Thanks a ton, Falko!
I was just seeing that!!
So what I'm thinking is that I'd like to use "medics" as my key to a breakthrough.
I saw that there is a string called "STR_LIVE_MEDIC"
Would that be universal replacement for all the Medics in an sample of a ruleset like this one: ?
- name: STR_SECTOID_MEDIC
cost: 192
points: 50
needItem: true
unlocks:
- STR_ALIEN_ORIGINS
lookup: STR_SECTOID
getOneFree:
- STR_SNAKEMAN
- STR_MUTON
- STR_ETHEREAL
- STR_FLOATER
- STR_CHRYSSALID
- STR_SECTOPOD
- STR_CYBERDISC
- STR_SILACOID
- STR_CELATID
- STR_REAPER
- STR_SECTOID_CORPSE
- STR_SNAKEMAN_CORPSE
- STR_MUTON_CORPSE
- STR_ETHEREAL_CORPSE
- STR_FLOATER_CORPSE
- STR_CHRYSSALID_CORPSE
- STR_SECTOPOD_CORPSE
- STR_CYBERDISC_CORPSE
- STR_SILACOID_CORPSE
- STR_CELATID_CORPSE
- STR_REAPER_CORPSE
Cheers, Ivan
EDIT:
I see now that the "STR_LIVE_MEDIC" is only a rank. As there are only two races with medics, I'll just use the actual Floater and Sectoid Medics for my triggers.
Now I get a little crazy and try to spiff up a new Ufopedia entry to go along with these two, to indicate that new research is available:
STR_SECTOID_MEDIC_UFOPEDIA: The recent interrogation of an alien medic of the Sectoid Race has led to a new understanding of the physiognomy of our adversaries. Leads point to the possibility of developing a new method of disabling aliens on the battlefield. These leads should be followed up swiftly.
This involves creating a new entry for the Ufopedia, using the same image as the standard variant, and specifying a medic.
- id: STR_SECTOID_MEDIC
type_id: 7
section: STR_ALIEN_LIFE_FORMS
requires:
- STR_SECTOID_MEDIC
image_id: UP024.SPK
text: STR_SECTOID_MEDIC_UFOPEDIA
text_width: 158
Heres hoping all this will actually, work.