AI produces the wrong units

dizzz · Guest

When playing TI 0.7 added a new unit "NOD Sniper" to the NOD house, in full analogy with the "SNIPER" GDI. Everything was fine, the game was going as expected, "NOD Sniper" was produced where it should and looked and did everything in accordance with the Rules.ini parameters. I copied the same parameters in TI 0.8.0.7. Found that "NOD Sniper" now produces not only NOD, but also GDI. What's the catch, is it a bug version 0.8?

TAK02 · Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2020 10:02 am Post subject:

More like a snippet of code changed and you didn't notice.

What do you have for the Nod sniper, for the folks who don't have TI installed?
And what code did you copy for him from the GDI sniper?

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Guest · Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2020 12:46 pm Post subject:

I added to the file Rules.ini such lines:

[InfantryTypes]
104=NSNIPER

[NSNIPER]
Name=NOD Sniper
Category=Soldier
Image=SNIPER
Prerequisite=NAHAND,NARADR
Primary=NSniper
Elite=NSniperE
CrushSound=SQUISH6
Crushable=yes
Strength=80
Armor=none
TechLevel=5
Sight=9
Speed=5
Owner=Nod
Pip=green
AllowedToStartInMultiplayer=no
Cost=600
Points=5
VoiceSelect=SNSA,SNSB,SNSC,SNSD
VoiceMove=SNMA,SNMB,SNMC,SNMD,SNME
VoiceAttack=SNAA,SNAB,SNAC,SNAD,SNAE
VoiceFeedback=SNFA,SNFB
VoiceDie=SNDIEA,SNDIEB
Locomotor={4A582744-9839-11d1-B709-00A024DDAFD1}
PhysicalSize=1
MovementZone=Infantry
ThreatPosed=20
ImmuneToVeins=yes
VeteranAbilities=STRONGER,FASTER
EliteAbilities=SELF_HEAL,SCATTER
Nominal=yes

[NSniper]
Damage=15
ROF=80
Range=15
Projectile=Invisible
Speed=100
Warhead=HollowPoint
Report=SILENCER

[NSniperE]
Damage=18
ROF=40
Range=20
Projectile=Invisible
Speed=100
Warhead=HollowPointI
Report=SILENCER

TAK02 · Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2020 2:03 pm Post subject:

Unit's weapons don't matter much, unless they're working improperly or the game crashes upon construction of a unit.

I can't see anything wrong with the Nod sniper... unless...

Is the only thing the AI is building now the Nod sniper? Or is your problem only that the AI is building the Nod sniper alongside other units when it shouldn't?

If the AI only builds the Nod sniper, regardless which side, then you've encountered the "100 units" bug that occurs when a buildable unit exists in a list after 100.
Fix it by having the Nod sniper be elsewhere in the list, preferably before unbuidlabe/civilian units.

McPwny · Cyborg Artillery **Joined**: 29 Jan 2018

its gotta be the max unit bug; the AI wouldnt be making it at all without AI triggers telling it to. moving the unit's place on the list isnt going to keep the list from being over max, either.

too bad no one ever made hacks for the TS engine

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Lin Kuei Ominae · Seth **Joined**: 16 Aug 2006 **Location**: Germany

you could get rid of half of the civilians (CIV1 - CIV29)
i doubt anyone would notice if 14 of the 29 civilians are missing.

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E1 Elite · General **Joined**: 28 May 2013

It is the problem of 100+ infantry bug.

100+ units bugfix for TS already exists (provided by AlexB). Have updated it for infantry. Didn't test it for aircraft 100+ case, so that portion of the code is commented in the updated patch.

The unit is named SNIPER and its Primary is named Sniper in the mod. Similarly, NSNIPER and NSniper in the code snippet above. Those could be made unambiguous by naming the Primary as SniperGun, SniperWeap etc..

Guest · Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2020 3:01 pm Post subject:

Thank you guys. The problem really was that the new unit was assigned a serial number greater than 100. I changed it to the 60th and the problem disappeared. Thanks everyone for help.