Stickybombs

[80386]

Well i finally moved the 76mm upgrade from the tank depot to the Sherman tank and
got everything working including the popup description of the weapon and the adjusted cost values,
but now i'm having trouble relocating the stickybomb from the barracks to the riflemen squad.
Anybody try this with success?

[camo1018]

Can you please be more elaborate on this? I want to know exactly what's going wrong.

But, I could take my guess and help you accordingly.

The stickybomb upgrade a global upgrade just like the 76mm (I forgot.) gun upgrade for the Sherman tank. So, they should be identical, except that the target being applied would be the riflemen squad and the upgrade given.

[Jarhead]

What exactly are you trying to achieve when you mean relocating?

If you just want to enable the ability by default, try editing the ally_throw_sticky_bombs ability, removing the requirement for the upgrade to be completed.

Making the ability active from go.

Is this what you meant?

[80386]

What i'm trying to do is move the stickybomb upgrade from the
barracks to the riflemen squad.


If i relocate the stickybomb upgrade "upgrade\allies\armory_use_sticky_bomb.lua"
from the barracks to the riflemen squad it applies to all riflemen units even though it doesn't have
any filter actions that i can find. If i use "upgrade\allies\items\allies_squad_item_sticky_bomb.lua"
it doesn't even show up.

[Sturmhaubitze]

The owner of the stickybomb upgrade is "player", so the player gets the upgrade when its bought, and the requirement for the stickybomb ability is that the player owns the upgrade. In order for it to work at just the individual squad level, you need to change the upgrade owner to "self" (I think), and change the ability requirement to local upgrade and not player upgrade.

[80386]

That might work. I'll try it. Thanks

[80386]

No. Same problem. All riflemen teams receive the upgrade ability to use stickybombs.

[Jarhead]

I have just tried something similar with the axis grenades, same problem here.

I want a player upgrade at HQ, which works fine, then a local squad upgrade once the HQ one completes. Placed all the requirements in abilities and upgrades, but the squad seems to always start with the ability no matter what.

Whats going wrong here?

[cf_nz]

Have a look at the Axis stuka upgrade. It's the only one I can quickly think of that works in a similar way, ie. it has an ability that requires a per squad upgrade. If you look at the ability file, it uses required slot item rather than required upgrade.

Edit: Actually, that's probably the excessively complicated way. Maybe something like changing the ability requirement to 'required squad upgrade' would work.

[Sturmhaubitze]

Edit: Actually, that's probably the excessively complicated way. Maybe something like changing the ability requirement to 'required squad upgrade' would work.

Isn't that what I suggested above?

[Jarhead]

That would make sense.. ill give it a try, report what happens.

No, you suggeted local upgrade, which is different, but it would have made sense to try the squad one. My bad!

[cf_nz]

Isn't that what I suggested above?

Indeed it is, my appologies. I saw the 'it still doesn't work' post 2 below yours and started from scratch.

[Jarhead]

So I have now tried this with local_upgrade and squad_upgrade, and neither work.

Is it because I have given the ability to select squad members only perhaps?

Just to clarify what I personaly I have tried -

I have made a requirement for a Axis Grenade upgrade (squad specific) which will only display and be usable when Phase 2 is comleted [works fine]. I want the ability axis_throw_grenade only usable when the Axis Grenade is purchased for that squad. As mentioned above the ability is only available to specific squad members, and not the entire squad.

Ive tried placing a requirement for both local_upgrade and squad_upgrade in the ability, also changing the upgrade to player_type self or none.

And it still wont work..

Any thoughts.. apart from

[Jarhead]

OK - got it working.

This is what I did, the upgrade set it the owner_type to Player, but for global_max_limit and local_max_limit set to 1. Then for the ability set the requirement as a Player_Upgrade et voila.

Copied the idea from the Supression ability for the allies, only works when BAR upgrade has taken place.

Happy Modding folks

Oh, not sure if this has relevance, Validate_Actions is set to False also

[Sturmhaubitze]

I thought this isn't what 80386 wanted? Under your implementation, you buy it once on the squad, and all squads will receive sticky bombs.

[Jarhead]

I thought this isn't what 80386 wanted? Under your implementation, you buy it once on the squad, and all squads will receive sticky bombs.

Unfortunately for me, you are quite right.. which still doesnt solve the problem then.

[cf_nz]

It worked fine for me last night. Both the slot item method (though this has symbol icon problems) and required squad upgrade. Each squad had to purchase stickies before the ability was available to use.

[80386]

How did you get it to work? All my riflemen squads get the option to use stickies
after one squad makes the upgrade even though the stickybomb upgrade icon
is still in the other squads panel waiting to get used.

[cf_nz]

Have a look at these, it's pretty much as has been descrbed in this thread.

Is it what you had in mind?

[80386]

I'll load the files and give them a try, thanks.

[Jarhead]

Ok, OK.. I eat humble pie, it works. My only explanation for mine not working is that the upgrade was being placed in the Command panel, and not the Upgrade one. Perhaps where I copied it from?

[80386]

Great cf nz! I loaded your attached files and it works. What did you do in the abilities folder?