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Modding => Help => Topic started by: The Martian on October 21, 2020, 10:22:41 am

Title: How to only allow X-Com soldiers to wear specific armor types and not others?
Post by: The Martian on October 21, 2020, 10:22:41 am

I would like to limit which kinds of X-Com soldiers can equip certain types of armor.

How is this accomplished?



I'll borrow some images from The X-Com Files (https://openxcom.org/forum/index.php/board,21.0.html) to create a quick visual example of what I mean.

Lets say the player is able to obtain three different kinds of X-Com soldiers.

Type 1:
Can equip all but 3 armors in the game.
(https://openxcom.org/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=8685.0;attach=51661)

Type 2:
Can equip those 3 armors and all others.
(https://openxcom.org/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=8685.0;attach=51662)

Type 3:
Can only equip the 3 armors that Type 1 cannot.
(https://openxcom.org/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=8685.0;attach=51663)


Another example is dogs should only be able to wear armor designed for a dog and not be able to wear human armor.
(https://openxcom.org/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=8685.0;attach=51664)

Even if they technically have the right amount of limbs to attempt wearing it.  ::)
(https://openxcom.org/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=8685.0;attach=51665)

Title: Re: How to only allow X-Com soldiers to wear specific armor types and not others?
Post by: Solarius Scorch on October 21, 2020, 10:37:23 am

By specifying soldier types:

Code: [Select]

  - type: STR_PERSONAL_ARMOR_UC
    units:
      - STR_SOLDIER


Code: [Select]

  - type: STR_DOGE_ARMOR
    units:
      - STR_DOG

You can also list multiple soldier types:

Code: [Select]

  - type: STR_ASTRAL_ARMOR_UC
    units:
      - STR_SOLDIER
      - STR_HYBRID
      - STR_MUGGLE_AI
      - STR_DOG

All examples are real, taken from The X-Com Files.

Title: Re: How to only allow X-Com soldiers to wear specific armor types and not others?
Post by: The Martian on October 21, 2020, 11:28:13 am

Thank you!  ^_^

This combined with Soldier Transformation (https://www.ufopaedia.org/index.php/Ruleset_Reference_Nightly_(OpenXcom)#Soldier_Transformation) looks pretty interesting.