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Any questions go here, gentlemen.

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[This message has been edited by Slug (edited 11-22-2000).]

you know its sad that my panetarion topic has just as many posts and it hasnt been around very long.
ATTN newbies: post hera questions here not anywhere else, just here.

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How do you use the conditions to make it nesecary to capture more than one planet to pass a level?

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Let's assume there are 3 planets that needed capturing. Here's a basic one:

IF OBJECT (planet 1) IS OWNED BY PLAYER (you)
>THEN CHANGESCORE 1/0 BY 1

IF OBJECT (planet 2) IS OWNED BY PLAYER (you)
>THEN CHANGESCORE 1/0 BY 1

IF OBJECT (planet 3) IS OWNED BY PLAYER (you)
>THEN CHANGESCORE 1/0 BY 1

Finally make a fourth condition:
IF COUNTER 1/0 IS 3
>THEN DECLAREWINNER (you)

You see, each time each planet is captured, counter 1/0 (counter 1 player 0 [assuming you're player 0]) is added to by one. When counter 1/0 reaches 3 (meaning all three planets have been captured), the the DECLAREWINNER action sets in. I hope you do well on your plugin!

Slug

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Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.
-Alduran Outlaw Rick Blazer
StarLance

Yes, but what if you lose one of those planets? how can you make the counter set back one? In chapter 19 a strange condition is used, and I don't know how to use it.

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It uses the AlterConditionTrueYet command, which activates other conditions. When you Capture the other moons (increasing the counter), it makes it possible for the Cantharans to recapture the moons and reduce the counter back. Make it so the DON'T CHECK IF INACTIVE flags are unchecked for the conditions and actions.

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-Alduran Outlaw Rick Blazer
StarLance

Ah, but b6 doesn't seem to be able to have conditions that are initially inactive. Found that out the hard way.

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Are you sure? In the conditions box, just check the INITIALLY INACTIVE flag on for said condition.

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-Alduran Outlaw Rick Blazer
StarLance

Yep. That's what I did. I've had two things happen before when I did that:

1. It gives me a weird error message, something about a flagship of -1, when the requirements are met (doesn't matter if I've altered condition true yet or not), quits Ares, and tells me to restart.

2. It does the condition normally when the requirements are met (doesn't matter if I've altered condition true yet or not).

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Go to the acenario objects, and uncheck the IS PLAYER SHIP flag for all ships belonging to player -1.

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But that only works if the condition is inactive in the first place!

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-Alduran Outlaw Rick Blazer
StarLance

Three questions:

1. I have a level where I want the player to disable a ship, a Sal Carrier and then board it. I made two ships: a Sal Carrier duplicate with a bunch of flags gone, like CanEngage, CanBeEngaged, etc., and also a Sal Carrier duplicate that had it's destroy settings to create one of the other carriers. I also have an assault transport with no EVA troopers. Disabling the carrier seems to work, but it often drifts rapidly in one direction. But the computer tends to crash shortly afterwards. What should I do here?

2. Is there any way to get the names to be correct in the little info displays that come up in briefings? They have a tendency to be wrong no matter what I do?

3. What happened to the rest of you Elasi fleet that you were going to pick up before the StarLance came? Can something be done with them? Just curious, you know...


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First of all, don't use a normal carrier in the level. Make a duplicate, except have the DONT DIE WHEN DESTROYED and NEUTRAL DEATH flags set to on. Make it's death sequence so it changes it's object type to a bunker station with the Salrilian Carrier's sprite. It will be motionless, not shootable, won't shoot, and you can capture it with EVA troopers from the Assault transport.

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The next beta of Hera (coming soon, as Andrew Welch told me)

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Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.
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StarLance

Slug is leaving, ask someone else.

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Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.
-Alduran Outlaw Rick Blazer
StarLance