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Modding => OpenXcom Extended => OXCE Support => Topic started by: The Martian on June 23, 2021, 10:53:45 am

Title: [Solved] Need help with startingConditions: & armorTransformations:
Post by: The Martian on June 23, 2021, 10:53:45 am

I've been making a mod to display firing animations in TFTD (https://openxcom.org/forum/index.php/topic,9761.msg139530.html#msg139530).

So far the unit sprite sheets are finished but now I need the land variants to be worn by X-Com when not underwater.

The solution to this I'm attempting is to use startingConditions: & armorTransformations: to swap the X-Com soldier's armor for their land versions when engaging in the Base Defence (https://www.ufopaedia.org/index.php/Base_Defense_(TFTD)), Port attacks (https://www.ufopaedia.org/index.php/Port_Attack), Island attacks (https://www.ufopaedia.org/index.php/Island_Attack) and Ship attack (https://www.ufopaedia.org/index.php/Shipping_Lane_Mission) missions.

Unfortunately my attempts to use startingConditions: have not yielded results.


In the current version of my mod when the aliens attack a surface city X-Com soldier's armor is not transformed into the variant without a helmet.


Here is the code involving the transformation.

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# [====]  Alien Deployments [====]
alienDeployments:

# [=] Island Terror Mission [=]
  - type: STR_ISLAND_TERROR
    startingCondition: STR_LAND_MISSION_HELMETS_OFF

# [=] Port Terror Mission [=]
  - type: STR_PORT_TERROR
    startingCondition: STR_LAND_MISSION_HELMETS_OFF

# [=] Cargo Ship Mission (Part 1) [=]
  - type: STR_CARGO_SHIP_P1
    startingCondition: STR_LAND_MISSION_HELMETS_OFF

# [=] Cargo Ship Mission (Part 2) [=]
  - type: STR_CARGO_SHIP_P2
    startingCondition: STR_LAND_MISSION_HELMETS_OFF

# [=] Cruise Ship Mission (Part 1) [=]
  - type: STR_CRUISE_SHIP_P1
    startingCondition: STR_LAND_MISSION_HELMETS_OFF

# [=] Cruise Ship Mission (Part 2) [=]
  - type: STR_CRUISE_SHIP_P2
    startingCondition: STR_LAND_MISSION_HELMETS_OFF
   
# [=] Base Defence Mission [=]
  - type: STR_BASE_DEFENSE
    startingCondition: STR_LAND_MISSION_HELMETS_OFF
   

# [====] Starting Conditions [====]
startingConditions:
  - type: STR_LAND_MISSION_HELMETS_OFF
    armorTransformations:
      STR_NONE_UC: STR_NONE_UC_LAND
      STR_PLASTIC_AQUA_ARMOR_UC: STR_PLASTIC_AQUA_ARMOR_UC_LAND
      STR_ION_ARMOR_UC: STR_ION_ARMOR_UC_LAND
      STR_MAGNETIC_ION_ARMOR_UC: STR_MAGNETIC_ION_ARMOR_UC_LAND


I've also attached the mod directly to this post as well for convenience:
. Firing Animation for TFTD (V0-4) (https://openxcom.org/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=9762.0;attach=54298)

Title: Re: Need help with startingConditions: & armorTransformations:
Post by: Buscher on June 23, 2021, 06:41:24 pm

I think armorTransformations is part of enviroEffects: (https://www.ufopaedia.org/index.php/Ruleset_Reference_Nightly_(OpenXcom)#Battle_Enviro_Effects) and not startingConditions:

Title: Re: Need help with startingConditions: & armorTransformations:
Post by: The Martian on June 24, 2021, 09:02:21 am

Thank you very much Buscher, that fixed it. (https://openxcom.org/forum/Themes/InsidiousV1-k/images/post/thumbup.gif)

I was using the coding example found 'here (https://openxcom.org/forum/index.php/topic,4444.msg61196.html#msg61196)' however judging by 'this (https://openxcom.org/forum/index.php/topic,9637.msg138164.html#msg138164)' post by Solarius Scorch I found while searching for enviroEffects: it appears that the code structure has changed since it was made.

Quote from: Solarius Scorch on April 18, 2021, 05:33:30 pm

Perhaps it's related to the separation of startingConditions from enviroEffects in the code? They used to be rolled into startingConditions before.