idefense and ibombarddefense

[MatteM]

Hello!

I was working on a fortress building, and wondering about the Defense, and Bombard Defense. Now these are defense against attacks from non-gunpowder units according to the game. But how does the game know it is a gunpowder-based unit? Is it the units combat mod or some other value?

 

[Leoreth]

It's simply another unit property, "bIgnoreBuildingDefense". The game text may refer to this as "gunpowder units", but there is nothing stopping you from having e.g. a melee unit ignore building defense, or having a gun unit be affected by building defense.

 

[MatteM]

Ah, then I will have to adjust in the unitsinfo.xml, I'm up to over 2000 units now but should be done in a day or two

No real reason to have foot-based units ignore building defense even if they gunpowder-based, well maybe late modern
era ones.

 

[need my speed]

Ah, then I will have to adjust in the unitsinfo.xml, I'm up to over 2000 units now but should be done in a day or two

No real reason to have foot-based units ignore building defense even if they gunpowder-based, well maybe late modern
era ones.

You can use Ctrl H, perhaps. But I realise I am seventeen days late.

 

[MatteM]

You can use Ctrl H, perhaps. But I realise I am seventeen days late.

I did actually attempt to use the Ctrl H extensively once, it cause my mod to crash to desktop with no reasonable explanation I'm old school
so only notepad when editing the xml-files, time consuming perhaps but I like the simplicty and having control.