Random spawning from the production buildings

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Actually, topic.

I'd like to implement the random spawning (pretty much like Partisans used to do) spawning of squads from the production buildings. For instance:

- German HMG teams randomly spawned with MG-34 or MG-42;

- one of two variants of US Riflemen Squads - with M1 Garand and M1 Carbine - are randomly spawned from the base building;

And so effing on :-))

Does anyone know, how to do this in the current Mod Tools?

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Partisans were called in with an ability, using a reinforcement action. There were several types of Partisan squads with different loadouts, and one of them would been spawned randomly. That functionality isn't available for individual squad members, though.

What you can do:
- Make a new soldier entity.
- Leave hardpoint 1 empty.
- In action_apply_ext, add a random_action.
- As subactions, use several copies of add_weapon with different weapons.

That would not be possible with team weapons like HMGs, though. No idea how to do that!

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The US Lieutenant, Captain and Major are abilities when you buy them for the first time. You can make such an ability and use the random_action to choose between different squads.

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27 Sep 2016, 19:16 PMPlanet Smasher

Partisans were called in with an ability, using a reinforcement action. There were several types of Partisan squads with different loadouts, and one of them would been spawned randomly. That functionality isn't available for individual squad members, though.

What you can do:
- Make a new soldier entity.
- Leave hardpoint 1 empty.
- In action_apply_ext, add a random_action.
- As subactions, use several copies of add_weapon with different weapons.

That would not be possible with team weapons like HMGs, though. No idea how to do that!

I, actually, don't need it for individual squad members. What I need is: for instance, I've got two types of the Riflemen squads: one armed mostly with M! Garand rifles, while another has mostly M! Carbines. And I want them to be spawned randomly, 50/50 or 60/40.

27 Sep 2016, 19:26 PMSneakEye

The US Lieutenant, Captain and Major are abilities when you buy them for the first time. You can make such an ability and use the random_action to choose between different squads.

TBA, these are upgrades, not abilities. But kinda yes, they do contain the reinforcement_action.

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Problem is that the spawner extension on a building points to specific squads, not a randomized container of squads.

Agameanx on the old CoH1 modding forums at relicnews came up with a solution back then that was heavy on SCAR, wherein you would place dummy squads into the spawner, and the SCAR would detect them being bought and replace them with one or more different squads.

Aside from that complex solution, an ability on the building that randomly spawns your squads is the only way.

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