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{{ | {{Flag | ||
|name=LandTargeting | |||
|files=rules(md).ini | |||
|values=0, 1, 2 | |||
|special=None | |||
|default=0 | |||
|types=All *Types | |||
|games=RA/YR | |||
}} | |||
This flag determines whether an object can fire on land units (as opposed to naval units) or not. In YR, it additionally can allow land targeting only with the secondary weapon. | |||
This flag, along with <tt>[[NavalTargeting]]</tt>, was likely introduced because technically, ships are ground-level units as well, and a simple AG=yes <strike>would have</strike> does allow Submarines, for example, to fire torpedoes through the water, over the ground, into a tank. This, of course, is not desired. Therefore, the additional target area distinction between "Land" and "Naval" was created. The originally intended <tt>AN</tt> and <tt>AS</tt> were probably dismissed because they were not "complex" enough, allowing only a simple "Can fire on submarines? Yes." rather than something like "Can fire on submarines? Yes, but only with it's Secondary.". | |||
{| align="center" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="4" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 1px dashed #000000;background:#F0F0F0;" | |||
!bgcolor="#e5e5e5" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;border-right: 1px solid #000000;"|Value | |||
!bgcolor="#e5e5e5" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;border-left: 1px solid #000000;border-right: 1px solid #000000;"|Basic game interpretation | |||
!bgcolor="#e5e5e5" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;border-left: 1px solid #000000;"|Explanation from rules | |||
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!bgcolor="#e5e5e5" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;border-right: 1px solid #000000;border-top: 1px solid #000000;"|0 | |||
|style="border: 1px solid #000000;"|LAND_OKAY | |||
|style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;border-left: 1px solid #000000;border-top: 1px solid #000000;"|Land is okay | |||
|- | |||
!bgcolor="#e5e5e5" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;border-right: 1px solid #000000;border-top: 1px solid #000000;"|1 | |||
|style="border: 1px solid #000000;"|LAND_NOT_OKAY | |||
|style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;border-left: 1px solid #000000;border-top: 1px solid #000000;"|Land is not okay¹ | |||
|- | |||
!bgcolor="#e5e5e5" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000;border-top: 1px solid #000000;"|2 (YR) | |||
|style="border-left: 1px solid #000000;border-right: 1px solid #000000;border-top: 1px solid #000000;"|LAND_SECONDARY | |||
|style="border-left: 1px solid #000000;border-top: 1px solid #000000;"|Can shoot land, but only with secondary weapon | |||
|} | |||
¹ <small>'''Note:''' The rules at this point actually say "Land is OK". That is evidently ''wrong'', illustrated by the given game interpretation, supported by the fact that "0" already is "Land is okay", and proven in the wild a thousand times over.</small> | |||
==See also== | |||
*[[NavalTargeting]] | |||
*[[AA]]/[[AG]]'s notes on paratroopers. |
Revision as of 01:19, 7 May 2006
Flag: | LandTargeting |
File(s): | rules(md).ini |
Values: | 0, 1, 2 |
Special Values: | None |
Default: | 0 |
Applicable to: | All *Types |
This flag determines whether an object can fire on land units (as opposed to naval units) or not. In YR, it additionally can allow land targeting only with the secondary weapon.
This flag, along with NavalTargeting, was likely introduced because technically, ships are ground-level units as well, and a simple AG=yes would have does allow Submarines, for example, to fire torpedoes through the water, over the ground, into a tank. This, of course, is not desired. Therefore, the additional target area distinction between "Land" and "Naval" was created. The originally intended AN and AS were probably dismissed because they were not "complex" enough, allowing only a simple "Can fire on submarines? Yes." rather than something like "Can fire on submarines? Yes, but only with it's Secondary.".
Value | Basic game interpretation | Explanation from rules |
---|---|---|
0 | LAND_OKAY | Land is okay |
1 | LAND_NOT_OKAY | Land is not okay¹ |
2 (YR) | LAND_SECONDARY | Can shoot land, but only with secondary weapon |
¹ Note: The rules at this point actually say "Land is OK". That is evidently wrong, illustrated by the given game interpretation, supported by the fact that "0" already is "Land is okay", and proven in the wild a thousand times over.
See also
- NavalTargeting
- AA/AG's notes on paratroopers.