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[Allied General]

1. What is AI cloning?

AI cloning is when the AI has more than one factory and when it constructs a unit its gets another unit for free like the cloning vats but for any unit

2. Why should I let AI have cloning?

a. Makes AI harder to defeat by ofsetting the weaknesses of triggers
b. AI can produce more units in less time

3. Sample Code

[GAWEAP2] ;This must be listed under [BuildingTypes]
UIName=Name:GAWEAP
Name=Allied War Factory
Image=GAWEAP ;This is the image of the war factory clone
BuildCat=Tech
WeaponsFactory=yes
Prerequisite=PROC,GAPILE,GACNST
Factory=UnitType
DeployTime=.044
Strength=1000
Armor=wood
TechLevel=2
Sight=4
Adjacent=2
Owner=British,French,Germans,Americans,Alliance,Russians,Confederation,Africans,
Arabs,YuriCountry
AIBasePlanningSide=0
Cost=2000
Points=80
Power=-25
Capturable=false ;If is true you just get a factory and no new build options
Crewed=yes
Bib=yes
Explosion=TWLT070,S_BANG48,S_BRNL58,S_CLSN58,S_TUMU60
DebrisAnims=DBRIS1LG,DBRIS1SM,DBRIS2LG,DBRIS4LG,DBRIS4SM,DBRIS5LG,DBRIS5SM,DBRIS
6SM,DBRIS7LG,DBRIS7SM
MaxDebris=15
MinDebris=5
ThreatPosed=0
DamageParticleSystems=SparkSys,SmallGreySSys,BigGreySmokeSys
DamageSmokeOffset=408,880,435
AIBuildThis=yes ;obvious why?
ExitCoord=512,256,0
Spyable=yes
ImmuneToPsionics=no
NumberImpassableRows=1
BuildLimit=0 ;Stops it appearing in players build tab

4. Can human players clone [VehicleTypes]?

No

5. Why use BuildLimit=0 instead of TechLevel=-1?

1. Useful to control AI building if your modification has a Tech Slider.

6. Any side effects?

1. If you have clone factories and triggers for units with BuildLimit= i.e. two barracks and a hero, the AI can make multiple heroes but again this is a way to make the AI harder

[SMxReaver]

I've never seen use of the BuildLimit=0 system for cloned structures. I've always gone with TechLevel=-1 as the AI still builds the structure.

[Allied General]

I've never seen use of the BuildLimit=0 system for cloned structures. I've always gone with TechLevel=-1 as the AI still builds the structure.

Useful if your mod uses tech slider e.g. TS/FS or NPatch/Ares feature

[Mig Eater]

Second... I just use tech -1 too, I'll change it to this way later

[Apollo]

Yeah we all used to...BuildLimit=0 is just tad more convenient coding wise but maybe its trivial in the end as long as main goal is same

[DCoder]

BuildLimit=0 kinda flies in the face of Ares's ability to enforce AI Build Limits. Can you come up with a different idea? We could add [BUILDING]AIBuildThisAmount=1,1,2 ;e,m,h on the normal structures and discard this dicking around. Or reuse the old WarfacLimit/WarfacRatio logic from the past (I'm not wild about this)?

Edited by DCoder, 28 June 2010 - 01:25 PM.

[Allied General]

Thinking about it a General tag like AIExtraWarFactories= like AIExtraRefineries= could work as well or structure specific as mention.

Of course this tutorial does not take into account DLL enhancement apps otherwise I would have stated [Ares] etc before posting.

Also as with anyone using hacks or DLL enhancements the user should check documentation to see if this feature is part of Ares or whatever.

[Apollo]

Structure specific would be nicest for ultimate control but admittedly dicking around with base construction is generally full of pits...