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Skyhammer_216 wrote:I'm making at least three modified sides for my Stygiana map, and I've run into a few problems.
Firstly, how can you edit effects by their text files (the particle editor doesn't work at all for me, crashes as soon as it opens) and get them to work? Whenever i do it says 'so and so file is not a binary UCF file Error". Do you use hex editing or something to get around this?

Secondly, how do you increase troop numbers on one team? I put in unit count as 32 for CIS and 20 for republic in the clone war conquest LUA, and there are still an equal number n each team.

Thirdly, how can you make a recon droid function as an automatic unit. I put in "Pilottype = "self" but the rotten things just sit there in mid air and do nothing. Anyone know how to fix this?

Thanks in advance.

Cannon and Launcher also do scatter differently:
PitchScatter - scatter angle along the pitch axis (up and down), in degrees
YawScatter - scatter angle along the yaw axis (left and right), in degrees
MaxScatter - sets both pitch and yaw scatter for compatibility, in the same goofy units that it used to use


Cannon and Launcher type weapons now support shot patterns. You can have as many pattern points as you want, and the weapon will cycle through the list, one per shot.

ShotPatternCount = <count>
ShotPatternPitchYaw = "<pitch> <yaw>"

For example, for a bowcaster shot with a five-way spread:

ShotPatternCount = 5
ShotPatternPitchYaw = "0.0 -4.0"
ShotPatternPitchYaw = "0.0 -2.0"
ShotPatternPitchYaw = "0.0 0.0"
ShotPatternPitchYaw = "0.0 2.0"
ShotPatternPitchYaw = "0.0 4.0"


Also, recoil spread works differently now. I added code to make sure existing values work fine, but here's the new thing:
SpreadPerShot = <spread per shot, in degrees>
SpreadRecoveryRate = <spread per second, in degrees>
SpreadThreshold = <amount of spread to "ignore", in degrees>
SpreadLimit = <maximum spread, in degrees>
The old values still work, but weapons with low SpreadRecovery (e.g. pistol) will act somewhat weird.

FYI: SpreadPerShot actually applies per group of shots, so if you have ShotsPerSalvo larger than one, the kick doesn't apply until the next group in the salvo. I can do the same thing for ammo and heat if you want. At some point I'm going to get the weapon charge state stuff working.

In case you're wondering what SpreadThreshold is for, it lets you give the weapon a little leeway before the spread starts to kick in. That's what I meant by "ignore".

Any controllable class (soldier, droid, flyer, hover, walker, turret):
PilotType: "none" = unpilotable, "self" = self-piloting, "vehicle" = pilot enters, "remote" = remote-controlled
The object spawned by WeaponRemote must be set to "remote" type.