Mercs and basing

[+Julhelm 266]

Is it impossible to base a merc unit on a merc carrier station? I only end up with my base somewhere outside the map (desert) despite having the carrier placed right outside the Paran mainland.

[Wrench 9,846]

Mabye they need a 'merc' carrier??? (got the idea from Diabalico's book 'Mercenary of the Seas')

 

wrench

kevin stein

[+Julhelm 266]

That's what I did, but it still does the same thing:

 

Here are the relevant .ini entries:

 

[TargetArea074]

Name=Delta Station

Position=700000,700000

Radius=5657

ActiveYear=0

Location=3

Alignment=FRIENDLY

CarrierStation=TRUE

 

[TargetArea075]

Name=Echo Station

Position=870000,700000

Radius=5657

ActiveYear=0

Location=3

Alignment=FRIENDLY

CarrierStation=TRUE

 

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[TargetType072]

Name=SCB-125

FullName=SCB-125 Essex Class CV

ModelName=SCB-125.lod

TargetType=WARSHIP

ActiveYear=1950

DamagePoint=10000

ArmorValue=0

ArmorType=0

TargetValue=2500

UseGroundObject=TRUE

GroundObjectType=SCB-125

RepairRate=0.150

StartDetectChance=50

StartIdentifiedChance=0

IncreaseDetectChanceKey=0

MaxVisibleDist=15000.0

DamagedModel=

DestroyedEffect=ShipDestroyedEffect

DestroyedModel=

SecondaryEffect=LargeOilFire

SecondaryChance=100

 

[TargetType073]

Name=CVA-63

FullName=Kitty Hawk Class CVA

ModelName=CV-63.lod

TargetType=WARSHIP

ActiveYear=1961

DamagePoint=10000

ArmorValue=0

ArmorType=0

TargetValue=3000

UseGroundObject=TRUE

GroundObjectType=CVA-63

RepairRate=0.150

StartDetectChance=50

StartIdentifiedChance=0

IncreaseDetectChanceKey=0

MaxVisibleDist=15000.0

DamagedModel=

DestroyedEffect=ShipDestroyedEffect

DestroyedModel=

SecondaryEffect=LargeOilFire

SecondaryChance=100

 

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And the merc unit is set up as a carrier unit with the merc attributes.

[FastCargo 412]

Well, what about the ground object itself? Doesn't it need to be MERC for the nation it belongs to?

 

Post the data.ini and merc unit entries.

 

FC

[+Julhelm 266]

Yep, turns out the carrier needs to be merc for the game to recognize it. So I just made a copy of the SCB-125 that I renamed MercCV where in the data the nation is 'merc' instead of 'usn' and now it works.

[Wrench 9,846]

Yeah, that's what I meant (and didn't write) A Merc "nationalized" CV.

 

wrench

kevin stein

[xclusiv8 35]

Could you plz post this mod in the downloads section julhelm.

Thank you.