Landmines/booby traps??

[hiddenpix]

Is it possible to create ivisible landmines or booby traps as a defensive measure? Something with low or no movement ability that would trigger if an enemy entered the same square.
Just a thought.

 

[computerdude113]

Pesoloco has made landmine and naval mine "units", He also as their stats. You should check out his page and see them.

 

[Chieftess]

Yes, just make a unit with the "paradrop" and "immobile" attribs.

 

[computerdude113]

PESOLOCO HAS ALREADY MADE LANDMINE AND NAVAL MINE UNITS! ARG! LOOK HERE!
AND SOME PREVIEWS INCASE YOU DON'T BELIVE ME!

GRRRR!
Y DOESN'T NEONE READ THE ANSWER PSOTS B4 ANSWERING THEMSELVES!

 

[Chieftess]

Eh em... turn off your caps...

 

[Dragon King]

i guess you could tag them as invisible, that would really take them by surprise

 

[hiddenpix]

Can I make paradrop exist before aviation? And more importantly, what effect will that have on everything else? Is there a way to copy paratroop and make it another special ability?

 

[hiddenpix]

I fixed the problems. See post below.

 

[Chieftess]

Must be huge... I only have a 56k modem, so it'll take awhile, but make sure you also have the unit activated for 1 or more civs. There's a box entitled something like "can be built by"...

BTW, you can give a unit the paradrop ability at any time. You can even have a stealthy, invisible, hidden nationality warrior. (BTW, that makes the game too easy, and the AI thinks your unit is a barbarian..).

 

[sprnv8]

Yes the AI will automatically fight the Unit if it has Hidden Nationality.

 

[pesoloco]

what i do is give them Invisible Ability (submarine ability in earlier versions) and give them a high bombard, with a semi-low defense, and no attack. With airdrop

Like this:

Bombard Range: 0
Bombard Strength: 6
Attack: 0
Defense: 4
Move: 1 ( but check the Immobile ability)

The bombard causes the mine to trigger before the attacker gets a shot at it.

 

[hiddenpix]

First, I havent been able to figure out how to use airdrop without airports. Is that possible?
Secondly, Can I make my mine defend once (bombard) and self destruct at the same time? Otherwise, as soon as I airdrop it in, it is permanent...right?

Here it is, working now if you wanna check it out. Its the PMR-2A tripwire antipersonnel mine. All the issues that need resolving are Civ3edit questions I think....

 

[Civanator]

hiddenpix, an airport is required to airdrop a unit unless you have an air unit that can airdrop units without an airport.

 

[dog]

Originally posted by pesoloco
what i do is give them Invisible Ability (submarine ability in earlier versions) and give them a high bombard, with a semi-low defense, and no attack. With airdrop

Like this:

Bombard Range: 0
Bombard Strength: 6
Attack: 0
Defense: 4
Move: 1 ( but check the Immobile ability)

The bombard causes the mine to trigger before the attacker gets a shot at it.

I don't give 'em "invisible" because that gives the AI a big advantage over you, seeing that "invisible" means nothing to them (errrr....it..errr...whatever).

Also, I give them 0 attack since an immobile unit cannot attack anyway. I give them a defensive and bombard value with ZOC. For me that represents an entire mine field, not just a single mine. Maybe I'll rename "land mine" to "mine field" in my game. When the AI attacks the mine then it will have a battle on it's hands. Also the ZOC is like outlying mines that provide some damage to enemy units that move past it.

I have never yet in a game had a mine unit see any action. Maybe I need to go to war more often.

Make sure you give the unit Airlift or Rebase ability so that if one of your centralized cities builds the unit you can ship it to a border city for airdrop.

 

[pesoloco]

Originally posted by dog
I have never yet in a game had a mine unit see any action. Maybe I need to go to war more often.

I put them just outside my border to alert me when the enemy comes and provide a first mode of defense.

I must agree with dog on the rebase and airlift. I believe Airlift lets you transport them to any city that has an airport. Whereas rebase lets you move it to any city (or airbase in ptw)