Multiplay

Offers the country as a choice when a skirmish or multiplayer game is being set up.

Specification

Applies to: HouseType
File: rules.ini
Section: [<ObjectType ID>]
Value: boolean
When omitted: no

[GDI]
Multiplay=yes

The flag is what keeps a story-only country out of the country box. The skirmish, LAN and Westwood Online setup screens each walk the whole country list and offer only the countries carrying it, listing each by its Name=; Side covers what the choice is stored as.

It is also what puts a house on the in-game player standings panel: the radar’s name-and-kills list skips any house whose country lacks the flag, so a house of a country without it plays without ever appearing there.

No other gameplay path consults it. Whether a house takes part in the contest at all is MultiplayPassive, which is a separate question.

See also — MultiplayPassive, Side, Color