Mission Control

This section in rules(md).ini specifies behavioural characteristics of objects engaged in missions. These mission types are not singleplayer campaign missions or anything like that. A mission in this sense is something like 'Attack', or 'Area Guard' or 'Harvest'. Something that the computer performs automatically.

Most mission behaviour is hardcoded, but a few values can be overridden in each mission's subsection. New missions cannot be added, and conversely you should not remove any mission's section either.

The available missions depend on the game at hand, with Tiberian Dawn having the least and Red Alert 2/Yuri's Revenge having the most mission types. Most missions have carried over from past games, with the exception being the 'Timed Hunt' mission that only appears in TD.

Available Mission Types

Here are all missions available in each game in the order they are read by the game:

Mission Type	Available In				Function / Objective
Sleep					Unit basically plays dead.
Attack					Attack mission used by team logic.
Move					Move to a destination. Simple as that.
QMove					Queued move. Similar to move, but allows queueing movement missions.
Retreat					Run away. The INI states that the unit may leave the map too.
Guard					Engage any enemy that enters weapons range. The defending unit may follow the aggressor.
Sticky					Operates like Guard mode, but the unit will not move from its current location.
Enter					Enter a building or transport.
Capture					Mission used whenever an Engineer unit enters something.
Harvest					Automatic mission used by harvester units. Collect ore, dump it, repeat.
Area Guard					Guard the general area around the unit.
Return					Head back to refinery.
Stop					Halt! Basically, the unit will cease firing and moving whenever it can.
Ambush					Wait until discovered.
Hunt					Seek out and attack enemy units.
Timed Hunt					Wait a while, then go into hunt mission
Unload					Unloading cargo, e.g. an APC unloading passengers.
Sabotage					C4 mission.
Construction					Mission used by buildings when they are initially placed.
Selling					Mission used by buildings during deconstruction, i.e. when they're sold.
Repair					Used by the Service Depot to repair the docked unit.
Rescue					A special override mission. Perhaps used if a critical unit is in danger.
Missile					Used by a Nuke Silo when it is firing.
Harmless					Unit will not return fire, and is not considered a threat by the AI.
Open					Gate structure operation.
Patrol					Patrol a series of waypoints. Used by units in a waypoint loop.
Eaten					Used by units when entering a grinder.

Applicable INI Flags

These tables show all INI flags applicable¹ to Mission Control. The flags are grouped by the internal classes the flags are inherited from, and then listed in the order they are read in by the game. You can re-sort the rows by column values by clicking the arrow icons in the column headings. Each flag can be clicked to visit its page for detailed information.

Please note that this section is accurate only for Yuri's Revenge. All other C&C games use different sets of flags.

¹ ↑ "Applicable" in this context means "read from the INI files". Certain flags listed here don't have any effect ingame , but they are read and in certain cases cause a crash if not present. Again, refer to each flag's individual page for detailed information.

MissionType

INI File	Section	Key	Value Type	Default Value	Adds to list
Rules(md).ini	Object's ID	NoThreat	boolean	no
Rules(md).ini	Object's ID	Zombie	boolean	no
Rules(md).ini	Object's ID	Recruitable	boolean	yes
Rules(md).ini	Object's ID	Paralyzed	boolean	no
Rules(md).ini	Object's ID	Retaliate	boolean	yes
Rules(md).ini	Object's ID	Scatter	boolean	yes
Rules(md).ini	Object's ID	Rate	boolean	?
Rules(md).ini	Object's ID	AARate	boolean	Same as Rate

Notes

Tiberian Dawn doesn't have a rules.ini. All of the game's rules, including mission types, are hardcoded. However, the mission types available in the game are still listed here for reference.

See Also

• Category:Mission Control Flags