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[Snaksolid]

OK so I extended the timer for the Ents to make them pretty much permanent when summoned but the problem is even when I add command points to them they can be summoned infinitely even after you have had the command limit. what I want is for the ents to count towards the command limit and not be able to be summoned once the command limit has been reached. Any help is appreciated.

Edited by Snaksolid, 01 November 2016 - 03:44 AM.

[Echo]

If you want to make them permanent, why don't you remove the lifetime update entirely?

 

For your main issue, I don't think there's a proper fix to it. The ents that will join your army are part of the base entmoot_rohan.bse. You can remove them from the base, but that means they will never spawn. Those are the 2 choices that you certainly have.

 

You could try as a third option to place 4 waypoints on top of the ents in the base file, then remove the ents and write a script that makes them spawn only if the player has enough command points to summon them. However, I don't even know if scripts work properly in .bse files. Even if they do, this procedure could cause some bugs. It's worth a try I guess.

[Snaksolid]

Actually I did manage to fix the problem.

 

First I found this line of code in the file entsinfantry.ini (should be in the objects category under good faction).

 

ChildObject RohanEntFir_Summoned RohanEntFir

    KindOf = PRELOAD SELECTABLE CAN_CAST_REFLECTIONS MONSTER SCORE CAN_ATTACK ATTACK_NEEDS_LINE_OF_SIGHT PATH_THROUGH_INFANTRY CAN_ATTACK_WALLS SCARY BIG_MONSTER SUMMONED; ARMY_SUMMARY

    IsTrainable = No

    CommandPoints = 0

    Behavior = LifetimeUpdate ModuleTag_LifetimeUpdate

        MinLifetime        = 12000 

        MaxLifetime        = 12000

        DeathType        = FADED

    End    

End

 

And where it says CommandPoints = 0 I changed it to CommandPoints = 10 (which is the typical command point for ents in this mod). Also I had to do this for both types of Ents so make sure you keep that in mind. Another thing is what I did to make them practically permanent is i just add a bunch of 0's to the 12000 numbers. That pretty much makes them permanent.

 

Then I went to the file objectcreationlist.ini and found this line of code.

 

; Create A bunch of Ents out of thin air. 

ObjectCreationList OCL_SpawnEnts

    CreateObject

        ObjectNames = RohanEntFir_Summoned RohanEntBirch_Summoned

        Count = 4

        FadeIn = Yes

        FadeTime = 2000

        IgnoreCommandPointLimit = Yes

        Disposition = SPAWN_AROUND

        DispositionAngle = 90    ;SpawnAround uses this as the arc between guys

        DispositionIntensity = 200 ; and this for distance from center

        UseJustBuiltFlag = Yes

        StartingBusyTime = 5000

    End

End

 

And changed the line that says IgnoreCommandPointLimit = Yes to IgnoreCommandPointLimit = No.

Viola. No more infinite ents.

 

Also I tried to completely remove the time limit and it crashed the game every time so I just made it so ridiculously long that it really doesn't matter.

 

Edited by Snaksolid, 03 November 2016 - 01:00 AM.