Release Thread Commanders slowly regain health. - https://github.com/justinlove/commander_regeneration Limitations No regen occurs while in transports. Technical Implementation The mod enables the create unit cheat, and then shuts off the normal UI affordances for using it. This is done via `common.js`, so the mod is incompatible with other mods that use the same trick (Puppetmaster and Murder Party) The client periodically creates a zero-health unit which immediately dies and (death weapon) causes a planet-wide explosion that does 1 damage; all armor types reduce this damage to 0, except commander which has a -60 multiplier (62.5 is 0.5% health) Alternate Implementations I believe this could be ported to server-script, but there would be a small amount of original research in how to set up such mods. The mod could be split into create-unit lockdown, and a client mod that performed regeneration, but the regeneration would stop if that client disconnected, and it's also possible that the sim would reject units from a defeated player. Trivia - Negative damage works for direct fire and splash damage with `splash_damages_allies`. - Negative damage is rejected for damage volumes. - Negative armor multipliers work, even for damage volumes. - Units in transports aren't affected by area damage. - Direct fire weapons cannot target your own units. - Secondary fire weapons can target the ground near your units.
Easy one down: got multiple planets working last night. Note however that units in transports aren't affected by damage, negative or not.
So wait, could you make a healing nuke using the same hack? You could fire it at your death ball and they all get full health regenerated. This is pretty cool. On a side note, couldn't you reclaim the commander and get free metal?
Healing nuke would heal all players, just like a nuke damages all players. It's a hack, so the only options are "all other players" and "all players" I may have to make a commander cost reduction mod if it's an issue.
so what your saying is if i give a combat fabber a uber cannon kind of weapon and give netgitive dmg multiplers to all units it will then have an AoE healing cannon?
I love the idea of turning PA into a MOBA style game where the commander leads crazy creep charges into the planet. Here is an idea for a conversion mod: buff the hell out of defenses so they are super easy to put up and very strong. Bug the hell out of the commander and give him different weapon loadouts a la burntcustard. Make unit production slower to nerf early rushing. Game then becomes about sending an ever growing trickle of units into a highly fortified base. Once you reach critical mass, you take the commander in for a crazy full out assault. Most games will be decided by decisive exchanges between commander supported armies and the commander themselves. We already see some spiritual precursor to this in Zaphod's old comrush tactics and in comboxing. @ZaphodX
I'm not very familiar with the previous games. I set the rate where there would be visible regen if you got into a fight early (or had a longer game), but shouldn't have an appreciable impact on a single situation.
