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AllowedToStartInMultiplayer

Changed in 0.2.0

Lets a vehicle or infantry type appear in the starting forces each house receives outside a campaign or on a generated map.

Specification
Applies to
AircraftTypeBuildingTypeInfantryTypeUnitType
File
rules.ini
Section
[<ObjectType ID>]
Value
boolean
When omitted
yes

AllowedToStartInMultiplayer=no keeps a type out of the starting forces each house receives as a skirmish or multiplayer match begins, or as a generated map loads. Only UnitTypes and InfantryTypes are affected; a BuildingType or AircraftType ignores the key.

rules.ini
[MYSUPERTANK] ; a UnitType registered in [VehicleTypes]
AllowedToStartInMultiplayer=no

Denying a type has two effects:

  • No house draws it. An allowed type is on a house’s shortlist when its TechLevel is at or below the house’s tech level and its Owner lists the house’s country.
  • Its Cost no longer counts toward the average price that sets every house’s budget, so denying a type can raise or lower how much every house receives.

The BaseUnit types are never drawn and never count toward the average, whatever this key says.

See also — BaseUnit, Cost, TechLevel, Owner, starting-forces

History

  1. Changed0.2.0In development

    Stop drawing starting units when nothing is left to draw