NDF Advanced Exercises

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Contents 1 Exercise 1 2 Exercise 2 3 Exercise 3 4 Exercise 4 5 Exercise 5 6 Advices

Exercise 1

Modify the MSPF (TFT marine) in order to make him move twice faster

• Do it directly, modifying the unit characteristics (see GROUPE_SEMANTIQUE)
• Perfom it using a Cheatcode (see AoWCheatCode.ndf)

Solution

Exercise 2

Modify the javelin (US RPG) in order to let him shooting twice faster

• Do it directly, modifying the unit characteristics (see GROUPE_SEMANTIQUE)
• Perfom it using a Cheatcode

Solution

Exercise 3

Create a unit "from-scratch" : create the typewarrior TypeWarriorDomino with the following functionnalities :

• The domino looks like an interrogation point.
• One second after its creation, it creates another domino 3 AI cells away from its position,

randomly in one of the four cardinal directions

• 3 seconds after its creation, it kills itself
• After the 20th domino, we don't create new domino anymore.
• Start with this Typewarrior :

<ndf>
TypeWarriorDomino is TTypeWarrior :
  SoldatCarac = TSoldatCarac :
                  PV = 1
                  Detectable     = False
                  Blessable      = True
                  Visualisable   = True
                  Selectionnable = False
                  DoNotMirror    = True
  EffetRepos is SEQ with
  [
    TScaleModificator :
      ScaleX = 20
      ScaleY = 20
      ScaleZ = 20
    ,
    EffetRepeatAnim :
      MODEL_ASE          = 'Data\XFiles3\Util\PointInterrogation'
      PERIODE_EN_SECONDE = 2
  ]
  UnitStateDescriptor_Repos is TUnitStateDescriptor :
    MyName          = 'Repos'
    EffetDescriptor = EffetRepos
  UnitStateMachineDescriptor = USMD is TUnitStateMachineDescriptor :
                                 MainUnitStateDescriptor = MUSD is TUnitStateDescriptor :
                                                             MyName                     = 'Domino'
                                                             SubUnitStateDescriptorList = [UnitStateDescriptor_Repos]
                                                             UnitDecision               = TUnitDecisionConstante :
                                                                                            MyName              = 'Repos'
                                                                                            UnitStateDescriptor = UnitStateDescriptor_Repos
  WarriorKreator = WarriorKreator/WarriorKreatorMarine
</ndf>

Solution

Exercise 4

Add an upgrade to the BTR-80 (Consortium light tank) in order to make him shoot at enemy aircrafts (see TFT Buggy)

• Add a button in the action cube (use the AA buggy upgrade icone)
• Unlock this upgrade via a Cheatcode

Solution

Exercise 5

Make AK74 stealth (Consortium infantry)

• Make it using an action button which make the selected unit stealth
• This action is temporary and the stealth mode duration is visible via a stopwatch

Solution

Advices

• Look back at what was done with the same functionnalities
• Proceed by steps
• Do not hesitate to visit the wiki and the forum to get explanations of objects you are manipulating