IdleActionFrequency
Base interval, in minutes, between one infantryman's idle actions.
- Applies to
- global rules
- File
rules.ini- Section
[AudioVisual]- Value
- floating point
- When omitted
.083
[AudioVisual]IdleActionFrequency=.083Every time an infantryman performs an idle action it sets its own next one, drawing a random interval between half the value and twice it, so the figure is the middle of a spread rather than a fixed period. The value is in minutes at fifteen frames a second, which makes the default a wait of between two and a half and ten seconds. One figure covers the whole game, so lowering it makes every infantryman on the map fidget more often rather than picking out a type.
The wait is only checked while the infantryman is standing still with nothing worth shooting at, under a guard, hunt or guard-area mission. The interval is therefore a floor rather than a schedule: one under fire or on the move never reaches the check at all.
When it does fire, one of eleven equally likely outcomes is drawn — an idle animation, an idle animation with a turn and an occasional muttered VoiceComment, a turn to a random facing, or nothing. A frightened Fraidycat=yes infantryman under a computer house scatters instead of drawing at all.
Only infantry idle. Vehicles, aircraft and structures have no idle action and never consult the value.