Unused Graded Invisibility System in BTS

Thomas SG

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Do you want a graded invisibility system in BTS? Or such a system for your mod? I took me several hours to see and understand. But as it seems to me it's already in BTS!!! It's just unused. :mischief: Don't ask me why...

What can you do? BTS knows two invisibility types - submarine and stealth. And you can make a unit see them both!

And you can create very easy just with XML new invisibility types - perhaps silentsub. And than you can make every unit see the type you want.

- sub and silentsub
- sub and stealth
- sub, silentsub and stealth

and so on... What ever you want!

But how can you do it???? It's so easy as can be.

Change
HTML:
<SeeInvisible>INVISIBLE_SUBMARINE</SeeInvisible>
to
HTML:
<SeeInvisible>INVISIBLE_SUBMARINE,INVISIBLE_STEALTH</SeeInvisible>
and now your unit will see both types. That's it.
 
Pretty cool... thanks for the tip!
 
No f%*ing way! I could do this all along!?!? Wow, nice catch.

Btw, is there any associative stealth file you need to edit (like adding in a new unitcombat type) or can you just create the tag type from the CIVunitinfos file?

Edit found the file, it's in the basicinfos folder, invisibleinfos.xml
 
Thanks! This is a great find, since Primem0ver hasn't updated his Graded Invisibility Mod for Beyond the Sword.

Also, this works on 3.13 but not on 3.02. I imagine that they added it to try to solve some of the problems with stealth detroyers. Firxis may be planning to use this in the next patch.

:D, jeep. But we use it now. :D
 
I had a look at the code and the answer is - NO. Sorry. But it's not too hard to change the code. I've done it myself for specialunit cargo some days ago. :D
 
Do you know if some/any/all other XML tags will accept this syntax ?

Like for example cargo type on carrier units and the like...
 
Do you know if some/any/all other XML tags will accept this syntax ?

Like for example cargo type on carrier units and the like...

My mod supports this (in the last version for 3,13). You can create subs with rockets and missiles, ships only with missiles, carriers for fighters and carriers for fighters and jets,...

Wait two or three weeks and than CCV will be available and even in English! Found a translation team. :cool: But I still need guys for the other languages.
 
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