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Jagged Alliance is fairly limited in the number of different types of enemies you will face. Most of the time it's just ordinary humans in various uniforms. You might face giant cats and ugly bugs, but those are few and in between (and not as dangerous as they once were, as the amount of damage our mercs can dish out is a higher than in vanilla). It would be kinda cool to occasionally face tougher enemies, who require different tactics (or at least a lot more dakka).

anv offered a possible solution to this by allowing tanks to move in tactical and join enemy patrols and attacks. However, the step from infantry soldier to tank is somewhat... steep. A tank can only be damaged by explosives and very special ammo, so it is possible that the player forces don't even have the means to destroy the tank - even if it would stop blowing them up from afar or driving over them.


As an intermediate between infantry soldiers and full-sized tanks, we (smeagol, DepressivesBrot and me) have now added combat jeeps as a new enemy type. They fill a similar role to tanks:

  • they can appear in enemy patrols and assaults, jut like tanks nowadays can (if one allows this in the ini of course).
  • As combat jeeps are less armored than tanks, they are easier to damage (but still a lot tougher than infantry). With stock settings, AP and SAP anti-material ammo can damage them.
  • Tanks have a main cannon (item #60) and a Minimi (item #28), combat jeeps only have the Minimi. Note that both have unlimited ammo.
  • Combat jeeps can destroy structures by driving over them just as tanks do - but can't drive through tough structures, like solid walls.
  • http://i.imgur.com/EsQ69RB.png
    Combat jeeps can also appear in autoresolve. Jeep pictures by CVB, thank you!
  • Just like tanks, any enemy formation containing at least one combat jeep will categorically refuse to surrender.
Most tank ini settings are now also used for jeeps - unless explicitly stated in the ini:
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ENEMY_JEEP_RAMMING_MAX_STRUCTURE_ARMOUR is new here. 38 is just slightly beyond sandbags, thus the jeeps wont run over those.

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Whether jeeps appear in attacks and patrols is set here, and what progress is required. It is recommend to use a lower progress than for tanks - after all, combat jeeps should logically show up before tanks do.

There have been a few changes in AmmoTypes.xml that are important to modders:

  • <antiTank> has been removed. It was a boolean that defined whether bullets would do no or full damage to tanks. There was no way to have a mediate between the two, so it has been removed.
  • There are now new tags for damage against tanks, non-tank-but-armoured-vehicle (like combat jeeps), civilian vehicles, and zombies:
    <dDamageModifierTank>0.0</dDamageModifierTank>
    <dDamageModifierArmouredVehicle>0.0</dDamageModifierArmouredVehicle>
    <dDamageModifierCivilianVehicle>1.0</dDamageModifierCivilianVehicle>
    <dDamageModifierZombie>1.0</dDamageModifierZombie>
    

    These tags take values between 0.00 and 100.00. Note that when applying damage, these are then multiplied with the existing tags dDamageModifierLife and dDamageModifierBreath.
These tags allow creating special anti-tank (or anti-jeep, or anti-zombie) weaponry.
If a xml-editor that is not updated to this change is used, these tags will be removed from the xml. This will result in weapons barely dealing any damage. You have been warned!

Whether the AI assigns combat jeeps and/or tanks can now also additionally be controlled by ASD. In this case, the AI has to buy and fuel the tanks, see [url=]here[/url].

The jeep animations were made at smeag's between late breakfast and vegan muffins coffee time. If you are not happy with them, provide better ones, and I might consider replacing them.

And no, the player or militia cannot use tanks or jeeps himself. Because, among other things, I say so.

This has been added to the trunk in r8114 & GameDir r2305.

This is savegame compatible.

Using a new exe without the appropriate GameDir will cause penguins to enroll in your local fire department.

[Updated on: Mon, 21 March 2016 20:01]




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Re: New feature: combat jeeps[message #344631 is a reply to message #344628] Sun, 20 March 2016 21:39 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Holy shit! I think I have to put my mercs in EOD armor now. big grin

One question - in my opinion a LAW should take out the jeep. In your demonstration it didn't. Was that just for demonstration purposes or is the armor of the jeep that strong on purpose?



