Group
The recruitment group a team draws its members from, taken from the TaskForce when the TeamType leaves its own unset.
Team recruitment group
- Applies to
- TeamType
- File
ai.ini or map file- Section
[<ObjectType ID>]- Value
- integer
- When omitted
-1A TeamType left at -1 takes the group of its TaskForce, which is itself -1 unless that section sets one.
A team recruits only objects in its group. Each object that joins is put in the team’s group, so the next team to look for members finds it there.
Two settings widen the search:
Group=-2lets the team consider every object, but any object not already in group-2counts as 50 cells farther away than it is. Its members are put in group-2when they join.Recruiter=yesalso lets the team consider every object, but it still prefers objects in its group. Any other candidate counts as 50 cells farther away than it is.
An object’s group starts at -1. Three things can put it in another group: a map’s placed-object record, the Set Group ID trigger action, and the player assigning the object to a control group. The first control group is group 0. Unless it is Recruiter=yes, a TeamType that leaves both its own and its TaskForce’s Group unset therefore recruits only objects still in group -1. When the player’s house owns such a team, it skips objects the player has put in a control group.
The group is the same number that Set Group ID assigns, that a control group uses, and that Wakeup group matches. Joining a team therefore replaces a group a trigger gave the object, and it takes the object out of its control group.
TaskForce recruitment group
- Applies to
- TaskForce
- File
ai.ini or map file- Section
[<ObjectType ID>]- Value
- integer
- When omitted
-1
A TeamType that uses this TaskForce and leaves its own Group at -1 uses this value in its place, both as its recruitment group and as the group it gives its members. A TeamType that sets its own Group to any other value, including the wildcard -2, ignores this one.
Recruiter