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newcomer
5th May 08, 9:12 PM
This tutorial will tell you how to make a paradrop ability similar to the allied one, but for a different race.

TOOLS NEEDED:

Corsix's modding studio

Step 1: First things first, open up the studio and your mod (if you dont have one, make one, then go to "abilities\ally_paradrop_ability.rgd"

STEP 2: copy this file and rename it, for the purposes of this tutorial, name it "commonwealth_paradrop_ability", open this file and go to requirements, then remove ALL, and i mean ALL of the requirements.

STEP 3: now we have to choose the squad to drop. in this case we'll be making a paradrop commando squad. since there allready is a paradropable commando squad, you dont have to do much work

STEP 4: go to "actions\start_target_actions\action_01" and go the the "squad to spawn" part, then change it to the squad directory, in this case "sbps\races\allies_commonwealth\soldiers\commando_paratrooper_squad_sp.rgd

STEP 5: now go to "racebps" and open up "allied_commonwealth. go to abilities and find an empty ability space. Now, type in the name of the abilities like so: "abilities\(ability name). for the tutorial, this is "commonwealth_paradrop_ability.lua"

STEP 6: then save, then run and viola, you have a paradrop commando squad, as an added extra, ill show you how to make them reinforce via paradrop, simply go to the allied hq in "ebps\races\allies\buildings" then open up modifier apply and copy modifier 3

STEP 7 (optional): finaly, go to the british HQ truck in ebps\races\allies_commonwealth\vehicles and open up its modifier apply and paste the modifier you copied from the allied HQ, into an empty slot in the british HQ. now theyll reinforce by parachute.

I hope youve enjoyed this little tutorial and if you have any problems, dont hesitate to ask

sourav22
25th May 08, 10:58 AM
i try this the icon is coming but it is disable and it say's "unable to parform action".what should i do?

AverageJoe
25th May 08, 1:46 PM
Double check your ability's Actions, thats usually what that means.

gambit51
25th May 08, 6:52 PM
same problem here
unable to perform actions, i double check all
nothigs wrong
but the damm thing dont work :read:

sourav22
25th May 08, 7:31 PM
i think it is made for OMG mo1 & mo2 but it will try for it made from Hq its poppulation cap dont display.i think thats is the problem.how i add poppulation cap?

newcomer
25th May 08, 8:01 PM
sourav, what do you mean? i dont understand a word you're saying

sourav22
25th May 08, 8:43 PM
i mean u can make commando paradrop by go to "sbps/races/allies_commonwealth/soldiers/commando_paratrooper_squad_sp.rgd" then openup gamedata/squad_paradrop.ext,then change "spawn_position_scatter" value to 3 and "spawn_time_scatter" value to 1 .then u can make commando paradrop. :awesome:

newcomer
20th Jun 08, 10:46 PM
sourav22, gambit51, sorry about all of the trouble ive checked the tutorial 7 or 8 times now, even tried it out and it works fine... cant find the problem, can anyone else see if ive done anything wrong?

gambit51
20th Jun 08, 11:10 PM
i make it work
what i have to do was copy the squad combat behavior from the paratroppers and thats it

Stahlsta210
22nd Jun 08, 8:28 AM
I also get action not available. What do i do to fix it?

Kyle243
10th Aug 08, 8:42 AM
Thanks, this really helped, but maybe i'm too late, how do you get the ai to use the ability, rather than just me?

repzic
30th Sep 08, 11:08 AM
somewhere in squad_ai_ext im not sure xD

Gforce2008
7th Dec 08, 3:02 AM
How would i make this ability useable by a unit?

Kyle243
17th Dec 08, 12:21 PM
Do you mean as a unit, eg rifleman squad ability? like the grenade ability?

Gforce2008
18th Dec 08, 8:01 AM
Its ok I figured it out by looking at other abilities.

whitby
11th Apr 09, 8:40 AM
First of all i am sorry to bring this up again but i seem to have some trouble with the topic.

I did exactly as described above but there is not even an icon (it should be there as soon as the game starts right?).

Sorry for this question but i am a real noob as far as modding is concerned.

Greetings

EDIT:
I downloaded newcomers Para Commandos Mod and even that one is not working. How can this be?
I am using Company of Heroes OF Version 2.301

mandead
24th Jul 09, 11:47 AM
Can someone clarify what I have to do to get Falschirmajager to drop?

I've followed the tutorial and I've given it the same requirements as the usual Falsc. infiltration ability, so they appear together.

It's greyed out, though, and says the ability cannot be used, or something like that.

I've copied paradrop_ext from airborne_infantry.rgd, but other than that I have no idea what to do.

Commando drops work fine. :)

SlipSon
21st Sep 09, 4:00 AM
how can i make axis MG team paradrop ?

pls help