LUA Question about Unit Setups

Benoz · Post by **Benoz** » Sun Oct 02, 2016 5:51 am

Hey Community,

I'm still struggling with my era mod and the galactic conquest adaption. I tried a lot of LUA stuff but nothing really worked.
Side Note to the mod: The Era mod doesn't add a new era but it will replace the vanilla clone wars era, so the troops in galactic conquest will be switched, too.
So I was asking myself is the following could work:

My LUA setup for example Coruscant looks like this:

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ReadDataFile("sound\\cor.lvl;cor1cw")

    ReadDataFile("dc:SIDE\\rep.lvl",
                "rep_inf_ep3_rifleman",
                "rep_inf_ep3_rocketeer",
                "rep_inf_ep3_engineer2",
                "rep_inf_ep3_sniper", 
		"rep_inf_ep3_sniper_special",
		"rep_inf_captain_rex",
                "rep_inf_commander_appo",
                "rep_inf_ep3_jettrooper")
...

SetupTeams{
             
        rep = {
            team = REP,
            units = 32,
            reinforcements = 150,
            soldier  = { "rep_inf_ep3_rifleman",7, 25},
            assault  = { "rep_inf_ep3_rocketeer",1, 4},
            engineer = { "rep_inf_ep3_engineer2",1, 4},
            sniper   = { "rep_inf_ep3_sniper",1, 4},
	    addon    = { "rep_inf_ep3_sniper_special",1, 4},
	    officer  = { "rep_inf_captain_rex",1, 1},
            commander = {"rep_inf_commander_appo",1, 1},
            special  = { "rep_inf_ep3_jettrooper",1, 4},
            
        },

Is it now possible via a function or something else to add a second unit setup in the LUA?
It's like: You have 2 times SetupTeams, but for instant battle the 1st one and for GC the 2nd one.
I was thinking about a check function like this:

If (gamemode=="GC") {
TeamSetup = 1;
//for galactic conquest
}
else {
TeamSetup = 2;
//for instant battle
}

So is there a function to let the game check which gamemode currently is playing?
Would be nice to hear from anybody about it.

Thanks in advance!

-Benoz

AnthonyBF2 · Post by **AnthonyBF2** » Sun Oct 02, 2016 5:59 am

If you're using the 1.3 patch, then yes it comes with a code function that detects map abbreviation and level layer but this may not be exactly what you want, but gets you close.

Example;

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if __thisMapsCode__ == "dea" and __thisMapsMode__ == "dea1_ctf-singleflag" then
-- what you want to happen here
elseif __thisMapsMode__ == "dea1_conquest" then
-- what else could happen
end

What that code would do is detect if the map is Death Star and finds the 1-Flag CTF layer or Conquest layer, and if those conditions are met, you can pick and choose what to happen if so. You'd need to tweak it to match your own mod though. String values inside the brackets must be lowercase.

My idea is you could have different map level layers for different things to help narrow stuff down.

Benoz · Post by **Benoz** » Sun Oct 02, 2016 6:44 am

Mh I see. Thanks for the fast answer Anthony. But this will only work with patch 1.3 right?
And I'm not sure if different map layers will influence the Galactic Conquest since GC also loads conquest mode.

AnthonyBF2 · Post by **AnthonyBF2** » Sun Oct 02, 2016 7:12 am

I needed a little bit more time to process what exactly you are wanting.

You could try this;

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if not ScriptCB_SetGameRules("metagame") then
-- what you want to happen
else
-- what else could happen
end

or

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if not ScriptCB_SetGameRules("metagame") then
-- what you want to happen
elseif ScriptCB_SetGameRules("instantaction") then
-- what else could happen
end

Those code chunks detects if the game mode type is not something else.
metagame is GC
instantaction is singleplayer
mp is internet multiplayer
campaign is rise of the empire
As far as I know, those are the only possible game mode variables. Also, metagame might only go for when you're in the staging area.

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