How to alter values of unitweights by scripting?

[DDDX]

I thought so too, however I tested Uveso's code and it does indeed work - I created a t1 pgen, with pathetic vision radius. That means the original blueprint in UNITS.scd has been altered by the map's lua script. I see no reason why if it works on vision, it would not work on other unit attributes.

[Uveso]

Hello DDDX,

UnitID's are lowercase

But also with lower case ID its not working.

This would be the right syntax for the function (maybe you can use it outside a map script file):

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function EditBlueprints(self)
    for UnitID, UnitBlueprint in __blueprints do
       if (UnitID == 'xsb2401') then -- Yolona Oss
            UnitBlueprint.Intel.VisionRadius = 5
            UnitBlueprint.Defense.Health = 22000
            UnitBlueprint.Defense.MaxHealth = 22000
        end
    end
end

Also not working from a map file, but if you only want to change a singe blueprint, then you can access it with the unitID:

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__blueprints['xsb2401'].Defense.Health = 22000

[DDDX]

Does not work via map script.lua
But why?
It your prior code was able to edit vision radius of units (and i saw for myself that it does, on a lonely pgen t1) then obviously it can be done from a map script... blueprint got edited

anyways, thank you for your reply. At least u tried

[Ghoustaq]

@Sprouto

Hello Sprouto,

Do you know what is the right code to get current capcost and to reset capcost in the game?

CurrentCapCost = GetArmyUnitCapCost(INDEX)?

and

SetArmyUnitCapCost(INDEX, NewCapCost)?

I'm not sure whether the both are correct or not. They haven't work via my mapscript so far.

[Sprouto]

Ghostaq !

To obtain the overall unit cap of the map use this;

local initialCap = tonumber(ScenarioInfo.Options.UnitCap)

This will give you the initial unit cap that all players will be using. It should be available during the map script.

You've got the right code for setting an army's unit cap but I'm not sure if the armies are initialized at the time of map script execution. However, if the function to set individual armies unit cap is unavailable, then perhaps your script could adjust the ScenarioInfo value before the normal code gets hold of it - that way you could enforce a unit cap of your choice on the map. Try it and see.

In the LOUD project, we use it to increase an armies unit cap as they attain veterancy and it works well - allowing games that have fairly low starting unit caps. We've had some discussions in the past about tying unit cap to the ownership of mass points as a tool for encouraging players to play the entire map (and de-emphasize turtling) - but as of yet we have not attempted to implement it. Having said that, we do feel it could be an effective 'nudge' in that regard. Let us know how your own work progresses.

[Uveso]

@Ghoustaq:

I am a little bit confused. You wrote it was working:
viewtopic.php?f=53&t=15932&p=161202#p161202

BTW, there was no command like this:

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GetArmyUnitCapCost()

This is the right command (no "cost" word at the end):

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GetArmyUnitCap()

Also the second command is wrong:

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SetArmyUnitCapCost()

This is the correct one:

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SetArmyUnitCap()

ScenarioInfo.Options.UnitCap is a game option set by host before the game starts.

If you change the cap with SetArmyUnitCapCost(), then ScenarioInfo.Options.UnitCap has still the old start value stored, not the new unitcap.

So you can reset the unitcap to default with this:

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SetArmyUnitCap( brain:GetArmyIndex() , ScenarioInfo.Options.UnitCap )

[Ghoustaq]

@Uveso:
I'm sorry. I think I didn't make it clear.

I know that unitcap means the Maximum quantity of units which I can own. If I have a unitcap of 100, that means I can own 100 units at most.

I personally define unitcapcost as the cost of unitcap for all units I have owned. If I have built 30 units, that means I must cost 30 unitcap to build units, so the unitcapcost is 30, but I can still build 70 units at most,'cause unitcap which have not been cost remains 70(100-30=70). Though I'm not sure whether the concept of unitcapcost does exist or not.

unitcap can be altered for sure, by the codes that you offered to me. Now I wonder if unitcapcost can be alterd too？

In general, one unit costs 1 unitcap. What I want is that every Tech1unit costs 1 unitcap, Tech2unit costs 2, Tech3unit costs 3, experimentalunit costs 10, like this.

[speed2]

These are all the engine functions available http://supcom.wikia.com/wiki/LUADOC_1.5.3599

I wrote bit of documentation for some of them here https://github.com/FAForever/fa/tree/develop/engine

[Ghoustaq]

These are all the engine functions available http://supcom.wikia.com/wiki/LUADOC_1.5.3599

I wrote bit of documentation for some of them here https://github.com/FAForever/fa/tree/develop/engine

Those are what I need. Thank you very much.

[Ghoustaq]

@speed2
Hello!speed2:

I am tring to create a damagearea where all mobile units will suffer damage over time until they get out. The following are the whole codes that I modified from yours. Can you check them and find out the reason for not-working?

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local ScenarioUtils = import('/lua/sim/ScenarioUtilities.lua')
local ScenarioFramework = import('/lua/ScenarioFramework.lua')

function OnPopulate()
   ScenarioUtils.InitializeArmies()
   ScenarioFramework.SetPlayableArea('AREA_1', false)


local oldDamageArea = DamageArea
local radius = 25
local self = import('/lua/sim/Entity.lua').Entity()
local damage = 30
   for k = 1, 1 do
      local DAMAGEAREAName = 'DAMAGEAREA_' .. k
      local location = ScenarioUtils.MarkerToPosition(DAMAGEAREAName)
           local px, py, pz = unpack(location)
        end
end




DamageArea = function(instigator, location, radius, damage, type, damageAllies, damageSelf, brain, army)
    local army = ListArmies()
    local rect = Rect(px-radius, pz-radius, px+radius, pz+radius)
    local units = GetUnitsInRect(rect) or {}
    local damageAllies = true
    local damageSelf = true   
    for _, u in units do
        if table.find(u:GetBlueprint().Categories,'MOBILE') then
           continue
        end
        if VDist3(u:GetPosition(), location) > radius then
           continue
        end
        if instigator == u then
            if damageSelf then
                local vector = import('/lua/utilities.lua').GetDirectionVector(location, u:GetPosition())
                -- need this ugliness due to Damage() refuse to damage when instigator == u
                instigator:OnDamage(instigator, damage, vector, 'Reclaimed')
            end
        elseif damageAllies or not IsAlly(army, u:GetArmy()) then
            Damage(instigator, location, u, damage, 'Reclaimed')
        end
    end

    local reclaim = GetReclaimablesInRect(rect) or {}
    for _, r in reclaim do
        if IsProp(r) and VDist3(r:GetPosition(), location) <= radius then
            Damage(instigator, location, r, damage, 'Reclaimed')
        end
    end

     -- Get rid of trees
     oldDamageArea(instigator, location, radius, 1, 'Reclaimed', false, false)
    end


function OnStart(self)
end