Building Based Repair Drones

DaFool · Defense Minister **Joined**: 07 Nov 2006

Well, I made a little effort to try to get the repair drones I made to be spawned when the crusher crane gets built, however this leads to the game immediatly crashing upon completion of the structure.

This is what I know:

You can use this (below) to get units spawned at the creation of a building. I used it and was able to get ore miners and a few other units to be spanwed, but when I tried to get the repair drones built, the game would crash. I am guessing that the problem lies with the drone's coding, and not with the structure itself.

Code:

Behavior = SpawnBehavior ModuleTag_27
SpawnNumber = 3
SpawnReplaceDelay = 9999
SpawnTemplateName = UniTerrorDrone
OneShot = Yes
CanReclaimOrphans = No
SlavesHaveFreeWill = Yes
End

I guess what it comes down to, it is possible for a building to own a drone, and after that, can a drone that is owned by one unit repair another?

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Dutchygamer · Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2009 8:51 am Post subject:

Drones can only repair the owner from what I know, not other allied units...

Orac · Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2009 9:04 am Post subject:

That's odd.. I was sure I'd seen my allied units being repaired by their buddy's repair drones. Confused

I must have been imagining it.

Dutchygamer · Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2009 9:05 am Post subject:

This is Generals remember, not TW/RA3 Wink

Orac · Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2009 9:07 am Post subject:

Yeah, in Gens I'm sure I saw my Humvees repaired by Crusaders with battle drones (those weird drones with the little gun underneath, and the orca engine on top)

DaFool · Defense Minister **Joined**: 07 Nov 2006

Well, I just tested it, and the battle drone does NOT repair friendly vehicles other than it's owner.

However, being the crafty guy that I am, I can just make the crusher cane be some kind of propaganda tower, and with the animation of repair drones flying around.

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Dutchygamer · Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 8:06 am Post subject:

Or give it the ability to repair units around it, so you don't have the extra propaganda effect (increased RoF). Use this code:

Code:

Behavior = AutoHealBehavior ModuleTag_blablabla
HealingAmount = 25
HealingDelay = 500
Radius = 100.0
StartsActive = Yes
KindOf = AIRCRAFT VEHICLE
ForbiddenKindOf = STRUCTURE
SkipSelfForHealing = Yes
End

I hope I don't have to explain anything from this Wink