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109 — Create Building At...

Added in 0.2.0

Places a building of the given type for the given house at the action's waypoint.

Editor data
Numeric ID
109
Engine ID
TACTION_CREATE_BUILDING_AT
Editor name
Create Building At...
Need token
NEED_STRUCTURE_PLACEMENT
Parameters
  1. Househouse
  2. Building typebuilding-type
  3. Force placementboolean
  4. Waypointwaypoint
Attachment
none
INI example
[Actions]
<TriggerID>=1,109,0,<House>,<Building type>,<Force placement>,0,0,<Waypoint>

The force flag decides how the building is placed:

  • With the flag at 0, the building is refused unless every cell of its foundation is clear to build on. It does not need to be next to the house’s base. A structure that is placed plays its build-up animation. Walls and upgrades appear at once.
  • With the flag at 1 or above, the foundation is not checked, so the building can be placed on blocked or unsuitable ground. It appears complete, with no build-up animation. A wall is still refused on some sloped cells.

Either way, an upgrade is placed only onto a structure of the same house that stands on the waypoint and is the type the upgrade is for. The structure must also have room for it:

  • An upgrade with a PowersUpToLevel level fits only a structure with no upgrades.
  • Any other upgrade fits a structure with no upgrades, or one holding fewer than its Upgrades count.
map file
[Waypoints]
1=45060 ; waypoint 1 has the letter label B


[Actions]
Outpost=1,109,0,0,12,1,0,0,B ; the house at index 0 receives BuildingType 12 at waypoint B, forced

Spawn houses lists the house numbers that name a start position in place of a country. When several houses play the named country, only one of them receives the building.

Valid values

  • A house by number, either a country or a spawn house. A BuildingType by its index in the loaded [BuildingTypes] list. A force flag of 0 or 1. A waypoint the map has placed, written as its letter label.
Caveats
  • A house nobody plays, a spawn house nobody holds, an index outside the list, or a waypoint the map has not placed leaves the action doing nothing.
  • A line that leaves out the waypoint field places the building at waypoint A.
  • The house needs no prerequisites or tech level for the type.

History

  1. Added0.2.0In development

    Add trigger actions for map scripting