Cursor action

INI reference·Enums·ActionType

Named cursor and click actions accepted by action-valued INI settings.

Engine enum

ActionType

Input form

Named token

These are the actions a left click on the map can carry. The action under the cursor picks the mouse shape and decides what a click does. The trigger actions that a map’s triggers run are a separate list.

A SuperWeaponType’s Action is the only rules setting that takes one of these names, matched without regard to case. It decides whether clicking the weapon’s charged cameo fires the weapon at once or starts targeting, and which action a click on the map must carry to fire it. The key page covers both, including what happens when two weapons name the same action.

A superweapon that names one of the DontUse actions shows the ordinary arrow as its targeting cursor, and a click on the map fires it.

Values

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Input	Meaning	Engine constant	Stored value
None	No available action.	ACTION_NONE	0
Move	Move to the cell under the cursor.	ACTION_MOVE	1
NoMove	Movement to the cell under the cursor is not allowed.	ACTION_NOMOVE	2
Enter	Enter the transport, facility, or building under the cursor.	ACTION_ENTER	3
Self	Act on the selected object itself.	ACTION_SELF	4
Attack	Attack the target under the cursor.	ACTION_ATTACK	5
Harvest	Harvest the resource cell under the cursor.	ACTION_HARVEST	6
Select	Replace the current selection.	ACTION_SELECT	7
ToggleSelect	Toggle the target's selection state.	ACTION_TOGGLE_SELECT	8
Capture	Capture the building or vehicle under the cursor.	ACTION_CAPTURE	9
Repair	Repair the object under the cursor.	ACTION_REPAIR	10
Sell	Sell the structure or wall under the cursor.	ACTION_SELL	11
SellUnit	Sell the vehicle or aircraft under the cursor.	ACTION_SELL_UNIT	12
NoSell	Indicate that selling is unavailable.	ACTION_NO_SELL	13
NoRepair	Indicate that repair is unavailable.	ACTION_NO_REPAIR	14
Sabotage	Enter and sabotage the object under the cursor.	ACTION_SABOTAGE	15
Tote	Send an empty carryall to pick up the allied vehicle under the cursor.	ACTION_TOTE	16
DontUse2	Legacy parachute-infantry action.No ordinary order produces this action; only a superweapon can use it.	ACTION_PARA_INFANTRY	17
DontUse3	Legacy parachute-saboteur action.No ordinary order produces this action; only a superweapon can use it.	ACTION_PARA_SABOTEUR	18
Nuke	Target a nuclear or multi-missile strike.	ACTION_NUKE_BOMB	19
DontUse4	Legacy air-strike action.No ordinary order produces this action; only a superweapon can use it.	ACTION_AIR_STRIKE	20
DontUse5	Legacy chronosphere source action.No ordinary order produces this action; only a superweapon can use it.	ACTION_CHRONOSPHERE	21
DontUse6	Legacy chronosphere destination action.No ordinary order produces this action; only a superweapon can use it.	ACTION_CHRONO2	22
DontUse7	Legacy invulnerability action.No ordinary order produces this action; only a superweapon can use it.	ACTION_IRON_CURTAIN	23
DontUse8	Legacy reconnaissance action.No ordinary order produces this action; only a superweapon can use it.	ACTION_SPY_MISSION	24
GuardArea	Guard the location or object under the cursor.	ACTION_GUARD_AREA	25
Heal	Heal the damaged allied infantry under the cursor.	ACTION_HEAL	26
Damage	Enter and damage the building under the cursor.	ACTION_DAMAGE	27
GRepair	Repair the damaged ally under the cursor, or repair a bridge through its repair hut.	ACTION_GREPAIR	28
NoDeploy	Indicate that deployment is unavailable.	ACTION_NO_DEPLOY	29
NoEnter	Indicate that entry is unavailable.	ACTION_NO_ENTER	30
NoGRepair	Indicate that the allied building under the cursor needs no repair, or that a repair hut's bridge cannot be repaired.	ACTION_NO_GREPAIR	31
TogglePower	Toggle a building's power state.	ACTION_TOGGLE_POWER	32
NoTogglePower	Indicate that power toggling is unavailable.	ACTION_NO_TOGGLE_POWER	33
EnterTunnel	Enter a tunnel.	ACTION_ENTER_TUNNEL	34
NoEnterTunnel	Indicate that tunnel entry is unavailable.	ACTION_NO_ENTER_TUNNEL	35
EMPulse	Target an EMPulse superweapon.	ACTION_EMPULSE	36
IonCannon	Target an ion-cannon strike.	ACTION_ION_CANNON	37
EMPulseRange	Refuse the target: the player has no powered EM pulse cannon, or the nearest one cannot reach the target.	ACTION_EMPULSE_RANGE	38
ChemBomb	Target a chemical missile strike.	ACTION_CHEM_BOMB	39
PlaceWaypoint	Place a waypoint.	ACTION_PLACE_WAYPOINT	40
NoPlaceWaypoint	Indicate that a waypoint cannot be placed.	ACTION_NO_PLACE_WAYPOINT	41
EnterWaypointMode	Enter waypoint planning mode.	ACTION_ENTER_WAYPOINT_MODE	42
FollowWaypoint	Cursor for a move order given over one of the player's waypoints.	ACTION_FOLLOW_WAYPOINT	43
SelectWaypoint	Select the path of the waypoint under the cursor and pick that waypoint up to drag it.	ACTION_SELECT_WAYPOINT	44
LoopWaypointPath	Loop the selected path back to the waypoint under the cursor.	ACTION_LOOP_WAYPOINT_PATH	45
DragWaypoint	Drag an existing waypoint.	ACTION_DRAG_WAYPOINT	46
AttackWaypoint	Cursor for an attack or harvest order given over one of the player's waypoints.	ACTION_ATTACK_WAYPOINT	47
EnterWaypoint	Cursor for an enter or capture order given over one of the player's waypoints.	ACTION_ENTER_WAYPOINT	48
PatrolWaypoint	Patrol a waypoint path.	ACTION_PATROL_WAYPOINT	49
DropPod	Target a drop-pod delivery.	ACTION_DROP_POD	50
Rally To Point	Set a rally point.	ACTION_RALLY_TO_POINT	51
Attack Support	Put an object whose first weapon slot has negative damage on Guard Area, and any other object on Guard.	ACTION_ATTACK_SUPPORT	52

Used by

• Action INI key

Source files

Linked at revision 51b52aa38392.

• code/action.hh
• code/ccini.cpp

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