Switching which side moves first

[GottaLove88s]

Is there an easy way to switch which side starts first in an MP scenario?

[pipfromslitherine]

I don't think so - the turn sequence is set up by the server.

Cheers

Pip

[GottaLove88s]

Sorry, I meant if I've written a scenario where the Soviets are side 0 (from the .BAM), but I'd like the Germans to go first, is there a simple line of code I can add somewhere to make this happen?

I don't want to do anything clever, like giving the two players a switchable option in game...

[pipfromslitherine]

The problem is that the turn would still go back and forth in the same order. So you could potentially skip it (not sure if SkipFirstPlayerTurn works in MP to be honest) but they would still have to get and return the turn for it to work, if that makes sense.

Cheers

Pip

[enric]

If I remember well, the SkipFirstPlayerTurn() only works if the scenario has a deploy phase.

[Richcat]

I was looking at this the other day to save having to redo everything, and came across this in Pike and Shot. viewtopic.php?f=319&t=53432
I have tried in BA1 & 2 it but not got it to work correctly yet

The units are specified as side 0 or side 1 in the .BAM file - you can in fact change those unit's sides manually. If you use search and replace, you have to be very careful how you do it, and you cannot do "replace all" without messing something up, but by searching for "_0_" you can change the side 0 units to side 2, then search for "_1_" to convert the side 1 units to side 0, then search for "_2_" to convert the side 2 units to side 1. You also need to change the Unitcount sides. You must not use "replace all" because there will be other instances of these search strings in the .BAM file.

[GottaLove88s]

Ouch!

I wonder, is 'side' coded for each unit somewhere?

I don't suppose it's possible to write a one-off loop, just to go through every single unit at the start of the game, recoding each one for the opposite side...?

[pipfromslitherine]

There isn't anything stopping you from doing that I guess! Not sure what else would be incorrect at that point though. Give it a try!

Cheers

Pip

[GottaLove88s]

If I did that, would I also have to tell it that the 'new' side 0 is now German?

[Richcat]

The only thing I have found is that doesn't work so far is the icons above each unit, which change to allies above axis and vice versa.
Still having a try might found out how to do it..

[enric]

In BA1 I made several scenarios "CHESS", that US units play as German, and German units play as USA, maybe this may help. They are in Scenarios by Enric.