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Spy Drone - covie - 19.05.2007

Hi i'm making a drone that enters a tank and follows it around, revealing terrain around it, while not dealing any damage (of course!) and doesn't rock the tank. I've tried using Rocker=no but it neither not rocks the tank nor reveals anything. Help!

RE: Spy Drone - Electro - 19.05.2007

Code please and everything related to it in rules(md).ini.

RE: Spy Drone - covie - 20.05.2007

Unit code

Code:
[SPYDRON]

UIName=Name:SPYDRON

Name=Spy Drone

Category=AFV

Prerequisite=NAWEAP

Primary=DroneJump2

Secondary=VirtualScanner

NavalTargeting=6

Strength=100

SuppressionThreshold=5; damage below this amount won't suppress the parasite

ReselectIfLimboed=yes ; If selected when limbo on attack of infantry, reselect when unlimbo

DefaultToGuardArea=yes ; the much awaited terror drone default to move and attack when resting

Armor=special_1

TechLevel=4

Turret=no

IsTilter=no

CrateGoodie=no

Sight=7

Speed=10 ; gs Don't go higher than 20, or he gets stuck running in circles

Owner=Russians,Confederation,Africans,Arabs

Cost=500

Soylent=500

Points=20

ROT=40

AllowedToStartInMultiplayer=yes

Crusher=no

Crewed=no

IsSelectableCombatant=yes

Explosion=TWLT070,S_BANG48,S_BRNL58,S_CLSN58,S_TUMU60

VoiceSelect=TerrorDroneSelect

VoiceAttack=TerrorDroneAttackCommand

VoiceMove=TerrorDroneMove

VoiceFeedback=

DieSound=TerrorDroneDie

MoveSound=TerrorDroneMoveLoop

Maxdebris=2

Locomotor={4A582741-9839-11d1-B709-00A024DDAFD1};<-drive   mech->{55D141B8-DB94-11d1-AC98-006008055BB5}

;MovementZone=Normal ;gs FLAW needs to be changed to this when The Flaw is fixed

MovementZone=Destroyer

ThreatPosed=25 ; This value MUST be 0 for all building addons

DamageParticleSystems=SparkSys,SmallGreySSys

Weight=.5

ImmuneToPsionics=yes

ImmuneToRadiation=yes

Parasiteable=no

Trainable=no

Explodes=no

AccelerationFactor=5 ; really fast

DeaccelerationFactor=5 ; This is TS's mizspelingg knot min

ZFudgeColumn=8

ZFudgeTunnel=13

;Bombable=no

Size=2

Accelerates=false

Bunkerable=no; Units default to yes, others default to no

Image=DRON

RequiredHouses=Russians

Weapon

Code:
DroneJump2]

Damage=1

ROF=3

Range=1.83

Projectile=JUMP

Speed=30

Warhead=ParasiteSpy

LimboLaunch=yes ; Limbo shooter at launch (one shot or become the bullet)

Report=TerrorDroneAttack

PenetratesBunker=yes;If shot at a bunkered tank, no means the bunker gets the damage, yes means the unit does

;In Terror Drone case, it just handles the bad case where a TD'd guy makes it into a bunker.

FireInTransport=no;can't fire out of the BattleFortress

RevealOnFire=yes

Camera=yes

DecloakToFire=no

Warhead

Code:
[ParasiteSpy]

Verses=0%,0%,0%,100%,100%,100%,0%,0%,0%,0%,0%

Parasite=yes

InfDeath=1

Rocker=no

No changes to the rest

RE: Spy Drone - Electro - 20.05.2007

I don't think that it's possible to make a spy drone thingy, the Spy Plane works by having the Special call on the type of SpyPlane, as the camera weapon doesn't have any special statements, but I could be wrong.

Code:
[SpyCameraWeapon]

Damage=6;range of shroud to reveal

Range=20;how far away to start revealing

Burst=1

Projectile=InvisibleHigh

Warhead=DummyWarhead

Report=SpyPlaneSnapshot

RE: Spy Drone - covie - 20.05.2007

So it isn't possible...

RE: Spy Drone - Renegade - 20.05.2007

You could, of course, always resort to such tricks as having the spy drone spawn an invisible unit, have that reveal the shadow, and then have it automatically kill itself...

RE: Spy Drone - covie - 20.05.2007

snyeh. Would the Cabal Grappler (http://graveyards.cncguild.net/style.php?page=downl#TibSunDl) be as impossible?

RE: Spy Drone - Electro - 20.05.2007

The Limpet Mine logic isn't present in RA2/YR.

RE: Spy Drone - Guest - 01.03.2009

(20.05.2007, 14:02:51)Renegade Wrote: You could, of course, always resort to such tricks as having the spy drone spawn an invisible unit, have that reveal the shadow, and then have it automatically kill itself...

Sorry for digging up such an old thread but I would like to create a spy drone like covie suggested.
Obviously the parasite logic alone won't reveal anything.

How did you imagine this to work, Renegade? Can a weapon have both Warhead=Parasite and Spawner=yes?

RE: Spy Drone - Renegade - 01.03.2009

In theory, I guess so - practically, I was not specifically thinking of something like that, but more of something like the MakeInfantry logic. The first thing to test, though, would be whether RevealOnFire is of any help.

When using MakeInfantry, make sure you use an InfDeath that actually converts ownership.
But yeah, if you don't want to sacrifice one of those, and RevealOnFire doesn't help, try spawning like on the Aircraft Carrier, spawning only one invisible Aircrafttype. (Preferably Insignificant or DontScore, and killing itself after a certain amount of time - if it reveals the map immediately after being spawned, just give it Strength=1, no DeathWeapon damage [DeathWeaponDamageModifier], and have it kill itself immediately on the first shot.)