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Re: New feature: combat jeeps[message #344634 is a reply to message #344631] Sun, 20 March 2016 22:40 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I will do exactly that.



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Re: New feature: combat jeeps[message #344635 is a reply to message #344634] Sun, 20 March 2016 23:00 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Very nice!
Do I interprete EditorMercs.cpp correctly that arm(or)ed jeeps can also be preplaced in the map editor?

PS. Video works for me

[Updated on: Sun, 20 March 2016 23:09]




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Re: New feature: combat jeeps[message #344637 is a reply to message #344635] Mon, 21 March 2016 01:16 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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@silversurfer: It depends - sometimes it's one LAW, sometimes it' s 2. I didn't change a lot regarding explosions - combat jeeps do however benefit from TANKS_DAMAGE_RESISTANCE_MODIFIER, I might have to change or at least rename that soon-ish. Anti-materiel rifles deal roughly 30 to 55 damage with the new stock values. Given their range and precision, they are perhaps the best counter against these vehicles (AP ammo also deals damage, as seen in the video, but it would take an entire squad to bring down a jeep just by ARs, SR and MGs.

@CVB: Yes, jeeps can be placed in the editor. Combat jeeps are now a new bodytype, with everything that includes, including editor-stuff.
I have no idea why, but I cannot see the video in the post. If you can, then likely the last FF update borked somewhere for me.

sevenfm pointed me to some tank/APC stis in anv's old thread. Perhaps we can replace this jeep with a better version, or even replace the old tank stis (which are missing animations for several directions, which is why tanks move so bizarrely). Not sure, have to see.



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Re: New feature: combat jeeps[message #344641 is a reply to message #344637] Mon, 21 March 2016 17:29 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Yes. Yes.

To make their movement look less awkward, would it be possible to force them to move a certain number of tiles forward before being able to change directions, and only allowing them to do so 45 degrees at a time? Would also allow you to outflank them easier.

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Re: New feature: combat jeeps[message #344644 is a reply to message #344641] Mon, 21 March 2016 18:21 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I like the idea of limiting jeeps movement.

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Re: New feature: combat jeeps[message #344645 is a reply to message #344644] Mon, 21 March 2016 20:02 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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smeagol wrote on Mon, 21 March 2016 17:21
I like the idea of limiting jeeps movement.


Seconded.

The same should also apply to other vehicles like Eldorado, Ice cream truck etc.



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Re: New feature: combat jeeps[message #344646 is a reply to message #344641] Mon, 21 March 2016 20:04 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Morbo513 wrote on Mon, 21 March 2016 15:29

To make their movement look less awkward, would it be possible to force them to move a certain number of tiles forward before being able to change directions, and only allowing them to do so 45 degrees at a time? Would also allow you to outflank them easier.

I thought about that. As far as I can tell, this would require an almost separate AI pathing method, and would be a lot more complicated than the current method. Considering what happened the last time someone tried to 'improve' pathing, I'd rather stay away from that.

Also, think about it: How many tile-based games do you know where that is the case?



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Re: New feature: combat jeeps[message #344648 is a reply to message #344646] Mon, 21 March 2016 20:49 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I have only taken a short look at the files last night and don't have access to them atm but I think that the jeep uses the same vehicle ID as tanks (ID 164). Shouldn't it get a separate ID so we can define a separate name ("Tank" doesn't really fit a jeep), separate sounds and - very important - an own armor type? Right now jeeps have the same armor as tanks which might explain why the jeep in the video took two hits to destroy.

Also for ammo I have seen that HEAT does less damage against a jeep than it does to tanks. That doesn't make sense to me. HEAT rounds are the preferred ammo against lighter armored vehicles like APCs.

Also is there a keyboard shortcut to create an enemy jeep in cheat mode? It would be good to have one for testing.



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Re: New feature: combat jeeps[message #344649 is a reply to message #344646] Mon, 21 March 2016 20:57 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Flugente wrote on Mon, 21 March 2016 18:04
Morbo513 wrote on Mon, 21 March 2016 15:29

To make their movement look less awkward, would it be possible to force them to move a certain number of tiles forward before being able to change directions, and only allowing them to do so 45 degrees at a time? Would also allow you to outflank them easier.

