Patching extra functionality into <gamemd.exe>

[CannisRabidus]

Someone got details of what settings I need on a building to give it cloaking/sensors through veterancy?

• SensorArray=yes (definitely)
  
• DetectDisguise=yes (not sure if this is necessary, might only be so sensors detect disguised units. Is this what we want? Probably yes).
  
• SensorsSight=n (This is tricky. Could set to the same as Sight= as with units, but Sight= seems short for a building. The game's Psychic Sensor (YR Psy Radar) uses a value of 15).
  
• DetectDisguiseRange=n (same as above, but relates to disguise. Also as you remember from what I said before, it really doesn't work. For compatibility with possible future fixes I think it should probably be included also. Again the game uses a value of 15).
  
• PsychicDetectionRadius=n (This makes the dotted lines get drawn so you see where a unit is going. Without this there is no point to the rest. Logically the area covered should be the same as SensorsSight=. Again game default is 15).
  

Now it would seem logical that a building, which does not start out being a SensorArray, could carry the SensorsSight= and other range tags in anticipation of its possible promotion. That would solve the range value problem. But from my research (concerns units though, not buildings), giving a unit SensorsSight=>0 automatically gives the unit sensors! IMO this should be fixed, so that SensorsSight= is ignored if Sensors=no; and the same fix should apply so that SensorsSight= is ignored for buildings if SensorArray=no.

This again brings up the idea of new veterancy abilities. While I'm sure everyone has a favorite, the most asked-for on the official forums by regular players was MC_IMMUNE. Always seemed cheap that elite Apocs could be mc'ed for example. One sticking point is what happens to a mind-controlled rookie who gets promoted? Does he break the mind control, or doesn't he?