[Flyby]

Although not very new anymore, it is well worth reading :

http://messagebrd.westwood.ea.com/cg...=1;t=034194;p=

[DeeZire]

Interesting discovery but its always been the case to be able to do this - the script debugger reveals the player naming convention.

The LocalPlayer was introduced to make things easy, the problem with this guys method is that there may still be mismatch and serious errors if he executes a script affecting say 'player0' but that player doesnt exist. Also, with that convention, its not always possible to detect who and where a specific player number is.

This is also why LocalPlayer was implemented - if you have a 4 player map but a generic script that does something to player numbers 4 - 7 then your more likely to get an error

Theres a bug somewhere in the LocalPlayer code, if they fix that then online scripted maps will work properly without mismatches (and for that matter so will mods that use custom scb file in place of the Generals ones).

[Flyby]

While we're at the map/research topic :

Is it possible to edit a saved game and add some units?

The problem I'm having is that i need to setup a testmap for my air to air research. I need a number of enemy planes to patrol and then fly through that area with the test plane.
I'm investigating the use of multiple turrets on planes against planes...

If I can't edit a saved game, what would be the easiest way to make such a map in WB? (don't want to waste much of my rare freetime on making testmaps, you see)

[DeeZire]

I still have all the test maps from EA, Ill see if I can dig them out and send em to ya, pretty sure theres an aircraft test in there I know theres test maps for toppling, crushing etc.