Modding horse ?

[Athos1660]

Does someone know how to... ?

Here is the result I'd like to test/play with (don't look at the highlighted squares, they are of no meaning):



It comes to adding the 4 squares boxed in red to their current possibilities of moving :



as if :
(1) rotating backwards and moving to A would cost 6 x 2 = 12 AP
(2) rotating backwards and moving to B would cost 4 x 2 = 8 AP
(3) rotating backwards and moving to C would cost 8 + 8 = 16 AP

(or as if horse could move backwards as a light unit that would have only 8 AP.)



PS :
(1) ability to fall back as in current game would remain unchanged.
(2) moving to A, B or C does mean rotating backwards as light units do, not falling back without changing orientation.

[Cronos09]

Does someone know how to... ?

Just change the cost of turn at an angle more than 99 degrees for Mounted units in Tools.BSF - something like this:

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			if (angle >= 100) // More than 90 degrees + margin for error
				{
					if (IsLightTroops(me) == 1)
						{
							if (GetAttrib(me, "MadeLargeTurn") == 0)
								{
									cost = 0;
								}
							else
								{
									cost = 8;
								}
						}
					else
						{
							if ((IsUnitSquadType(me, "Artillery") == 1) || ((IsMounted(me) == 1) && (IsUnitSquadType(me, "Light_Horse") == 0)))
								{
									cost = 8; // Arbitrary cost to stop Medium and Heavy Artillery turning more than 45 degrees
								}
							else
								{
									cost = GetBaseAttrib(me, "AP"); // Otherwise takes full movement allowance
								}
						}

					if (test == 0)
						{
							SetAttrib(me, "MadeLargeTurn", 1);
						}
				}

One string is only changed - if ((IsUnitSquadType(me, "Artillery") == 1) || ((IsMounted(me) == 1) && (IsUnitSquadType(me, "Light_Horse") == 0)))
and all works fine.

[Athos1660]

Fantastique ! Thank you very much, Cronos. Still as effective !

Btw, it also allows other "Mounted" (such as Reiters, Kurassiers or Gendarmes) to have this behaviour. No big deal of course, as the mod can just to be turned on/off, according to one's own taste (or in SP you can just decide to ignore the '4 squares behind' ; in friendly MP too).

It'll even let me fullfill an old fantasy of mine : playing the Troop type 'Cavalry' in FoG2A and FoG2M as in OP

Here is the result with cost = 6 (instead of the Vanilla '8' as in Cronos' mod above) on the line 734 (it seems to change nothing to Artillery as written) :

[Cronos09]

Btw, it also allows other "Mounted" (such as Reiters, Kurassiers or Gendarmes) to have this behaviour. No big deal of course, as the mod can just to be turned on/off, according to one's own taste (or in SP you can just decide to ignore the '4 squares behind' ; in friendly MP too).

I do not see the problem - you can point the necessary Squad types instead of all Mounted units:
if ((IsUnitSquadType(me, Cavalry") == 1) && (IsUnitSquadType(me, "Determined_Horse") == 1))
{
}

[Athos1660]

+1. Thanks

[Athos1660]

For the record, when the unit faces "diagonally" :

(1) with cost = 8



(2) with cost = 6

[Athos1660]

Still for the record, when the unit faces "diagonally" in Vanilla game :

[Athos1660]

The issue (from my point of view) with this mod as it is currently is that it breaks the ZoC :



ie. an unit within charge reach of a non-routing non-light enemy unit can freely flee without any damage or risk,
which is not realistic imho, unless an "opportunity charge" from the enemy ZOCing unit could be randomly triggered (or not) during the turn of the ZOCed unit on its move (which would count as a rear attack).

So, is it possible to add the following contraint (in the absence of "opportunity charge") ?
"When within charge reach of a non-routing non-light enemy unit, the unit can't "move backwards", so that it would be 'trapped' this way (and like in Vanilla game)" :



(and when NOT within charge reach of a non-routing non-light enemy unit, the unit can "move backwards")

Any tip would be amazing.

[Cronos09]

The issue (from my point of view) with this mod as it is currently is that it breaks the ZoC :

The ZoC option works in the original game in this way. Add an extra condition in TurnCost function, eg.

if ((IsUnitSquadType(me, "Cavalry") == 1) && (SquareZOCd(x, y, me, 1) == -1))
{
}

x and y should be described at the start of the function:
..
int x;
int y;

x = GetUnitX(me);
y = GetUnitY(me);


If you want ro count 'within charge reach' you must add a new function instead of the condition (you can take as a base of it FUNCTION ALL_FALLBACK(me, tilex, tiley) from FallBack.BSF

[Athos1660]

Thanks, Cronos !!!!

