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InitialVeteran

Creates the randomly chosen starting units of a skirmish or multiplayer match at elite rank.

Specification
Applies to
scenarios
File
map file
Section
[SpecialFlags]
Value
boolean
When omitted
UnchangedThe scenario's special options are set up once when the game starts and are not reset between missions, so a campaign mission that omits the key keeps whatever the previously played mission established. Only the first mission of a session finds the initial value, no.

The flag is read for every scenario but consulted in one place: the routine that places each house’s opening units around its starting waypoint. That routine runs only outside campaign play, so a campaign scenario carrying the setting is unaffected.

map file
[SpecialFlags]
InitialVeteran=yes

Only the units and infantry drawn from the random starting selection are promoted. The construction vehicle placed when the match is set up with bases is created separately and stays a rookie.

See alsoveterancy