Making a unit attack alone

RogerCooper

I am working on mod for the game "East & West" that has an atomic bomb unit. Under the rules, atomic bombs can't attack with other units. I don't think I can prevent that from happening but I can discourage by penalizing units attacking with the bomb and enhancing the defender.

Here is my code

<attachment name="unitAttachment" attachTo="fusion_bomb" javaClass="games.strategy.triplea.attachments.UnitAttachment" type="unitType">
<option name="movement" value="6"/>
<option name="attack" value="6"/>
<option name="attackRolls" value="10"/>
<option name="defense" value="0"/>
<option name="attackAA" value="0"/>
<option name="offensiveAttackAA" value="1"/>
<option name="offensiveAttackAAmaxDieSides" value="6"/>
<option name="maxAAattacks" value="-1"/>
<option name="isAAforCombatOnly" value="true"/>
<option name="typeAA" value="nuclearBlast"/>
<option name="targetsAA" value="fighter:bomber"/>
<option name="isAir" value="true"/>
<option name="canAirBattle" value="false"/>
<option name="isSuicideOnAttack" value="true"/>
</attachment>

<attachment name="supportAttachmentAtomicInterference1" attachTo="fission_bomb" javaClass="games.strategy.triplea.attachments.UnitSupportAttachment" type="unitType">
			<option name="unitType" value="infantry:armor:heavy_armor:fighter:bomber:battleship:cruiser:carrier:submarine:self-propelled_artillery"/>
			<option name="faction" value="allied"/>
			<option name="side" value="offence"/>
			<option name="dice" value="strength"/>
			<option name="bonus" value="-6"/>
			<option name="number" value="99"/>
			<option name="bonusType" value="nuclear"/>
      <option name="players" value="Soviet_Union:Britain:Western_Europe:United_States"/>
</attachment>

<attachment name="supportAttachmentAtomicInterference2" attachTo="fission_bomb" javaClass="games.strategy.triplea.attachments.UnitSupportAttachment" type="unitType">
			<option name="unitType" value="infantry:armor:heavy_armor:fighter:bomber:battleship:cruiser:carrier:submarine:self-propelled_artillery"/>
			<option name="faction" value="enemy"/>
			<option name="side" value="offence"/>
			<option name="dice" value="strength"/>
			<option name="bonus" value="6"/>
			<option name="number" value="99"/>
			<option name="bonusType" value="nuclear"/>
      <option name="players" value="Soviet_Union:Britain:Western_Europe:United_States"/>
</attachment>

The first two attachments work properly. The last one doesn't seem to have an effect. I am doing anything wrong?

wc_sumpton

@rogercooper

I'm trying to understand what you are saying compared to what is being presented. Why is there AA options for the fusion_bomb? What I'm not seeing is any options for <canNotTarget> or <canNotBeTargetedBy>, so does the fusion_bomb have the ability to attack fighter:bomber twice during a combat round? Once during the AA combat and again during normal combat?

As to the <supportAttachment>s, the first one reads; While the fusion_bomb is on offence for the listed players, it can apply 99 "nuclear" bonuses of a -6 value to the list of allied units which can receive the "nuclear" bonus only once.
The second one reads; While the fusion_bomb is on offence for the listed players, it can apply 99 "nuclear" bonuses of a 6 value to the list of enemy units which can receive the "nuclear" bonus only once.

The problem is with "isSuicideOnAttack". The fusion_bomb will be removed after its attack roll so there will be no bonuses given to enemy units because the fusion_bomb will not be there.

Cheers...

RogerCooper

@wc_sumpton said in Making a unit attack alone:

The problem is with "isSuicideOnAttack". The fusion_bomb will be removed after its attack roll so there will be no bonuses given to enemy units because the fusion_bomb will not be there.

Thanks for the help. The first support attachment should be good enough.

The AA attack reflects an EMP attack effect from the "East & West" game.