Sniper Chickens?!

[Nebhead]

Something of a bug report maybe?

I was doing a Zombie Infestation mission on a farm map, where something hilarious happened.

A chicken made its way to my weapon pile at the car --- it then picked up a Black Ops Sniper rifle.
Screenshots are attached for proof lol

Never laughed so hard before!
My sides.... 

[Bananas_Akimbo]

This is priceless...
Part of me hopes this will never get fixed.

[tarkalak]

+1

This is an epic moment.

[Solarius Scorch]

Okay... This is awesome. And horrifying.

I thought "allowInv: false" would prevent units from picking up stuff, but apparently no...

[SupSuper]

Okay... This is awesome. And horrifying.

I thought "allowInv: false" would prevent units from picking up stuff, but apparently no...

allowInv only affects the player. But STR_LIVE_TERRORIST rank units can't pick up items.

[Meridian]

Okay... This is awesome. And horrifying.

I thought "allowInv: false" would prevent units from picking up stuff, but apparently no...

Available options are documented here: https://openxcom.org/forum/index.php/topic,6882.0.html

allowInv only affects the player. But STR_LIVE_TERRORIST rank units can't pick up items.

In OXCE and with global settings used in XCF (link above), terrorists can pick up weapons too.
To disable it, the global settings need to be overridden per unit type.

[The Martian]

Perhaps you could use something like livingWeapon: to cause the chicken to spawn with an invisible fixedWeapon: item in each hand to prevent it from picking up the equipment.

Or would it still pickup the item even if both hands were full and store it in the unit's inventory section instead of the hand slot?

[HT]

Aaw, shame, it seems the github release already fixed this bug. Was the chicken a good shot? 

[Solarius Scorch]

Yeah, I went with fixed items which block all slots.

Thanks for the help, guys. And for the laughs.

(if you still want sniping chickens, I can make a submod!)

[RolandVasko]

lôl      funny bizard

well, and - did she hit, or miss ? D)

[tarkalak]

Available options are documented here: https://openxcom.org/forum/index.php/topic,6882.0.html

In OXCE and with global settings used in XCF (link above), terrorists can pick up weapons too.
To disable it, the global settings need to be overridden per unit type.

Wait, are chicken considered terrorists?

[Meridian]

Wait, are chicken considered terrorists?

I don't know.
I just said if they would, it wouldn't make any difference.

[HT]

(if you still want sniping chickens, I can make a submod!)

Yes please! That reminds me: Do the farm animals taken out by aliens count as civilians killed for scoring purposes?

[Solarius Scorch]

Yes please!

Sure:

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units:
  - delete: STR_CHICKEN
  - type: STR_CHICKEN
    race: STR_LIVESTOCK
    rank: STR_LIVE_TERRORIST
    stats:
      tu: 40
      stamina: 60
      health: 8
      bravery: 10
      reactions: 45
      firing: 0
      throwing: 0
      strength: 2
      psiStrength: 20
      psiSkill: 0
      melee: 55
    armor: STR_CHICKEN_ARMOR
    standHeight: 11
    kneelHeight: 11
    value: 1
    aggroSound: 243
    deathSound: 243
    panicSound: 243
    berserkSound: 243
    intelligence: 0
    aggression: 1
    energyRecovery: 40


That reminds me: Do the farm animals taken out by aliens count as civilians killed for scoring purposes?

Yes, bur the values are very low (1 point per chicken, for example).

[tarkalak]

Could you add an Easter Egg mission in that submod?

Something based on Orwell's Animal farm. Like a Crop Circles where the enemies are Farm Animals armed with Black Ops weapons.