I thought about that. As far as I can tell, this would require an almost separate AI pathing method, and would be a lot more complicated than the current method. Considering what happened the last time someone tried to 'improve' pathing, I'd rather stay away from that.

Also, think about it: How many tile-based games do you know where that is the case?

None, and it looks just as odd. This way would makes more sense to me, wheeled vehicles can't turn on the spot like most tanks and tracked vehicles. If it'd be a monumental effort to change I can live with it though.

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Re: New feature: combat jeeps[message #344650 is a reply to message #344648] Mon, 21 March 2016 21:14 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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silversurfer wrote on Mon, 21 March 2016 18:49
I have only taken a short look at the files last night and don't have access to them atm but I think that the jeep uses the same vehicle ID as tanks (ID 164). Shouldn't it get a separate ID so we can define a separate name ("Tank" doesn't really fit a jeep), separate sounds and - very important - an own armor type? Right now jeeps have the same armor as tanks which might explain why the jeep in the video took two hits to destroy.

Also for ammo I have seen that HEAT does less damage against a jeep than it does to tanks. That doesn't make sense to me. HEAT rounds are the preferred ammo against lighter armored vehicles like APCs.

Also is there a keyboard shortcut to create an enemy jeep in cheat mode? It would be good to have one for testing.


Hmpf. I knew that stuff was good for something. Still have to fill that in then. Though it doesn't exactly make sense - why would vehicles need profile IDs? Let me guess, nobody could be bothered to code a think of a different way to get an ID,so they instead took up valuable space in profiles...

Come to think of it... why don't we just use the bodytype as vehicle IDs? It's different for every type of vehicle, and via code we can make sure only vehicles get one.

An enemy spawned by [Alt] + [b] has a chance to be a jeep, see UINT32 UIHandleNewBadMerc( UI_EVENT *pUIEvent ).



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Re: New feature: combat jeeps[message #344651 is a reply to message #344631] Mon, 21 March 2016 21:55 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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silversurfer wrote on Sun, 20 March 2016 20:39
Holy shit! I think I have to put my mercs in EOD armor now. big grin

One question - in my opinion a LAW should take out the jeep. In your demonstration it didn't. Was that just for demonstration purposes or is the armor of the jeep that strong on purpose?


Exactly. Or alternativ a light or normal Jeep. Tougher than infantry. But destroyed by heavy machine gun fire.


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Re: New feature: combat jeeps[message #344653 is a reply to message #344650] Mon, 21 March 2016 22:27 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Flugente wrote on Mon, 21 March 2016 19:14

Come to think of it... why don't we just use the bodytype as vehicle IDs? It's different for every type of vehicle, and via code we can make sure only vehicles get one.

Answering my own question here, smeagol had valuable insight. RPC vehicles are placed in the map editor via profile. Thus those vehicles need a profile Id from MercProfiles.xml. This is very unfortunate.

Vehicles.xml mostly governs data relating to 'useable' vehicles - face, movement types, seating capabilities. All of that is irrelevant for tanks and combat jeeps. However, armour isn't - even though this doesn't make sense, they are already equipped in void EquipArmouredVehicle( SOLDIERCREATE_STRUCT *pp, BOOLEAN fTank ). I'd really like to change this, so that only player-useable vehicles require Vehicles.xml (and we thus free the tank profile slot), but for now, I need to fill a profile slot for the combat jeep. Let's say... number 71.

Edit: As of r8116 & GameDir r2306, merc profile 71 (formerly the unused RPC71) is now used for the combat jeep. In Vehicles.xml, combat jeeps now get armor similar to kevlar vest as tank has spectra. Note that this is somewhat misleading, as the previously mentioned ammo modifiers are still evaluated. LAWs, however, seem to do a bit more damage - I've tested this several times. Most of the times a single LAW kills a combat jeep, but I've also seen it only deal 72 damage. Seems fair to me - almost but not a guaranteed kill.

