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new mission in campaign AI deployment question
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2022 4:45 am
by Herr_Armin
hi
When you start a new mission you are given the units to place , how does the AI decide which units join this battle and what happens to the ones not deployed from the previous mission .
Re: new mission in campaign AI deployment question
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2022 11:22 am
by Bee1976
Herr_Armin wrote: ↑Tue Oct 04, 2022 4:45 am
hi
When you start a new mission you are given the units to place , how does the AI decide which units join this battle and what happens to the ones not deployed from the previous mission .
Your own core units will join to the next battle, if you dont use them they are in the "reserve" section. The AI dont takeover unused units to the next mission. There is no core feature for the AI.
All campaign missions are scripted, means you will always meet the same units at the same places if you play a campaign again. There is no random feature.
Re: new mission in campaign AI deployment question
Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2022 6:41 am
by Herr_Armin
what happens to the new units you purchased and added during a mission and were still alive at the end of the mission ? i see many dont appear again . The game only adds the core units to the next mission ? if so some new units have stars or getting close to it by the end of the mission , do they get deleted ? because i am sure that they are not appearing or going into the reserve section on their won to be used again . Does that mean i must place them in reserve before the mission ends to save them for future missions ?
Re: new mission in campaign AI deployment question
Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2022 7:36 am
by VirgilInTheSKY
Herr_Armin wrote: ↑Wed Oct 05, 2022 6:41 am
what happens to the new units you purchased and added during a mission and were still alive at the end of the mission ? i see many dont appear again . The game only adds the core units to the next mission ? if so some new units have stars or getting close to it by the end of the mission , do they get deleted ? because i am sure that they are not appearing or going into the reserve section on their won to be used again . Does that mean i must place them in reserve before the mission ends to save them for future missions ?
Your Core unit, marked with a golden ^ above their strength plate, follows you and keeps everything they gained as long as they are alive, while Auxillary units leaves you once the current scenario ends, taking everything they accumulated away with them. There is no reserve for aux units, only your core can be kept in reserve.
I think this was explained in the tutorial?
Re: new mission in campaign AI deployment question
Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2022 4:28 pm
by dalfrede
Bee1976 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 04, 2022 11:22 am
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All campaign missions are scripted, means you will always meet the same units at the same places if you play a campaign again. There is no random feature.
Not quite true. AI reinforcements are often randomized.
The location where the 'swarm' of new troops arrive changes every time.
The units are the same, but their location changes.
This is most notable in Ebro [SCW] where the attack waves change each time it is played.
Re: new mission in campaign AI deployment question
Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2022 5:41 pm
by Bee1976
To be honest, i never checked where the AI "drop" their reinforcements. But the starting stuff is always the same units on the same places. at least i never noticed a change.
Re: new mission in campaign AI deployment question
Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2022 12:47 am
by dalfrede
Bee1976 wrote: ↑Wed Oct 05, 2022 5:41 pm
To be honest, i never checked where the AI "drop" their reinforcements. But the starting stuff is always the same units on the same places. at least i never noticed a change.
That is correct.
Starting units are place by hand, reinforcements are scripted via LUA file.
Re: new mission in campaign AI deployment question
Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2022 3:44 pm
by Herr_Armin
in replaying the campaign this time i am not allowed to purchase Air units and i have reached paris still no air units available just 3 which came at the start . why is that ?
Re: new mission in campaign AI deployment question
Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2022 4:17 pm
by VirgilInTheSKY
Herr_Armin wrote: ↑Wed Oct 19, 2022 3:44 pm
in replaying the campaign this time i am not allowed to purchase Air units and i have reached paris still no air units available just 3 which came at the start . why is that ?
Check your commander trait you picked at the start of your campaign. Hover over your icon to the top-right corner.
Re: new mission in campaign AI deployment question
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2022 1:59 pm
by Herr_Armin
thanks tip , i had no idea that section shaped the missions .