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DeploysInto

Changed in 0.2.0

The BuildingType a vehicle turns into when it is given the deploy order.

Specification
Applies to
AircraftTypeBuildingTypeInfantryTypeUnitType
File
rules.ini
Section
[<ObjectType ID>]
Value
class
When omitted
none
rules.ini
[MCV]
DeploysInto=GACNST ; GDI Construction Yard

Naming a structure lets the vehicle deploy into it. When the vehicle is the only object selected, pointing at it shows the deploy cursor, or the no-deploy cursor when the vehicle cannot deploy. This also holds for a vehicle whose weapon repairs friendly units.

The structure is placed at a fixed spot relative to the vehicle, chosen by the kind of structure:

If the structure cannot be placed there, the vehicle does not deploy. The local player hears the “cannot deploy here” speech for their own vehicle. A computer house’s vehicle orders its house’s and allies’ units off the site, so a later attempt can succeed. The vehicle then switches to guard; outside a campaign, a computer house’s vehicle switches to hunt instead.

If the structure can be placed, the vehicle first turns to the structure’s deploy facing. It then disappears, and the structure appears in its place and plays its buildup.

The structure belongs to the vehicle’s house and takes over the vehicle’s selection group, experience, current target, any limpet drone attached to it, and the country the vehicle was built for. With MultiMCV=no, that country decides what a deployed construction yard can build.

Objects that were attacking the vehicle attack the structure instead. The exception is a VehicleThief= infantryman: when the structure is a construction yard or has IsMobileWar=yes, it drops its target.

Naming a structure also has these effects:

  • A positive BuildLimit on the vehicle also counts the structures of the named type its house owns. Deploying an MCV therefore does not free a slot to build another.
  • A human player’s vehicle that deploys into an Artillary=yes structure never fires back on its own when attacked.
  • A vehicle on the Hunt mission deploys instead of hunting when its structure is listed in BuildConst, when it has a target, or when a human player owns it. It first drives to a nearby clear spot.
  • The Deploy team mission orders the vehicle to deploy.
  • A computer house’s vehicle whose structure is TickTank=yes can deploy to fire at its target, as that key explains.
  • A team member counts as slow for GuardSlower=yes. This also applies to infantry and aircraft types that name a structure.

Only vehicles deploy. On an aircraft or infantry type the key’s only effect is the GuardSlower=yes rule above, and on a structure type it has none.

A name that matches no registered BuildingType registers a new, unconfigured structure under that name. The values none and <none> name no structure, and a rules file that writes one clears a value an earlier file set.

See also — UndeploysInto, BaseUnit

History

  1. Changed0.2.0In development

    Keep the deploy cursor on a vehicle that repairs