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[Vahagn]

Hey! So, in the ROTWK's CAH system there's an option in the Powers Selection menu, which allows you to skip a level of your CAH and upgrade him starting from the next level. I attached a picture of it in this post. Now, I installed BFME2 and that little icon which skips a level, without selecting any power isn't there. There's no way I can move to the next level, without selecting any powers. Is it possible to do something with it?

[Ridder Geel]

Well... No not really, I believe that is a feature added to ROTWK and it is simply not available to BFME 2...

[Gourbish]

It's true, this was one of the new features added with ROTWK.

[MattTheLegoman]

All it is is a power that does nothing.

[Gourbish]

Hum... So it propably could be added easily...

[Ridder Geel]

Not really unless there is a way to disable the 5 power limit... Since the "blank" upgrade would have to take up a slot... Unless i'm mistaken there

[Gourbish]

I found this SpecialPower :

//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
// "No Power" Power (All Classes)
//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Behavior = SpecialPowerModule ModuleTag_NoPowerDummy
SpecialPowerTemplate = SpecialAbilityNoPowerDummy
UpdateModuleStartsAttack = No
StartsPaused = Yes
End

This SpecialAbility :

// Dummy power for "No Power"
SpecialPower SpecialAbilityNoPowerDummy
Enum	 = SPECIAL_GENERAL_TARGETLESS
ReloadTime	 = 1
End

And this CommandButton :

CommandButton Command_SpecialAbilityNoPowerDummy
Command = SPECIAL_POWER
SpecialPower = SpecialAbilityNoPowerDummy
Options = NONPRESSABLE
ButtonImage = CAHNoPower
ButtonBorderType = ACTION
TextLabel = CONTROLBAR:SpecialAbilityNoPower
DescriptLabel = CONTROLBAR:ToolTipSpecialAbilityNoPower
ShowButton = No
Radial = No
InPalantir = No	 ; To be hidden by default

CreateAHeroUIAllowableUpgrades = Upgrade_CreateAHero_ClassHeroOfTheWest Upgrade_CreateAHero_ClassIstariWizard Upgrade_CreateAHero_ClassDwarf Upgrade_CreateAHero_ClassCorruptedMan Upgrade_CreateAHero_ClassServantsOfSauron Upgrade_CreateAHero_ClassArcher Upgrade_CreateAHero_ClassOlogHai
CreateAHeroUIMinimumLevel = 1
CreateAHeroUIPrerequisiteButtonName = None
CreateAHeroUICostIfSelected = 0
End

So, maybe the 5 power limit is not reached due to the CommandButton options, or simply because there is no upgrade for it.

Edited by Gourbish, 17 October 2012 - 09:36 PM.

[Lauri]

As you can see, there's a line there that says
CreateAHeroUICostIfSelected = 0
This line does not exist in BFME2, and it won't work, so I'm pretty sure that you can't have a 'dummy power' like you want to achieve without spending a 'special ability point'.

[Gourbish]

If I remember well, in BFME II you didn't have money : all CaH cost 2000. This was new in ROTWK too. So the CreateAHeroUICostIfSelected is just the "cost bonus" of your hero if you choose this power.

[Lauri]

True that. You're probably right, I completely forgot that the cost can be altered in RotWK.