[Updated on: Mon, 21 March 2016 23:22]




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Re: New feature: combat jeeps[message #344656 is a reply to message #344653] Tue, 22 March 2016 06:56 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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merc profile 71 (formerly the unused RPC71) is now used for the combat jeep


Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't that slot have special significance as a recruitable character in the code? Or am I simply mistaken in my memory of what I've read about making characters recruitable?

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Re: New feature: combat jeeps[message #344661 is a reply to message #344656] Tue, 22 March 2016 19:57 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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As far as I can tell, RPC71 was never used in the code. Thus me using it.


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Re: New feature: combat jeeps[message #344663 is a reply to message #344653] Tue, 22 March 2016 20:30 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Flugente wrote on Mon, 21 March 2016 21:27

Edit: As of r8116 & GameDir r2306, merc profile 71 (formerly the unused RPC71) is now used for the combat jeep. In Vehicles.xml, combat jeeps now get armor similar to kevlar vest as tank has spectra. Note that this is somewhat misleading, as the previously mentioned ammo modifiers are still evaluated. LAWs, however, seem to do a bit more damage - I've tested this several times. Most of the times a single LAW kills a combat jeep, but I've also seen it only deal 72 damage. Seems fair to me - almost but not a guaranteed kill.

Thank you for the quick update.

Regarding armor - the ammo modifiers are still useful. Ammo has different effects on different armor. With the different modifiers we can still define different effectiveness no matter how "high" the armor value of the target or the damage value of the ammo is. For example HEAT rockets are much more effective against "soft" targets than high power armor piercing rounds.

One more thing came to my mind. When someone fires armor piercing rounds on a lightly armored vehicle there is a chance that it could go through the windows/chassis and hit someone inside. Do you think it would be a good idea to score "lucky hits" that kill the passengers without destroying the vehicle? Of course this would be more useful if we could use the vehicle ourselves. ;-)



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Re: New feature: combat jeeps[message #344664 is a reply to message #344663] Tue, 22 March 2016 21:02 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Well, the method that requires the least amount of tactic or adaption from the player's side would be mass autofire from his ARs/MGs, which would benefit most from lucky hits. I don't really want to increase the usefulness of that - after all, we now finally have something in which those huge anti-material rifles truly shine.


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Beep beep goes the jeep jeep. http://i.imgur.com/vMZX2ne.png

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Re: New feature: combat jeeps[message #344685 is a reply to message #344664] Wed, 23 March 2016 20:45 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Flugente wrote on Tue, 22 March 2016 20:02
Well, the method that requires the least amount of tactic or adaption from the player's side would be mass autofire from his ARs/MGs, which would benefit most from lucky hits. I don't really want to increase the usefulness of that - after all, we now finally have something in which those huge anti-material rifles truly shine.


I understand. I was just hoping to finally get another vehicle to drive in. ;-)
My idea could have been restricted to guns that can do a certain minimum amount of damage so ARs, MGs or anything smaller than that are out of the picture. No big deal. The combat jeep feature is already fantastic as it is.



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Re: New feature: combat jeeps[message #344689 is a reply to message #344685] Thu, 24 March 2016 10:16 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Would grenades have any effect on these jeeps?

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Re: New feature: combat jeeps[message #344691 is a reply to message #344689] Thu, 24 March 2016 12:56 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Yes, though, similar to grenades, you'd need quite a few to destroy a combat jeep.


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Re: New feature: combat jeeps[message #345099 is a reply to message #344628] Sat, 16 April 2016 13:38 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Hi Flugente,

i have a gameplay problem with a jeep because it arrived before i could obtain better weapons (rev8156 - the strategy was direct sneak attack to Drassen Mine).

I know I can adjust damage ratings to get rid of it.

But I also have noticed the following:
- there is an option to patch an explosive to the jeep
- this action seems to cost 50ap

So i sneaked behind it (it's stationary) while other team taunting it.

IMP with tnt & time detonator was behind and side of it. Couldn't apply the charge. Always getting the message "not enough AP", but of course having much more AP then 50. Tried prone, crouched, standing. Perhaps the jeep grid is unreachable?

