[MaperRiz]

ok, listen to what deezire once said: you could make him an InfantryType but give him to a BuildingType as a FreeUnit=. This is how it's done in Red Alert 2 DeeZire - you get an InfantryType as normal except the game is fooled into classing it as a VehicleType by that tag, hence it can use the weapon.

can vehicles shoot aircraft?
Yes.
in that case, infantry follow all of its original rules, except what it can shoot at, right?
yes.
now, we all know aircraft cannot fire to air, right?
yes.
but the mechanic could heal vehicles becuase it used freeunit=, right?
yes.
so what happens if you can get an airplane to be a freeunit?
yes.
it can fire just like vehicles, right?
yes.
and you said vehicles can attack air, right?
yes.

Get my point?

[Renegade]

Yepp. It's crap.

AFAIK, the Mechanic in DeeZire is a squid-like sprite-vehicle-type and therefore really a car. Hence, it can heal other vehicletypes. Ergo your great plan won't work.

[ComradeJ]

Yup. It just doesn't fool the game, it fools you. You think it's infantry, but it's in no way.

[MaperRiz]

Ok then. Make it floating infantry... would that work?

[CannisRabidus]

True dogfights... can be done in Generals. There ya go.

[Renegade]

Of course...but since a VehicleType-Airplane is weird and buggy enough, why would you want to make it even worse with an infantry-plane??

[ComradeJ]

Originally Posted by CannisRabidus

True dogfights... can be done in Generals. There ya go.

You're not Cannis, a real RA2 modder would never say that .

Originally Posted by MaperRiz

Ok then. Make it floating infantry... would that work?

We call those things Rocketeers. They can't land on an Airfield.

[CannisRabidus]

Originally Posted by ComradeJ

You're not Cannis, a real RA2 modder would never say that .

What makes you think so? Because I mentioned Generals?

[ComradeJ]

Yes. Isn't the fun of modding trying to break the unbreakable?

[Psycho]

How abt infantry plane that is landable, and may b bounded with airport, having dock (possible ?)?