Waypoints

This page should correctly be named "[Waypoints]"; it is wrong due to technical restrictions.

Map-specific INI sections

Basic Features

[Basic]

[Briefing]

[Digest]

[Houses]

[Map]

[Preview]

[PreviewPack]

[SpecialFlags]

Terrain Features

[IsoMapPack5]

[Lighting]

[OverlayDataPack]

[OverlayPack]

[Smudge]

[Terrain]

[Tubes]

[Waypoints]

Preplaced

[Infantry]

[Units]

[Aircraft]

[Structures]

Scripting

[Tags]

[CellTags]

[Triggers]

[Events]

[Actions]

[VariableNames]

[AITriggerTypesEnable]

AI Programming

[TaskForces]

[ScriptTypes]

[TeamTypes]

[AITriggerTypes]

[AITriggerTypesEnable]

Waypoints are like bookmarks on a map - they address a certain cell. They have multiple uses:

• The Waypoints numbered 0 - 7 are used as starting points for each of the 8 possible players.
• The [Basic]→HomeCell= use waypoints to determine where the screen should be focused in a map at startup.
• Most Map Events and Map Actions make use of them.
• Most map elements use them as well.

Section

In each of the classic C&C games and their expansion packs, the [Waypoints] section in a map takes the following format:

[Waypoints]
Index=COORDS

Meanings of each string

String	Meaning
Index	The Index of this waypoint. Unlike lists such as [InfantryTypes], the index does matter - the game allocates space for a limited number of Waypoints and will interpret Index as the number of the waypoint in that space. Tiberian Dawn allocates space for 28 Waypoints (#0 - #27) Red Alert, Counterstrike, Aftermath, Tiberian Sun, Firestorm and Red Alert 2 allocates space for 101 Waypoints (#0 - #100) Yuri's Revenge allocates space for 702 Waypoints (#0 - #701)
COORDS	The number containing the coordinates of the cell. It is interpreted as Y * Coefficient + X, with Coefficient having the value of 64 in Tiberian Dawn 128 in Red Alert, Counterstrike, and Aftermath 1000 in Tiberian Sun, Firestorm, Red Alert 2 and Yuri's Revenge

Letter-based addressing

Not all of the features using Waypoints refer to them by their Index. Some of them use letters for this purpose. To convert an Index to a lettered reference, you need to divide the Index by 26 and then convert the result - 1 and the remainder values to letters A-Z and concatenate them (skip the first value if result is 0). Waypoint #0 is A, Waypoint #25 is Z, #26 is AA and so on. Or you can look at your favourite spreadsheet's column numbering, it uses the same principle.