Also I wanted to know if the jeep could flee if it was set to moveable (and if not it should be able to, shouldn't it?)

thanks

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Re: New feature: combat jeeps[message #346933 is a reply to message #344628] Thu, 15 September 2016 20:32 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Quote:
i have a gameplay problem with a jeep because it arrived before i could obtain better weapons (rev8156 - the strategy was direct sneak attack to Drassen Mine).

Same problem. Has spotted jeep near Omerta at the first day. JEEP_MINIMUM_PROGRESS is 50. rev8301

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Re: New feature: combat jeeps[message #350847 is a reply to message #346933] Mon, 04 September 2017 15:02 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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This my first encounter with jeep when i night assault cambria mine and was reinforce by a jeep unit adjacent to the mine. I watched your youtube video the jeep moves and shoot but this jeep i encounter doesnt even move from the spawn point at the edge of map.

Does vehicle moves in tactical map?? or just a stationary sitting duck to be shot.

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Re: New feature: combat jeeps[message #350855 is a reply to message #350847] Mon, 04 September 2017 20:32 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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oneperson wrote on Mon, 04 September 2017 14:02
This my first encounter with jeep when i night assault cambria mine and was reinforce by a jeep unit adjacent to the mine. I watched your youtube video the jeep moves and shoot but this jeep i encounter doesnt even move from the spawn point at the edge of map.

Does vehicle moves in tactical map?? or just a stationary sitting duck to be shot.

Thank you and all modders out there for all the excellent modding.



Check your options file, moving of jeeps is probably governed by the same setting as tanks, so

; If set to TRUE, tanks can move around in tactical.
ENEMY_TANKS_CAN_MOVE_IN_TACTICAL = TRUE

in Tactical gameplay settings portion.

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Re: New feature: combat jeeps[message #351545 is a reply to message #350855] Tue, 21 November 2017 13:07 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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The setting in the config file for progress score required to encounter them is set at 30 and does not seem to be able to be changed - is it automatically half of the progress score required for Tanks (which is 60) or is it in another another file. [I hope this makes sense!]

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Re: New feature: combat jeeps[message #351548 is a reply to message #351545] Tue, 21 November 2017 13:15 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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You mean the JEEP_MINIMUM_PROGRESS parameter? This can be set a value between 0 and 100 and is not connected to TANK_MINIMUM_PROGRESS. These settings only have an effect if ASD_ACTIVE is set to TRUE.


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Re: New feature: combat jeeps[message #351559 is a reply to message #351548] Wed, 22 November 2017 13:37 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Unfortunately I cannot the ASD_ACTIVE to TRUE as it is unchangeable in the same way that JEEP_MINIMUM_PROGRESS is. I am playing UC and it is the UC/1.13 ini file I am trying to change. Is there some other predecessor setting that needs to be enabled first? Note that I can drive my own my own jeep [GAZ] around the tactical map and that is great!

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Re: New feature: combat jeeps[message #351560 is a reply to message #351559] Wed, 22 November 2017 14:51 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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What do you mean "unchangeable"? You can modify any parameter inside JA2_Options.ini.


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Re: New feature: combat jeeps[message #351561 is a reply to message #351560] Wed, 22 November 2017 14:58 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Trying to use the ini editor that nobody ever bothers to update the definition files for, I presume. Solution: Use a text editor, the ini file should be in Data-UC113 (or similar, don't have UC here to check) in your case.


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Re: New feature: combat jeeps[message #351562 is a reply to message #351561] Wed, 22 November 2017 16:20 Go to previous messageGo to next message
silversurfer

 
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Actually I updated the definition files as well as JA2_Options.ini in GameDir 2399 so that these files and the code are all in sync. Took me several days...


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Re: New feature: combat jeeps[message #351563 is a reply to message #351561] Wed, 22 November 2017 16:54 Go to previous messageGo to next message
rattus is currently offline rattus

 
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Thanks, yes - I was using the ini editor. I see I can change them directly using notepad etc on the file in the UC/1.13 folder.
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Re: New feature: combat jeeps[message #354815 is a reply to message #351563] Tue, 11 September 2018 02:41 Go to previous messageGo to next message
MrStitch is currently offline MrStitch

 
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anybody have the files or knows how to install this lovly addition. im running current stable build of 1.13 and would like to add this but dont know how or where to start.

