empty missionZone

[robin]

how to leave an empty missionZone in a region:

regions:
...
    missionZones:
      -
        - [7...]
      -
        - [2...]
      -
        - []  <-- I tried this but I get an error
      -
        - [2...]
      -
        - [2...]
      -
        - [1...]

if i leave a zone empty (provided it can be done), what will happen with UFO trajectories passing there?

[Meridian]

how to leave an empty missionZone in a region:

One less dash:

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regions:
...
    missionZones:
      -
        - [7...]
      -
        - [2...]
      -
        []
      -
        - [2...]
      -
        - [2...]
      -
        - [1...]


if i leave a zone empty (provided it can be done), what will happen with UFO trajectories passing there?

the game will just crash when such trajectory will be used

[robin]

I see thanks. I guess I have to take a different approach.
Man this globe editing is neverending.

[robin]

the game will just crash when such trajectory will be used

I have another question, I notice that both ARCTIC and ANTARCTIC have a missioneZone 3, i guess because of the ufoTrajectories issue.
But.. they're not cities, they are square areas like other zones, and also you never get a terror mission there...
How that works?

[Meridian]

In vanilla xcom1, none of the UFO trajectories use mission zone 3 (see ufoTrajectories.rul)... so the game wouldn't crash even if they were empty; they are just not used for UFO trajectories.


As for why you never get a terror mission there... well, because the regions, which don't have any valid areas in their spawnZones are skipped.
Or in simpler words, the game checks whether a terror mission can spawn there or not... and if not, it just tries somewhere else.

[robin]

In vanilla xcom1, none of the UFO trajectories use mission zone 3 (see ufoTrajectories.rul)... so the game wouldn't crash even if they were empty; they are just not used for UFO trajectories.

oh right, I didn't  think about that.
Thanks

[robin]

Kind of related question.
You can generate missions form an alien base site with genMission defined in the alienDeployment.
I wonder: what region is targeted by genMission? Same region hosting the alien base site that generated it?
Because if it's a random region, it could be a region without the proper zone for UFO trajectory.

[Meridian]

In OXC, it's always the same region as where the alien base is.

In OXCE, it can be:
1. target a random xcom base region
2. target one of the defined (weighted) regions
3. target the region of the alien base (vanilla default)

[robin]

In OXC, it's always the same region as where the alien base is.

In OXCE, it can be:
1. target a random xcom base region
2. target one of the defined (weighted) regions
3. target the region of the alien base (vanilla default)

Thanks. I want default so no need to change anything I guess.

[Meridian]

Thanks. I want default so no need to change anything I guess.

If you don't use alien mission attributes `targetBaseOdds` and `regionWeights`, then point 3/ applies and you don't need to change anything.