15-05-2001 16:08									#1
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Is it possible to change the game around a bit so that air attacks count as artillery attacks?

-Alex

	15-05-2001 17:05									#2
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I don't see how. But then again, I'm not the greatest expert in alpha.txt changes... Maybe you could find a way to grant the artillery to air chassis

Aredhran

	16-05-2001 01:07									#3
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That shouldn't be a problem, but... I want to make it mandetory(sp?) for all planes.

-Alex

	16-05-2001 03:44									#4
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If you're using SMAX, you can try this:

• As I mentioned before, edit the chassis to allow artillery ability on them
  
• Edit each faction file to include the FREEABIL bonus
  

	16-05-2001 08:08									#5
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Sonds like a good plan

What exactly does the free ability thing do again? I never plat facs with that one Will the AI just automaticly include it or does it have to? (or will it be semi-random?)

-Alex

	16-05-2001 13:49									#6
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As the name implies, it gives a free ability to a unit (duh) - once you have discovered the required tech. The reason I told you to look at the Pirates, is that they have the Marine Detachment to every unit.

Aredhran

	16-05-2001 14:15									#7
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Won't that also force artillery onto every unit - or still allow needlejets to remove the ability if wanted?

	16-05-2001 19:30									#8
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Good point Chowlett. Quite frankly, I've never tried this I was just theorizing Come to think of it, I don't think the FREEABIL is chassis-specific, so it's quite likely that all units will end up being Arty.

Oh well
Aredhran

	20-05-2001 02:07									#9
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Not a good thing - I absolutely hate using artillery! I think they're worse than useless - I'm always careful to instantly retire any artillery units from service.
I just don't use arty in SP. I hate it. I also absolutely detest spore launchers - especially when they sit just offshore in their IoDs bombarding away all my terrain improvements!
Grrrr...

	20-05-2001 20:12									#10
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The point is I want to make air-power _less_ usefull. And I also feel it is more 'realistic' that air-units not be able to destroy other units... Would designing premade units and disabeling the needle jet work?

-Alex

	21-05-2001 05:38									#11
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I see your point, those laser guided Tomahawk missles in The Gulf War were largely ineffective.

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[This message has been edited by WhiteElephants (edited May 20, 2001).]

	21-05-2001 19:22									#12
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That may be so, but it's still rather hard to completely vipe out a military formation from the air. I feel air-power in SMAC is a bit unbalanced. Making it behave like arty is in IMHO no the most un-realistic way of curbing it. In the gulf the USMC still had to mop up on the ground. It's not hard to kill units that have only 10% left

-Alex

	25-05-2001 11:52									#13
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Air units too powerful ? Have you seen the chopper unit in action -9+ attacks in one turn - now there's a unit that needs some serious downgrading...

	25-05-2001 18:57									#14
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I consider Choppers to be air units

	27-05-2001 23:29									#15
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No ideas huh?