UNITTYPE with hard coded behavior?

We have a complete list of unit types in constants.js. Some are tags for fabbers and factories to select (I suspect *Build are that type), but others appear to have built in game effects. Do we know which ones have special logic (and what that is) ?

Commander

Untested: lose when all dead.

Fabber

Untested: spectator fabber count. Determines selections. If it has the fabber unit type, then it is selected only with majority fabbers. Otherwise, it is selected with majority non fabbers.

Debug

Tank

Bot

Bomber

Fighter

Gunship

Transport

Teleporter

Scout

Structure

Mobile

Untested: spectator mobile count

Wall

Sub

Nuke

NukeDefense

Heavy

Artillery

Tactical

LaserPlatform

AirDefense

SurfaceDefense

OrbitalDefense

MetalProduction

EnergyProduction

Construction

Land

Naval

Air

Orbital

Basic

Advanced

CmdBuild

FabBuild

FabAdvBuild

FabOrbBuild

FactoryBuild

CombatFabBuild

CombatFabAdvBuild

Economy

Factory

Can't move because orders are given to built units instead of the unit itself. Builds units internally; without Factory units must be placed in the world. Untested: spectator factory count.

Defense

Offense

Recon

NoBuild

I thought that was the "hover_time": -1, setting in the navigation component of the .json? Is that incorrect

That could be; I was changing a bunch of stuff at once.

The gunship is rather interesting. I believe it also has behavior tag to strafe while attacking. That would be neat to give some units if one were modding.

I think that is aggressive_behavior: circle.

It doesn't seem to do anything, I gave it to my hover tank, yet it did what it always does.

because it is incapable of moving on it's side axis.

Now, if we could figure out how to get it to move side by side without having to face the side, that would be great, it would be the PA Magrider.

We really need to test of the hover tank drives around the enemy in circles when it's attacking.

Could it bone/anim thing? Maybe for the gunship the main body is the 'turret'

I know it has two separate muzzle bones, so I'd think those would rotate. You may be right though.

Facing discussion can move to it's own thread: https://forums.uberent.com/threads/unit-facing-and-strafing.60996/

If the behavior is hard-coded, it's probably hard-coded to "type: air" and you won't be able to use it with a land unit.

I could be wrong, but many of these probably don't have any hard-coded behaviours. Rather, they are used a method of filter units - for example, the "buildable_types" attribute of a unit determines what that unit can construct. The value of this attribute for the vehicle factory is:

Code:

(Land & Mobile & Tank & Basic | Tank & Fabber & Basic & Mobile) & FactoryBuild

What this means is the vehicle factory can build anything that has the following buildable types:

• All of: UNITTYPE_Land, UNITTYPE_Mobile, UNITTYPE_Tank, UNITTYPE_Basic and UNITYPE_FactoryBuild
  OR
• All of: UNITTYPE_Tank, UNITTYPE_Fabber, UNITTYPE_Basic, UNITTYPE_Mobile and UNITYPE_FactoryBuild

The type of movement a unit makes is likely more dependent on the navigation -> type value.

Most of these are only used for build types, but a few have other uses.

Fabber also determines selections. If it has the fabber unit type, then it is selected only with majority fabbers. Otherwise, it is selected with majority non fabbers.