How to make any building make units

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BigBrainiac

Category:	Code
Level:	Beginner
Created:	Saturday September 11, 2010 - 14:46
Updated:	Sunday September 19, 2010 - 19:45
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Summary:	Guide to make any building have the ability to build units

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This is a guide that tells how to make any building able to build units.
BACK-STORY: I was reading the forums once when I noticed that Nazgul, a modding icon, was having trouble adding dwarven miners to the build-able units of the mine. His problem was that he didn't know about the "QueueProductionExitUpdate ModuleTag_Exit" code. It makes it that your building can create units at a certain spot around it.

Now for the steps to make the dwarven mine have the ability to make some unit. (I will use guardians)

STEP ONE: Open object/goodfaction/structure/farminterface.ini
This is the object that the Rohan and Gondor factions use as their base.
Go to line #292-296 and copy the entire block:

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    Behavior = QueueProductionExitUpdate ModuleTag_Exit

        UnitCreatePoint    = X: 20.0 Y:0.0 Z:0.0

        NaturalRallyPoint  = X:-60.0 Y:0.0 Z:0.0

        ExitDelay = 350

    End

STEP TWO:Open "object/goodfaction/structure/dwarven/dwarvenmineshaft.ini"
Paste the "Behavior = Queue..." block of code at line between the "TunnelContain" and the "BuildingBehavior" Behaviors. It should look like this:

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    Behavior = TunnelContain ModuleTag_Contain

         ObjectStatusOfContained            = UNSELECTABLE ENCLOSED

         ContainMax                      = 5

         DamagePercentToUnits            = 0%

         PassengerFilter                = ANY +INFANTRY +BANNER +CAVALRY -MONSTER -SUMMONED -COMBO_HORDE

         AllowEnemiesInside            = No

        AllowAlliesInside            = No

        AllowNeutralInside            = No

        AllowOwnPlayerInsideOverride        = Yes

         NumberOfExitPaths               = 1    // Defaults to 1.  Set 0 to not use ExitStart/ExitEnd, set higher than 1 to use            ExitStart01-nn/ExitEnd01-nn

        PassengerBonePrefix             = PassengerBone:ARROW_ KindOf:INFANTRY

        EntryPosition                = X:0.0 Y:0.0 Z:0.0

        EntryOffset                = X:80.0 Y:0.0 Z:0.0

        ExitOffset                = X:100.0 Y:0.0 Z:0.0

        EnterSound                = RuinedTowerEnterSound

        KillPassengersOnDeath            = No

        ShowPips                = No

        ExitDelay                = 0

    End



    Behavior = QueueProductionExitUpdate ModuleTag_Exit

        UnitCreatePoint    = X: 20.0 Y:0.0 Z:0.0

        NaturalRallyPoint  = X:-60.0 Y:0.0 Z:0.0

        ExitDelay = 350

    End

    

    Behavior                  = BuildingBehavior BuildingModuleTag

STEP THREE: Change the "UniCreatePoint" to have the "X:" value of 0.0 and the "NaturalRallyPoint" "X:" value to 100.0.
It would look like:

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    Behavior = QueueProductionExitUpdate ModuleTag_Exit

        UnitCreatePoint    = X: 0.0 Y:0.0 Z:0.0

        NaturalRallyPoint  = X:100.0 Y:0.0 Z:0.0

        ExitDelay = 350

    End

STEP FOUR: Change the DwarvenMineShaftCommandSet to look like this (if you want to build guardians on it):

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CommandSet DwarvenMineShaftCommandSet

    1     = Command_ExitGarrison

    2     = Command_ExitGarrison

    3     = Command_ExitGarrison

    4     = Command_ExitGarrison

    5     = Command_ExitGarrison

    6     = Command_Sell

    7     = Command_ConstructDwarvenGuardianHorde

End

Now go in-game and test out the guardian building feature... It SHOULD work (it worked for me)

Happy Modding,
BigBrainiac

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clank234 - Monday November 15, 2010 - 13:21

It works except 1 thing, the guardians cant be upgraded and they they come as 10 single units.
Keep up the gd work ;)

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