change default Autonomy

posted on June 13th, 2011, 10:22 am

Hi

I just wanted to ask if its possible to change the default parameter for new ships so that every new build ship has Low Movement Autonomy but High Special Weapon Autonomy.

Specially in rounds with higher game speed its annoying (for me) to search all the ships on the map after an enemy attacked my base 

I searched the rts_cfg.h and Dynamic_Localized_Strings.h but i couldnt find the right thing.

Thanks

posted on June 13th, 2011, 10:24 am

Welcome to the community.

Change the autonomy settings of the shipyard, a ship will start with the same settings as the yard that constructs them.

posted on June 13th, 2011, 10:25 am

I agree about low movement, medium movement autonomy should be something you activate on a few ships at a time, rather than standard.

However I disagree about special weapons autonomy. IMO the less ships do on their own without any orders the better, at least for the default settings.

EDIT: Tyler, is there an easy way to set defaults?

posted on June 13th, 2011, 10:28 am

use numpad hotkeys, no need to go into ai pallette then

posted on June 13th, 2011, 10:40 am

I meant modding wise.

posted on June 13th, 2011, 10:43 am

...and if i set this parameter to the first starbase it only builds construction ships which in turn build ship yards...

thank you very much for this fast answer, Tyler

posted on June 13th, 2011, 10:44 am

...and if i set this parameter to the first starbase it only builds construction ships which in turn build ship yards...

thank you very much for this fast answer

yup that works. dont forget to set it for the first 2 constructors built as well.

posted on June 13th, 2011, 10:50 am

I meant modding wise.

I know there is code for the odf that sets the alert to a specific level, but don't know if there's one for the other autonomy settings.

posted on June 14th, 2011, 12:06 am

I too agree that the ai settings need to be red/green/red by default.

posted on June 14th, 2011, 9:01 am

Special weapons should be green or yellow, not red.