AI doesn't know how to use meleePower on firearms

[kikimoristan]

as the title says. i  assume is not intentional.

if i control the unit then i can use an option called Hit and stuns . this is a built in weapon. but  the enemy but AI never realizes that stun is also an option and only uses ranged attack.

[Warboy1982]

intentional, if you want aliens to use melee there are plenty of other ways to achieve that, like giving them a builtInWeapon

[kikimoristan]

thanks warboy. i just made a melee weapon and added it to built in weapons. works fine

since you are here 1 more question. seems aliens don't know how to use medi-kits o healing weapons.  i wanted to make a unit that heals.

[Warboy1982]

that's a bit further outside the scope

[kikimoristan]

is all good i made 2 built in weapons 1 melee and 1 ranged works fine. is a terror unit.  = )

[Warboy1982]

you can also give them a meleeWeapon in the unit definition to give them a melee attack that doesn't use up a hand slot. useful for aliens using 2-handed weapons who don't want to suffer the aiming penalty. this, however, makes the melee capability available ONLY to the AI.
(that's how lobstermen are set up)

[kikimoristan]

meleeWeapon: WEAPON1

doesn't seem to work. am i doing it wrong? this feature is not documented on rulset reference ufopaedia

[Solarius Scorch]

You can also give them normal melee weapons (like swords or whatever), but remember to set clip size as -1, otherwise they'll think they don't have ammo left.

that's a bit further outside the scope

It would be cool to have Medics who actually do medical stuff.