Targeting Question

[Deathstalker]

Ok, I've read the files (components.txt) and seen the entries in there but are there any other target options other than the ones listed below (that still work after the Last patch)?


"Weapon Target:
Ships, Planets, Ships\Planets, Ships\Planets\Ftr\Sat\Drone, Seekers,
Ftr\Sat\Seekers\Drone, Ships\Sat, Fighters, Satellites, Drones
Ships\Planets\Sat, Ships\Planets\Sat\Drone"

What I'd like to do is have PDC that can affect Seekers and Sats but not fighters. (having just Seeker PDC as a base is fast being realized as too weak in my mod, sats and fighters rule vs the AI as it packs too little 'anti-fighter' pdc components---using the Devnull Version of PDC basic affecting mines..)

[Fyron]

Unfortunately, you can not use custom strings for vehicle type or target type. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif Hopefully this gets changed in the Last patch...

[Krsqk]

IIRC, Aaron was asked this question in the #se4 chat, and he responded positively to it.

[Fyron]

I believe he said it would go on the list for beta testers to vote on... even though it is at most a 3 minute code job to change it to allow the strings (probably less for a veteran programmer), especially since he already has the code written in the mounts parts of the game, so can just copy paste and modify it.