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#1 Apr 8, 2010

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Hello,

For the Tower Defense, I've been trying to make complete new units. In order not to copy & paste I used the parent="" utility of the XML files.

It looks like that:

<!-- UnitData.xml -->
	<CUnit id="TDWave1" parent="BaseGround">
		<LifeStart value="600"/>
		<LifeMax value="600"/>
		<WeaponArray Link="Ultralisk"/>
		<WeaponArray Link="UltraliskHeadAttack"/>
		<KillResource index="Minerals" value="10"/>
	</CUnit>

<!-- ModelData.xml -->
    <CModel id="TDWave1" parent="Ultralisk" />

It works well with Unit and Model ... However when it comes to Actor it's getting lame.

<!-- Not working ... The unit does not show up! -->
	<CActorUnit id="TDWave1" parent="Ultralisk" />

<!--
  If you use the Ultralisk parent as parent, then it kinda works.
  However the attack is not working
-->
	<CActorUnit id="TDWave1" parent="GenericUnitStandard">
		<Parent value="Ultralisk" />
	</CActorUnit>

I don't know exactly what is going on but there are really strange things going on within the ActorData.xml file. Here are some strangeness.

##id## (why not $id like they do with $parent?)
<On> tag containing strings similar to code
Actor referencing random data from everywhere (unit, abilities ...)

If you know if that's possible to make parenting work, that would be of great help :)

#2 Apr 8, 2010

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@vjeux: Go I don't know exactly what is going on but there are really strange things going on within the ActorData.xml file. Here are some strangeness. id (why not $id like they do with $parent?) <</quote>>

$parent is only used in layouts. It is sadly clear that the layout programmers had a different convention scheme from the game data dudes.

id is actually used A LOT in the Core.SC2Mod game data files.

Examples:

<CUnit default="1">
        <Name value="Unit/Name/##id##"/>
        <Description value="Button/Tooltip/##id##"/>
        <DeathRevealRadius value="2"/>
        <DeathRevealDuration value="4"/>
        <Race value="Neut"/>
        <DefaultAcquireLevel value="Offensive"/>
        <Response value="Acquire"/>
        <ResourceState value="Unknown"/>
        <ResourceType value="Unknown"/>
        <LifeStart value="1"/>
        <LifeMax value="1"/>
        <LifeArmorName value="Unit/LifeArmorName/None"/>
        <Mover value="Ground"/>
        <StationaryTurningRate value="720"/>
        <TurningRate value="720"/>
        <Radius value="0.5"/>
        <SeparationRadius value="0.5"/>
        <MinimapRadius value="0.5"/>
        <EditorCategories value="ObjectType:Unit"/>
        <TacticalAIFilters value="Enemy;Player,Ally,Neutral"/>
        <AIEvalFactor value="1"/>
        <Mass value="0.4"/>
        <FlagArray index="Movable" value="1"/>
        <FlagArray index="Turnable" value="1"/>
        <FlagArray index="Unclickable" value="1"/>
        <FlagArray index="Unhighlightable" value="1"/>
        <FlagArray index="Untooltipable" value="1"/>
        <FlagArray index="KillCredit" value="1"/>
        <FlagArray index="ShowResources" value="1"/>
        <EditorFlags index="BlockStructures" value="1"/>
        <Facing value="0"/>
        <LifeRegenRate value="0"/>
        <EnergyRegenRate value="0"/>
        <ShieldRegenRate value="0"/>
        <Speed value="0"/>
        <Acceleration value="0"/>
        <Deceleration value="0"/>
        <LateralAcceleration value="0"/>
        <LeaderAlias value="##id##"/>
        <SelectAlias value="##id##"/>
        <SubgroupAlias value="##id##"/>
        <OccludeHeight value="0.75"/>
        <TacticalAI value="##id##"/>
        <AIEvaluateAlias value="##id##"/>
        <ReviveType value="##id##"/>
        <PawnItemReduction value="1"/>
        <Fidget DelayMax="30" DelayMin="10" TurnAngle="90" TurningRate="90">
            <ChanceArray index="Idle" value="100"/>
        </Fidget>
    </CUnit>

CRace default="1">
        <Name value="Race/Name/##id##"/>
        <StartLocationAlert value="StartLocation"/>
        <LoadingImage value="UI/Loading##id##"/>
        <DefeatImage value="UI/ScoreDefeatImage##id##"/>
        <DefeatMusic value="Music_##id##Defeat"/>
        <VictoryImage value="UI/ScoreVictoryImage##id##"/>
        <VictoryMusic value="Music_##id##Victory"/>
        <GameMusic value="Music_##id##Low"/>
        <FoodCeiling value="200"/>
        <ShowResource index="Minerals" value="1"/>
        <ShowResource index="Vespene" value="1"/>
    </CRace>

<CAlert default="1">
        <Display index="Self" value="1"/>
        <Display index="Other" value="1"/>
        <PrimaryActions index="Flash" value="1"/>
        <PrimaryActions index="Select" value="1"/>
        <PrimaryActions index="View" value="1"/>
        <SecondaryActions index="Flash" value="1"/>
        <SecondaryActions index="Select" value="1"/>
        <SecondaryActions index="View" value="1"/>
        <Flags index="Combine" value="1"/>
        <Fade value="0.500000"/>
        <Life value="8.000000"/>
        <PingColor value="255,255,255,0"/>
        <PingTime value="6.000000"/>
        <Sound value="##id##"/>
        <Text value="Alert/Text/##id##"/>
        <Tooltip value="Alert/Tooltip/##id##"/>
        <Voice value="Unknown"/>
    </CAlert>

@vjeux: Go <On> tag containing strings similar to code <</quote>>

Well, it is way better than how requirements/requirement nodes work. At least when doing it by hand.

@vjeux: Go Actor referencing random data from everywhere (unit, abilities ...) <</quote>>

It really isn't random, and you know it :p

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#3 Apr 8, 2010

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Appdneding to teh id thing, tehre is alos some neat referencing method for inheritance that I ripped from the chinese:

<CAbilLearn default="1" id="BaseLearnSkills">
		<?token id="Skill1" type="CAbilLink"?>
		<?token id="Skill2" type="CAbilLink"?>
		<?token id="Skill3" type="CAbilLink"?>
		<?token id="Skill4" type="CAbilLink"?>
        <InfoArray index="Learn1" Abil="##Skill1##"/>
        <InfoArray index="Learn2" Abil="##Skill2##"/>
        <InfoArray index="Learn3" Abil="##Skill3##"/>
        <InfoArray index="Learn4" Abil="##Skill4##">
			<Button State="Restricted" Requirements="ReachLv6"/>
        </InfoArray>
        <Flags index="HideOnMaxLevel" value="1"/>
        <Flags index="BestUnit" value="1"/>
        <Points value="1"/>
        <PointsPerLevel value="1"/>
    </CAbilLearn>
	<CAbilLearn id="HeroSkills" parent="BaseLearnSkills" Skill1="Skill1" Skill2="Skill2" Skill3="Skill3" Skill4="Skill4"/>

I think mentioned that before, but just in case I didint :P

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