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PlaceAnywhere

Passes every placement legality test without examining a single cell.

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

A PlaceAnywhere=yes BuildingType passes its legality test at any location. The test normally checks each cell of the structure’s foundation. For an ordinary structure, a cell passes under All of:

  • nothing already occupies it;
  • it lies inside the playable area;
  • no blocking overlay lies on it;
  • it is not on a bridge, under a bridge or on a ramp;
  • its land type is Buildable=yes.

Walls, gates, laser fences, WaterBound=yes structures and structures that pave the ground they cover apply variations of these rules. A paving structure needs only one clear cell; every other structure needs all of them.

With the flag set, none of these cells is checked.

These placements use the test:

  • Putting the structure on the map by any route, including building, deploying and trigger actions. A structure that fails the test is not placed; a flagged one is placed wherever it was sent.
  • The deploy cursor on a vehicle whose DeploysInto names the type.
  • The deploy order on that vehicle.
  • The search a vehicle runs for a nearby spot it could deploy on.
  • The Deploy team mission. A member that fails the test clears the cell and waits; a flagged one deploys where it stands.
  • The computer’s search for a spot in its base. That search still applies its own spacing, height and adjacency conditions.
  • The random map generator’s search for spots to put GALITE light posts.
See also — Buildable, DeploysInto, base-adjacency