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UseIonStorms

Makes the random map generator load `ION.INI`, the file that sets up a generated map's ion storms.

Specification
Applies to
random map generation
File
map seed file
Section
[RandomMap]
Value
boolean
When omitted
no`ION.INI` is not loaded, so generation adds no ion storm triggers.

With UseIonStorms=yes, the generator loads the file ION.INI and takes three things from it:

  • its [General] section, applied over the loaded rules;
  • the six ion lighting values in its [Lighting] section, which replace the generated map’s;
  • its trigger types and tag types, which are added to the map.

The option schedules no storm itself. Storms come from the file’s triggers, as Ion storms describes. Map seed files covers the section the option is written in.

map seed file
[RandomMap]
UseIonStorms=yes

ION.INI is opened by name through the ordinary file search, so a loose file in the game directory takes precedence over one in an archive. MIX archives covers that search.

Without the Firestorm addon, the option is turned off before any map is built, whether it comes from a seed file or the dialog. The dialog shows its check box only with Firestorm, and its randomize button checks the box about half the time.

See also — ion-storms