[BTS] Overriding unit upgrade

[Hoffs]

Hi,

Is there any way to override the upgrade set for a unit without modifying the original unit file?

For example, let's say the original unit has this:

<UnitClassUpgrades>
<UnitClassUpgrade>
<UnitClassUpgradeType>UNITCLASS_WHATEVER</UnitClassUpgradeType>
<bUnitClassUpgrade>1</bUnitClassUpgrade>
</UnitClassUpgrade>
</UnitClassUpgrades>

I can obviously stop the upgrade by removing this from the original file or changing the boolean to zero, but I want to know if there is a way to change it in a modular loaded file that alters the unit's properties. If I add the following to my file it does not seem stop the upgrade although all other changed properties are working:

<UnitClassUpgrades>
<UnitClassUpgrade>
<UnitClassUpgradeType>UNITCLASS_WHATEVER</UnitClassUpgradeType>
<bUnitClassUpgrade>0</bUnitClassUpgrade>
</UnitClassUpgrade>
</UnitClassUpgrades>

So does anyone know of a way to override the upgrade?

 

[Nightinggale]

The way the game loads DLL files is that it allocates a new entry in memory, then reads the contents of the entry in the file (in this case UnitInfo) into that blank memory. If Type is already in use, it replaces that entry, otherwise it adds it to the end of the list.

Doing what you want is technically possible but it would require some work in the DLL.

 

[Hoffs]

Aw, okay. Thanks very much for the fast response.