Air Transports

Hepps

@beelee Yes all of that is possible.

The Paratrooper attachment no longer does anything. That was depreciated some time ago.

You need to look at POS2. The is "isairTransport" and "isairTransportable" are the 2 attachments you need for the units and then there is a Global property that governs whether a unit can move deep into enemy territories.

If you look at TWW everything you need is in there.

prastle

@hepps paras cant move deep .... it becomes evil! But yes that option is there as well.

Hepps

@prastle I'm all about evil. Was just pointing out that it is possible if the goal was to make the unit more versatile and realistic.

But what I was really saying is that the transporting unit can always move during CM & NCM phases since it would be "isAir". You would have to add other attachments to the transporting unit if you wanted it to move only during NCM.

beelee

@hepps Thanks eveyone ! I got kinda bummed for a minute

hmm...isair you could have snipers target them with AA heh heh right on thanks again

Hepps

@beelee

<attachment name="unitAttachment" attachTo="britishAirTransport" javaClass="games.strategy.triplea.attachments.UnitAttachment" type="unitType">
  <option name="movement" value="2"/>  (this movement range may seem low because we have airfields that give extra movement) 
  <option name="attack" value="1"/>  (We use the attack value to create an amphibious type bonus.  Otherwise Att would normally be 0)
  <option name="defense" value="0"/>
  <option name="transportCapacity" value="2"/>
  <option name="isAir" value="true"/>
  <option name="isAirTransport" value="true"/>
  <option name="requiresUnits" value="britishAircraftPlant"/>
  
      <attachment name="unitAttachment" attachTo="britishParatrooper" javaClass="games.strategy.triplea.attachments.UnitAttachment" type="unitType">
  <option name="movement" value="1"/>
  <option name="attack" value="2"/>
  <option name="defense" value="3"/>
  <option name="isLandTransportable" value="true"/>
  <option name="isAirTransportable" value="true"/>
  <option name="transportCost" value="2"/>
  <option name="requiresUnits" value="britishBarracks"/>
  <option name="canInvadeOnlyFrom" value="none"/>

beelee

@hepps far out ! Thank You !

Hepps

@beelee and in regards to your initial post.... the quote you provided does not mean to reflect that combat units cannot move during non combat.... but rather that Air units are the only unit that can move (within the same turn) in both phases. All non-air units are confined to moving in Combat OR Noncombat. Just not in both during the same turn. The archaic rule was just revived from original board games where doing moves in both phases lead to confusion on the board. and while it is a non-issue with our movement validation and undo ability within Triple A... purists will be purists.

beelee

@hepps right on.
Guess I freaked for nothing. That was a easy fix. My brain does scramble after an all night session : )

Hepps

@beelee Been there... done that.

prastle

@beelee yes bee you hit the nail on the HEAD. It means that IF the random aa shot hits the para bomber they air transport dies ... The only know glitch that is left ( that I know of) is that the bomber can continue to fly and bomb after dropping para. Which is not legal. BUT yes many wonderfull things available Great stuff

Hepps

@prastle That is easily correctable inside the XML. It is really just the way you guys have approached para in your game.

prastle

@hepps Nope
also needs the move para first and control/click movement fixed
It shouldn't need to matter if ya do it at start of round.
AND it shouldn't require control movements
of fly pattern

prastle

@Hepps to clarfy this occurs any game with paras and non com movement.

But i can say I never checked in tww

Hepps

@prastle Then don't know how you are saying no. Just because you have never looked for a solution.... doesn't mean one isn't available.

prastle

@hepps k boss i will test

prastle

@Hepps but it doesn't mean it shouldn't be fixed for all other maps!

Hepps

@prastle Fixing things in lots of available maps is a highly subjective thing.

beelee

@hepps Ran into a retreat problem for my elite dude. He's not supposed to be able to when being air dropped. Checked POS and TWW but couldn't find how to make it happen.

Know you're busy but would appreciate it if you would clue me in when you get a chance : )

Thanks

OK got it to kinda work. If I kill the elite and then try and retreat the transport i get "couldn't find step name germans withdraw". Still lets it retreat but I've never seen that before. I'll dick with it some more.

Hepps

@beelee To my knowledge the airdropped unit has always retained the ability to retreat if it is not taken as a casualty. I know it has always been the case in TWW.

I think the only retreats that are currently blockable are amphibious assaults.

beelee

@hepps right on. I got it set so they can "Go Deep" so maybe that's why ? It's a little confusing still. I saved before the changes when i got it not to retreat. I need to go through it all again and see exactly what's happening.

A cool thing was i ran across "canInvadeOnlyFrom" which I wasn't aware of. I'll let ya know what I end up with : ) Heh heh Yanks just scored sweet. Have to take a break for a bit : )