Vehicle crew requirement check

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Hi, i have an upgrade that should determine whether or not a given squad is currently the crew of a vehicle. Problem is that i don't know if there is even a requirement check that does that.

Do you guys know?

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Maybe you could do it through a target occupants action? Otherwise I dont know if its possible without just giving the squad the upgrade at all times.

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It's possible to include such a check. It's been a long time, and I don't remember exactly how I did it.

Look in the ebps file of the vehicle under recrewable_ext -> race_list (aef? or all factions depending on what you want to do) -> apply_to_driver_actions

There, you need to add a requirement action that checks the entity type of your crew. e.g., check if they have a specific slot item, or if they're medics etc.

Then, inside the requirement action, you need to add a:
- Change target action -> self

This allows you to apply actions on the vehicle, rather than the driver, and have a requirement action that checks the driver rather than the vehicle.

Then, inside your charge target action, you do what you intended to do.

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Posts: 73

Thx for the replies. The thing i want to do is remove all of a squad's veterancy when it enters or exits a vehicle. I tried the driver_action method (tho i didn't change target, i don't think it's needed?), the target_occupants method and the recrew_penalty method, but i can't get it to work.

What am i missing?

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First of all, ensure that it's possible to remove veterancy from a squad to begin with; maybe it's that part of your changes that isn't possible.

Secondly, ensure that you can apply actions properly to the drive; e.g., try giving them a permanent bazooka item.

Finally, if you've checked both of the above and manage to get them both to work individually, try adding a delay for the action. Maybe that will prevent your veterancy action being override by something else.

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Wow, it seems that you actually can't remove veterancy...I tried doing a veterancy action with a negative number of experience points...it didn't do anything. I also tried apply_modifier > entity_veterancy_experience_modifier, but that wouldn't even add veterancy in the first place.

Have you guys had any luck removing vet, and if so, what am i missing?