I have seen that before but I can't remember what causes it. I'm thinking it's an error near the weapon or in the code of the unit, rather than the actual weapon.

You do need to be careful with anything world builder detects. Every error can make the game unstable.

This tool can help:
https://contra.cncguild..../oldsite/Eng/checker.php

If you give me the results of a scan by this tool, I should be able to tell you what's wrong.


It is and that makes it great for testing mods. It's error checker is also gold.

I'm laughing my head off at that result.

See the top of the error log. It only detected and scanned 15 ini files and 4 upgrades. There are 87 upgrades and 135 ini files in the base game. So the scan failed. It needs to scan all the ini files or it will detect all the missing things.

I'd understand if it detected 0 upgrades - that would mean it couldn't find upgrade.ini - but it found 4? lol? I'm guessing that you have a syntax error between upgrades 4 & 5 in upgrade.ini.


Most of the errors are because the error checker didn't find all the ini files. There are some minor errors in the base ini files though. Mostly stuff like death types not being covered.

The scanner needs to scan all ini files or it won't work. Why do you only have 12? Did you delete some?

So that's called WeaponMuzzleFlash in the draw module.

The simplest and quickest solution is to remove the muzzle flash entirely with HideSubObject.

However, It might stop doing that if you make the gun/cannon and muzzle flash the secondary weapon. I'm not sure.


Bullet weapons don't have AoE. So if you add scatter they'll miss 100% of the time. I can't remember at all if scatter does something different to air weapons.


Pierce like going through the unit and damaging things behind? It's awkward in this game to create anything like that. You'd need a projectile weapon, and you'd have to disable collision so the projectile wouldn't just hit things, and the projectile would need it's own AoE weapon to do damage.


You could have it reveal itself when the overlord's fake gattling gun fires. But that's about it. A seriously convoluted workaround might be able to do it.


It's semi-feasible. You could experiment with drone spotting or the Avenger's designator.

The only way I can think of that might get the patriot method working would be to have the spotter and the artillery be the same unit. Like giving the spotter an upgrade into the artillery.

This is really pushing it, but the technical's variations might be able to make two different units identified as one.


It's the satellite.

I once converted the listening outpost into a hacker truck and the only bug was that the tank hunters would randomly decided not to shoot.

In code there's only one cause for that. The wrong kindofs. I can't help if it's a mistake in the model's design. I'm not that well versed in gmax.

A single question today:

Is it possible to force a weapon to only aim in the direction of a vehicle, without any Z-plane (up and down) delta?

I tried adding machine guns (well, cannons) to jets, and IRL they would only shoot where the jet's nose is pointing. But in game, the machine guns would shoot targets on the ground without the jet actually tipping its nose down (basically the reverse of a quad cannon shooting up).

1. I believe this worked, however it introduced a new issue:

If the jets cannot shoot at a ground target with the machine gun due to pitch, it will not attempt to find a proper attack vector; instead it will just circle the target (since its machine gun clip isn't empty, it will not return to base by itself - I did put the clip reloads upon return to base on the machine gun weapon) and take AA fire. How do I fix this?

I have found this in the A10:



However it's an AI and I think a unit can't have 2 AI packages?

EDIT test that behavior out, the game launches with it (alongside the jet's default AI), however it doesn't do what I think it does and completely kills the jet/airfield interaction (jets will refuse to land).


2. What does this line actually do?
ArmedRidersUpgradeMyWeaponSet = Yes

I've seen it in the Assault Troop Crawler, which is quite puzzling since it's more or less just a mobile bunker no? It already has PassengersAllowedToFire = Yes

3. Why does the helix get a WeaponsetUpgrade with Black Napalm? I'd get it if the Napalm Bomb was part of its Weaponset, but it's not. Is it old code I can replace? (I'd like to use its WeaponsetUpgrade behevior for something else)

Edited by user Saturday, January 16, 2021 7:35:50 PM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

Never mind, after all i've fixed it. This time, i have another question. is it possible to make America jet B3 that can shoot a missile like the Tomahawk or SCUD Launcher?

I tried making the weapon anti-air only, but the jets still won't go back to base after emptying their missiles.

1. It is possible for jets to return to base by themselves when there's nothing to shoot at in the skies with the (AA only) machine gun and empty missiles clip?

2. I tried adding the angry mob Molotov cocktails to Redguards. They sorta work (the inf makes a weird twitch when they throw it however), but they don't work at all on Minigunners (it has lower range than their gun but even at short range they won't throw them). Any ideas how to fix?

3. Is it possible to boost the range of a container? I think just garrisoning units comes with a 25% range boost, but I'd like choppers to have a bigger boost for their garrisoned units than Overlords (since projectiles should have more range from height).

4. I made INFA's helix bunker inherent to the helix; that part works fine, what doesn't is the draw module (I simply added the bunker's draw module to the helix). The bunker bits get drawn, but when the helix is tilted (it tilts as much as 45 degrees when going full speed), the bunker bits stay parallel to the ground.

5. Is there a smarter way to combine 2 buildings than copying all the code into the other? E.g. If I want to make a Gattling Gun Bunker, can I just use OCLs?

I got it to "work" by removing the "return to base" behavior from the machine gun; now the jets will return by themselves after firing the missiles, even if they didn't fire the machine gun at all. I'll just put a big reload time on it (big enough that it won't have reloaded before returning to base) so that it effectively can only have 1 clip fired per sortie.



I... don't quite get it. Don't most units use all their weapons? What's special about the Comanche/Minigunner/Redguard?

I added these lines to the Minigunner's AI and it works now:



Redguards still work out of the box, somehow. I tested it both with the player and an AI faction controlling the Redguards.

Also, I added a service rifle to the Supply Truck (those dudes work in the frontline!) and the Dozer... I don't know why, but somehow it killed the Supply Truck's KatyushaWeapon that I added earlier. I can still make it fire with ctrl + left click for attack ground, but the units will not fire the weapon:

1. if I target an actual enemy (both through clicking and through control clicking);

2. by themselves, ever

Also, unlike the Dozer (who just sits there and attacks with what's basically an infantry rifle just like an infantry unit would), it will shoot 1 shot of its rifle (it has a clip of 3) and immediately turn away. So even that part of the weapon does not work.

I have added the "CAN_ATTACK" kindof to it, doesn't change anything (also, the KatyushaWeapon worked fine before without this).

Is this related to what you said about the Comanche? Why (tanks work fine when I give them 3 weapons)? How do I fix this? They already have a turret behavior in their AI.

EDIT: I think this part may partly be due to attack range... the rocket barrage has a minimum range of 100, and the rifle has a maximum range of 100. If I just disable the rifle weapon, the rocket barrage works fine. Does this also mean I can't add a small caliber secondary weapon to artillery pieces for self defense?

Edited by user Tuesday, January 19, 2021 12:11:34 AM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified