[Whiteboy]

So let me get this straight. If a unit has any ElitePrimary=, then the lines Veteranabilities= and Eliteabilities= get completely ignored? This can't be right; I am sure I have a few units that have ElitePrimary= and such Eliteabilities= as self healing, cloak, faster speed etc., but these abilities are present at elite/veteran level. So what am I missing?

Or do the lists of bonuses only get ignored if BOTH Secondary= and EliteSecondary= equal the same weapon. The same goes for Primary weapons, doesn't it?

[DCoder]

NO. The xxxAbilities work fine all the time, the problem is that FIREPOWER, ROF and anything else that boosts the weaponry goes to boost Primary&Secondary, not ElitePrimary&EliteSecondary. Other stuff, not related to weapons, works just fine.

[Whiteboy]

Ahh, I see. Looks like I will have to change a few things in Whiteboy's Rules... thanks a lot DCoder!

Thinking about it now, what if I have a unit with the SAME primary and ElitePrimary weapon? Would that mean the once elite, the unit will switch to the UNBOOSTED ElitePrimary? Or will it stick with the (BOOSTED) Primary weapon? I'm guessing that it will switch to the UNBOOSTED ElitePrimary.

So for all elite weapons, I had better make sure they are better than the fully boosted primary weapon. Also, for all my units with the same Primary= and Elite Primary= weapons (also goes for secondaries), I should remove those elite weapons, right? Otherwise the elite unit's weapon will not be boosted.

Have I got it? Am I "on the ball"?

[DCoder]

Correct on all points Of course, remove the Elite weapons if they are the same as standard ones.

[Renegade]

o_O

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I hate Westwood's style of coding.

[Whiteboy]

Funny thing is Ren, I was always thinking the very same thing ever since the first C&C game. That was years before I started modding. There is just something about their games that leads me to believe that their programming style is inefficient and weird, and sometimes just crap. Their programming team is probably a group of college exchange students from Indonesia. Or something. (no offence to Indonesian college exchange students of course ).

[Renegade]

Worse. They are paid by EA.

[Whiteboy]

Grrr... I totally loathe EA. I mean REALLY hate. Thier whole philosophy is just wrong and it is destroying the spirit of videogaming. I could write a book of things that I hate about them but I can't be bothered - just know this: I HATE EA (as I have said so many times is so many message board sites).

Off-topic: hey I just realised I can afford a sig and maybe an avatar soon. Looks like I better start thinking... any ideas?

[Infraid]

Off-topic : what about a pic of a white... boy ? :|

[Whiteboy]

Haha very funny. Well I could do that, it would make sense, but... it would just be crap

BTW, like I said before, I'm called Whiteboy not because of anything to do with skin colour; but because my last name is "White" and it was what everyone called me in school