CloakingSpeed

The number of game frames an object spends on each stage of its cloaking fade.

Specification

Applies to

AircraftTypeBuildingTypeInfantryTypeUnitType

File

rules.ini

Section

[<ObjectType ID>]

Value

integer

When omitted

7

A vehicle, infantryman or aircraft advances one CloakingStages stage every CloakingSpeed frames while it fades out or back in. A lower value makes it disappear and reappear faster. The four states shows what each stage looks like and where each fade ends.

rules.ini

[MYTANK] ; a UnitType registered in [VehicleTypes]
CloakingSpeed=2 ; with the stock 9 stages: hidden after about 10 frames, visible again after about 16

A structure does not use this value. It fades through fifteen fixed translucency levels, one per frame.

Keep CloakingSpeed above 0

At CloakingSpeed=0, an object can still hide, because the fade out runs at one frame per stage instead. The fade back into view never advances. Once the object starts to reappear, it stays on the first stage of that fade and can neither become visible nor hide again. With the stock CloakingStages, other players see it as a ripple and its owner sees it as shadowy.

An object part way through a fade counts as cloaked. A stuck vehicle or infantryman therefore never fires again. A stuck aircraft can still fire, because only a fully hidden aircraft is refused a shot.

Related resources

• Cloaking and detectionFeature or system

See also — CloakingStages, cloaking

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