Capturing enemy units?

[GottaLove88s]

How does BA track which team a unit belongs to?

For a scenario I'm working on, I'd like to make it possible for infantry units to capture certain types of enemy units.

These new 'capture' attacks must be made from an adjacent square, like assaults. BA would then run the same 'assault' code to determine whether the attack was successful.

However, if the 'capture' is successful, the attacking infantry survives and the captured unit (for example a 251/1, a truck or an ATG) becomes reflagged to the same team as the attacker.

Is this possible?

[pipfromslitherine]

By team, I assume you mean side? There isn't any way to currently change the side of a unit. Other mods have handled it by destroying and removing the unit and replacing it with a new unit on the 'correct' side.

Cheers

Pip

[GottaLove88s]

By team, I assume you mean side? There isn't any way to currently change the side of a unit. Other mods have handled it by destroying and removing the unit and replacing it with a new unit on the 'correct' side.

Cheers

Pip

Thanks Pip, That approach sounds effective. Can you recommend a scenario to examine, to investigate their code?

[pipfromslitherine]

Sorry, can't recall off the top of my head. It's not very common. I just recall a discussion on the forums on how to do it

Cheers

Pip

[Richcat]

I remember Merr doing something with troop units
Capture for his Rescue the prisoner modviewtopic.php?f=105&t=19349z that might be of help and Unit switching sides
viewtopic.php?f=104&t=19309

[GottaLove88s]

Thanks Richcat! That's super helpful...

With the Dieppe v1.03 fix/upgrade out today, I'm 'grounded' on modding/designing for a while...

But as soon as upcoming challenges are survived, I'd like to try tagging your code onto Dieppe v1.04... to permit Allied raiders to capture German trucks and 251s...
Might help them to get to those inland VP flags...



PS. How's your well deserved holiday?... Must be very moving... Would love to see your photos...

[Ranger]

awesome... (but don't get in trouble with the wife).

[GottaLove88s]

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