How do you see invisible units?

[RogerBacon]

I've made a new unit (assassin) that I want to be invisible to all units except other assassins.

So, in the XML file I put
<bInvisible>1</bInvisible>

and to see other assassins I thought
<bCounterSpy>1</bCounterSpy>
would do it but it doesn't.

So, I looked how subs worked and found:

<Invisible>INVISIBLE_SUBMARINE</Invisible>
<SeeInvisible>INVISIBLE_SUBMARINE</SeeInvisible>
...
<bInvisible>0</bInvisible>

Strange. The sub doesn't have a "1" for invisible but it has those other tags.

I tried adding tags like that for my unit:
<Invisible>INVISIBLE_ASSASSIN</Invisible>
<SeeInvisible>INVISIBLE_ASSASSIN</SeeInvisible>

but it didn't work.

Does anyone know how to make a unit invisible to everyone but it's own kind?

Roger Bacon

 

[Shqype]

Aranor had a similar issue when creating his Sniper unit, which he wanted to be visible ONLY to other snipers. Read the first few posts of this thread to find the solution:

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=147336

 

[RogerBacon]

Thanks.

I DID search the forums first before posting that but I guess I missed the sniper thread.

Roger Bacon

 

[Shqype]

I know it's not always easy, I've searched too and haven't been able to find what I was looking for. But thankfully when I've needed help there have been others kind enough to lend a helping hand.

I hope it works now