The ZoC option works in the original game in this way. Add an extra condition in TurnCost function, eg.

if ((IsUnitSquadType(me, "Cavalry") == 1) && (SquareZOCd(x, y, me, 1) == -1))
{
}

x and y should be described at the start of the function:
..
int x;
int y;

x = GetUnitX(me);
y = GetUnitY(me);

It does not work with me. I certainly did a mistake, maybe misplaced the piece of code :

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FUNCTION TurnCost(me, tilex, tiley, test)
{
int angle ;
int cost ;
int already_had_free_turn ;
int x;
int y;
x = GetUnitX(me);
y = GetUnitY(me);

    // Has unit already used its free turn this move?

    already_had_free_turn = GetAttrib(me, "MadeFreeTurn") ;

    // Get angle of turn, and cost move accordingly. Note that 45 degree move will be free if the unit has not used its free move yet.
    angle = GetAngleFromTile(tilex, tiley, me) ; //get the angle the unit is presenting to the denoted tile, 0=looking straight at it, 180= it is directly behind them.

    if ((IsUnitSquadType(me, "Determined_Horse") == 1)  && (SquareZOCd(x,y,me,1) == -1) || (IsUnitSquadType(me, "Horse") == 1)  && (SquareZOCd(x,y,me,1) == -1))
    //if ((IsUnitSquadType(me, "Horse") == 1)  && (SquareZOCd(x,y,me,1) == -1))
        {
        }

    if (already_had_free_turn == 1)
        {
            angle += 45;
        }

[Athos1660]

I found the good spot :

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            if (angle >= 100) // More than 90 degrees + margin for error
                {
                    if (IsLightTroops(me) == 1)
                        {
                            if (GetAttrib(me, "MadeLargeTurn") == 0)
                                {
                                    cost = 0;
                                }
                            else
                                {
                                    cost = 8;
                                }
                        }
                    else
                        {
                            //if ((IsUnitSquadType(me, "Artillery") == 1) || ((IsMounted(me) == 1) && (IsUnitSquadType(me, "Light_Horse") == 0))) // ligne changée
                            if ((IsUnitSquadType(me, "Artillery") == 1) || (IsUnitSquadType(me, "Determined_Horse") == 1) || (IsUnitSquadType(me, "Horse") == 1)) // ligne changée
                                {
                                    cost = 6; // Arbitrary cost to stop Medium and Heavy Artillery turning more than 45 degrees // j'ai changé le cost initial de 8
                                }
                            if ((IsUnitSquadType(me, "Determined_Horse") == 1)  && (SquareZOCd(x,y,me,1) == -1) || (IsUnitSquadType(me, "Horse") == 1)  && (SquareZOCd(x,y,me,1) == -1))
                                {
                                }
                            else
                                {
                                    cost = GetBaseAttrib(me, "AP"); // Otherwise takes full movement allowance
                                }

I will be able to test it. Thank you very much.

[Cronos09]

It does not work with me. I certainly did a mistake, maybe misplaced the piece of code :

The condition must be used in the code block with an angle more than 99 degrees like this:

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			if (angle >= 100) // More than 90 degrees + margin for error
				{
					if (IsLightTroops(me) == 1)
						{
							if (GetAttrib(me, "MadeLargeTurn") == 0)
								{
									cost = 0;
								}
							else
								{
									cost = 8;
								}
						}
					else
						{
							if (IsUnitSquadType(me, "Artillery") == 1)
								{
									cost = 8; // Arbitrary cost to stop Medium and Heavy Artillery turning more than 45 degrees
								}
							else
								{ 
									if ((IsUnitSquadType(me, "Determined_Horse") == 1) && (SquareZOCd(x, y, me, 1) == -1))
										{
											cost = 6;
										}
									else
										{
											cost = GetBaseAttrib(me, "AP"); // Otherwise takes full movement allowance
										}
								}
						}

					if (test == 0)
						{
							SetAttrib(me, "MadeLargeTurn", 1);
						}
				}

[Athos1660]

+1. Super !

[Athos1660]

This change in cav behaviour needs from me more testing. However, I do like the greater mobility of the cav, the ability to go back and forth in a more fluid way alllowing 'quick' changes in direction (instead of the current '180° turn on the spot' click as currently in Vanilla games).

For now, I've tested it on 'Horse' and 'Determined Horse' in P&S and 'Cavalry' in FoG2A/M with a turn cost of 6. But I will test it with Gendarmes in P&S and MAA in FoG2M too. Here is the modded range of motion for Gendarmes with 14 AP and a turn cost of 6 :

[Athos1660]

Tried it on 14-AP Gendarmes against Swiss 1494. I like it.