[RA] Start without MCV? (only prebuilt barracks)

[xy]

Hey

I'm working on a map with only infantry, and since it's a small map I don't want a clumsy MCV since there's no need for it anyway.

Is it possible to make a map with no MCV? and only access to the prebuilt barracks.
And then give some power so the players don't have low power, but without the power buildings.

Thanks in advance

[MustaphaTR]

You can edit rules in a map, changing the starting settings and power usage of barracks would be enough. I'm not sure if a building can be a starting unit, if not you can make MCV deploy to a barracks.

If you don't know how to add map specific code you can check some modmaps on resource site. For example this: http://resource.openra.net/maps/19284/

[KOYK_GR]

I assume you know how to edit an oramap,and how to create a rules file in side the map.

so use this code in your rules.yaml file in side your map.

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World: 
	MPStartUnits@mcvonlysov: 
		Class: none 
		ClassName: Construction Yard 
		Factions: soviet, russia, ukraine 
		BaseActor: barr 
	MPStartUnits@mcvonlyally: 
		Class: none 
		ClassName: Construction Yard 
		Factions: allies, england, france, germany 
		BaseActor: tent 
	-MPStartUnits@mcvonly: 
	-MPStartUnits@lightallies: 
	-MPStartUnits@lightsoviet: 
	-MPStartUnits@heavyallies: 
	-MPStartUnits@heavysoviet: 

BARR: 
	Power: 
		Amount: 200 

TENT: 
	Power: 
		Amount: 200 

Be aware that you need to use the "TAB" key for spacing the words and not the spacebar.

example:
TENT:
"TAB"Power:
"TAB""TAB"Amount: 200

(i hope that this example makes sense)

If you have any more questions or you don't know how to edit your map,just ask here.

[xy]

@KOYK_GR


EDIT: Nevermind! it works I fucked up the indentation..
Thanks!!!

[xy]

Now: Is it possible to set the start cash to $500 ? I searched the game's yaml files but couldn't find it anywhere.

[Blackened]

I think playing around with this should do it.

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Player:
	PlayerResources:
		DefaultCash: 500

[xy]

Blackened: Thanks!
This worked:

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Player:
	PlayerResources:
		SelectableCash: 500
		DefaultCash: 500

[KOYK_GR]

@KOYK_GR


EDIT: Nevermind! it works I fucked up the indentation..
Thanks!!!

happy to help out man.

[xy]

I need some help with Lua scripting
I want to know which team ID's are in the game, like Team 1 and Team 2 - or team 4 and team 3.
I have tried with this:

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players = Player.GetPlayers(nil)

	for key, player in pairs(players) do
		Media.DisplayMessage("Found a player! " .. player.Name)

	end

But this returns 5 "players": me, neutral, creeps, bot and "everyone".
How can I filter actual players from via GetPlayers()?

My goal is to check if there's exactly 2 teams, and then at every 500 tick I'll message the points for each team.

I've made the triggers and it works, it just shows the wrong teams..

Does this make any sense?

[xy]

Okay I figured it out:

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players = Player.GetPlayers(nil)
for key, player in pairs(players) do
	if not player.IsNonCombatant then
		Media.DisplayMessage("Found a player! " .. player.Name)
	end
end

[xy]

Sorry for spamming but need help again

How do I kill/destroy all players in a team?

I tried this:

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function kill_team(team_id)
	-- Get all players in the team.
	for key, player in pairs(players) do
		if not player.IsNonCombatant and player.Team == team_id then
			-- Kill all actors owned by the player.
			local actors = player.GetActors()
			for key, actor in pairs(actors) do
				actor.kill()
			end
		end
	end
end

but I got an error:

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Actor 'player' does not define a property 'kill'

Is there a more simpler way to do it?

[MustaphaTR]

Doing that makes you try to kill the actual "Player:" actor too, you should try to filter it out somehow, i'm not sure how exactly tho.

https://github.com/OpenRA/OpenRA/issues/13006

[abcdefg30]

How do I kill/destroy all players in a team?
[...]
Is there a more simpler way to do it?

You should give them own objectives and mark them as failed (look at the missions on how to do that, or ask [me] again for a more detailed explanation).

If you want to destroy all units of a player, you can use something like

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local actors = Utils.Where(Map.ActorsInWorld, function(actor)
	return actor.Owner == player and not actor.IsDead
end)
Utils.Do(actors, function(unit)
	unit.Kill()
end)

inside your "for" loop.

[xy]

You should give them own objectives and mark them as failed (look at the missions on how to do that, or ask [me] again for a more detailed explanation).

Thanks! I made it work with MarkFailedObjective for the failing team and MarkCompletedObjective for the winnig team.