Post by: bvanevery on August 08, 2022, 05:41:18 PM
before sea base is mind controlled |
It did no good! The 2 combat units became Pirate, and the probe team was simply eliminated.
combat units now Pirate and probe team eliminated |
Rules about mind control are some of the stupidest things in the original game. Pity this can't be changed with only .txt modding.
Apologies for the atrocious image quality. I've got this 1920x1080 screen now, so my captures are sometimes bigger than what this site allows. While manually cropping it, the MS app did a poor job.
The .sav file is with my SMACX AI Growth mod version 1.55. Not sure if that will really matter for other people trying to load it. If anyone bothers.
Post by: Aureustgo on August 12, 2022, 10:53:53 PM
An alternative would be just to disband the unit, if it was really important to keep it from the AI (prototype, morale, whatever). I suppose another would be to obliterate the base.
I think the narrative about probe teams is a feature not a bug (not that you're claiming it to be one). Take over the base, and the surrounding region is corrupted into the cause. That always resonated with me. It also minimizes the prospect that newly probed bases are vulnerable to immediate counterattack (one could just stack infantry all around it). I suspect the designers wanted a more free flowing game play, rather than play with static battle lines.