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Re: New feature: combat jeeps[message #354820 is a reply to message #354815] Tue, 11 September 2018 15:20 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I believe that it has been integrated to the latest versions of 1.13. Just have to enable the features about moving jeeps and tanks from the INI.Editor.


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Re: New feature: combat jeeps[message #355198 is a reply to message #354820] Mon, 01 October 2018 09:10 Go to previous messageGo to next message
ZedJA2

 
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@ MrStitch

If you look in the last few paragraphs of any of Flugente's Magicka Workshop posts, he will usually say when something is added to the trunk (main program branch) and give something like:

In r8114 & GameDir r2305.

Now what that means is that it is in the Release Version r8114 and uses Game Directory r2305

Ok, so where do you find this stuff. This URL should get you there.

http://thepit.ja-galaxy-forum.com/index.php?t=thread&frm_id=282&

It is in the Modding V1.13 HQ, and you are looking for Depri's Builds and Packages. Read that, then pick either link, I pick the first link usually, and get the latest version for the SCI builds if you want this feature from the dated list of possible releases (the whole archive is there).

SCI's include all the stuff you need, both the exe and the directory. Think of one as being the main code and the other being the resources to work with it. Most of the stuff, if not all, in Flugente's Magicka Workshop was introduced after the v1.13 Stable Versions. The SCI's are considered almost stable, in that they are about as unlikely to have major issues, but that they are constantly being changed and updated.

You can also have two different installs of JA2 v1.13 in different locations (directories) and should be able to play each independently of each other, if you like to play sometimes one version or another.

[Updated on: Mon, 01 October 2018 09:11]

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Re: New feature: combat jeeps[message #355199 is a reply to message #355198] Mon, 01 October 2018 09:17 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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So I have a question on these combat jeeps and tanks.

If I set them to not move, but I set them to appear both is possible patrols and otherwise, will the tanks and jeeps appear in patrols and ambushes once I reach high enough progress level but be unable to move? Or will they not appear at all since they cannot move in ambushes and patrols, having to be in set locations first?

Reason I ask, is because the ideal situation for my first time meeting them, I believe, would be for them to appear even in patrols but otherwise be unable to move, acting a bit like support units and pillboxes. Also that's how I have them set in this campaign.

Although I think it said that any changes in the JA2options.ini would be savegame compatible, meaning that I can change it at will?

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Re: New feature: combat jeeps[message #355202 is a reply to message #355199] Mon, 01 October 2018 11:42 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Tanks and/or jeeps can randomly replace normal soldiers if you allow them in patrols and/or ambushes after you reach the specified progress levels.
If you set ENEMY_TANKS_CAN_MOVE_IN_TACTICAL to FALSE they will still appear on the map but cannot move. They should take any of the defined spots for soldiers (except for spots on roofs I hope...) so they could be on the other side of the map or somewhere next to you.



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Re: New feature: combat jeeps[message #355207 is a reply to message #355202] Mon, 01 October 2018 12:44 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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fuck me! guys i didnt know vehicles can move in 1.13. it is amazing feature and i just discovered this yesterday by moving hamus' icecream truck by misclick. it made me laugh for a minute big grin

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Re: New feature: combat jeeps[message #355211 is a reply to message #355207] Mon, 01 October 2018 21:55 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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@ silversurfer

Thanks very much for the reply. That clarifies it. Even stationary enemy jeeps and tanks that can be in any patrol spawn point, should be plenty dangerous enough for my mostly M.E.R.C. team, even after they level up. I have slow weapon progress also. This will be the first time I end up meeting them, so stationary (from the videos I've seen) seemed PLENTY dangerous enough as an intro.

Ha, roofs! Time to tremble then, provided they have a good LOS and not in the middle of the roof. Now that's scary! You didn't sound so confident about that, ha. Like taking on Galactus. Oh, wait a minute, I think they fire Mortar Shells, which might mean they can lob the rounds, uh oh.

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