[BtS SDK] Ultimate Ranged Combat Mod

[Fanatic Demon]

Questions:
1) Does the mod make it possible for units to be killed through ranged combat?

Well thas the whole Idea. Unit can attack either by direct attack or by indirect attack. Direct attack is more accurate while indirect attack attack over hills or bombard a ground position.

2) It appears that units can also defend themselves at range. Does this mean that if an artillery unit fires on such a unit, that the unit will shoot back at the artillery? Does this mean that units cannot fire at range with impunity and can suffer damage? If so, can the ranged attacker be killed during the attack he initiated? Example: Artillery shoots at tank; tank shoots back at range and artillery dies.

no and yes.

units which have an indirect attack trait (like arilery) can shoot at direct attack units (like tanks) without fear of return fire from that unit. However, if the there are fortified units nearby which do have indirect attack trait, they will return defensive artilery fire.

3) What determines how many ranged attacks/defenses a unit gets?

This is a bit tricky which I haven't fully determined yet.

For the moment all units that can do a ranged ZOC attack on the the target will defend, but I admit this needs some balancing since this will effectivly obliterate the first unit that enters the ranged ZoC.

I thinking about letting it depend in a number of factors like, facing, target/defender visibility, target maximum speed (max movement) , target movement step(hoe many movement steps are left), defender fitness (how many shot/moves it has left) and defender response speed. This means that you can prepare a unit for an effective ambush by placing it a covered surrounding facing the target and allowing the to prepare for defence for a ful round.

 

[PimpyMicPimp]

You need Winrar:

http://www.rarlab.com/

7zip has unpack-only support:

http://www.7-zip.org/

Ahh thank you!

 

[jtxhorns]

well i know this is an old thread but i like the range ideas that u have here and was wondering how i would apply them to a mod that i have. i tried testing it by putting the unit schematics in the units folder and then copying what u put for an archer. the game read fine but when i tried to use an archer it didnt seem to have any range or any of the other stuff. i was wondering if anyone knew what i should do.

 

[newtkeeper]

Remarks:
1) Sounds very interesting. Essentially, Dale++, which can only be a good thing!
2) I can't even download the <insert expletive> file. I get a 404 error when I click the link in the first post.
3) Is winrar really required? The site seems to imply they want me to pay for it, and I happen to like my money (that and the fact that I'm underaged and lack a credit card).

 

[jtxhorns]

you dont need to pay to get winrar. they only reccomend that u pay for it, but all u have to do is keep closing the box that asks u to pay for it when u load the program and then u can continue to use it forever. i attached a copy of winrar here. just click on the link and unzip it and then its yours.

 

[newtkeeper]

you dont need to pay to get winrar. they only reccomend that u pay for it, but all u have to do is keep closing the box that asks u to pay for it when u load the program and then u can continue to use it forever. i attached a copy of winrar here. just click on the link and unzip it and then its yours.

Thank you very much.

EDIT: I still can't get this mod to download, though. Has there been some sort of database wipe, are the computer issues (I'm using Vista, if that's relevant), am I cursed for my sins, or what?

 

[jtxhorns]

Thank you very much.

No Problem

 

[newtkeeper]

Sorry to harp on a point, but this mod looks very interesting, and the download doesn't seem to work.

Additionally, the creator doesn't seem to have been on since early December. Does anyone know how much of the plans mentioned in the first post got implemented? If a large portion did, would someone mind reuploading (is that a word) a copy they downloaded, if they have one?Or, if that isn't possible, is anyone currently working on something similar? Sorry to keep bothering you folks.

 

[jtxhorns]

Sorry to harp on a point, but this mod looks very interesting, and the download doesn't seem to work.

Additionally, the creator doesn't seem to have been on since early December. Does anyone know how much of the plans mentioned in the first post got implemented? If a large portion did, would someone mind reuploading (is that a word) a copy they downloaded, if they have one?Or, if that isn't possible, is anyone currently working on something similar? Sorry to keep bothering you folks.

I have wondered that myself. I am trying to implement a ranged attack in my mod but I can't get it to work. I think this thread is dead.

 

[LittleRedPoint]

"Save as the link" or "save" the file. It works!

 

[Cuteunit]

Orphaned project?

 

[Jeckel]

Yea, any update on this?

 

[NP300]

The rar file for this mod is no longer up at the posted link. Does anyone have it available? I am curious to see the SDK code to see if I can replicate some of the functions of this mod, since it hasn't been updated.