it worked fine when I used zeroing artillery. The difference between working and not working was requiring a different player upgrade from the same commander. I don't know why that happens but it makes things very frustrating to modify sometimes. To make things even more confusing I am not 100% sure but I think I have gotten some powers to work with field_defenses when other powers would not work with a different chosen power. Some powers work with an any in list structure and others just wont work with the same structure. It seems like it is overall much easier to just clone the ability rename it, change the requirements and add it to the army list. In: Modding and Tools