[Yuki Kiba Dakatsu]

I am trying to code a building to switch Commandsets, or the whole building itself, depending upon which faction controls it. I have tried ObjectReplace with different buildings for each side, but it doesnt work. Is there a way to make this work (I have Six sides in my mod)

[CommieDog]

If you have room to add six new upgrades, you could give one to each side (via GrantUpgradeCreate on a starting object) and have that upgrade trigger a specific CommandSetUpgrade module on your new tech building.

[Mere_Mortal]

That's exactly what I did

Here's some example code...

Replace [Faction] with the relevant name for each of your 6 Factions.

In PlayerTemplate, for each Faction...

  StartingUnit1 = [Faction]StartingObject

In its own INI file under the Object directory...

Object [Faction]StartingObject

  KindOf            = INERT
  EditorSorting     = SYSTEM

  Body = InactiveBody Body
  End

  Behavior = LifetimeUpdate Lifetime
    MinLifetime     = 1
    MaxLifetime     = 1
  End

  Behavior = GrantUpgradeCreate Upgrade
    UpgradeToGrant = [Faction]StartingObject
  End

End

In the Object that requires the CommandSet switch...

  Behavior = CommandSetUpgrade [Faction]
    CommandSet      = [CommandSet]
    TriggeredBy     = [Faction]StartingObject
  End

Finally, the Upgrades...

Upgrade [Faction]StartingObject
  Type               = PLAYER
End

HTH,
M_M

[beng]

Originally Posted by Yuki Kiba Dakatsu

I am trying to code a building to switch Commandsets, or the whole building itself, depending upon which faction controls it. I have tried ObjectReplace with different buildings for each side, but it doesnt work. Is there a way to make this work (I have Six sides in my mod)

Here is another way:

Give the building a suicide weapon and a button to fire it.

When the player captures the building, he fires the suicide weapon and the buildings kills itself.

When it dies, it's InstantDeathBehavior module has OCL = OCL_NewBuildingCreatingObject which creates with disposition ON_GROUND_ALIGNED a new object, lets call it NewBuildingCreatingObject.

NewBuildingCreatingObject in turn, will delete itself after a short time, via DeletionUpdate, and it has the same model as the building that died so it looks to the player as if it is the same building and the player does not see it die.

Before NewBuildingCreatingObject deletes itself, it has an OCLUpdate module that calls an OCL based on the owning player's faction. For an example see Object TechReinforcementPad in TechBuildings.ini whose OCLUpdate module has different FactionOCLs.

Depending on what faction owns the object, a different OCL is used. This OCL in turn creates a new object with the same model as the original object that was suicided so the player still does not see any difference and it looks as if it is the same building. However, the different objects have different command sets. Et voila!

[beng]

That would be good for games where time is not important, because it takes time to build up the tech trees of the different factions. It would be good to get a mixture of base defences for better a turtling strategy, eg SupW EMP patriots + china gattling cannons should take care of vehicles + infantry and aircraft.

Actually to add dozer buttons to a command center it is not necessary to make a mod, just use a script to do it for the map, and make sure you only use unused slots in the command set.