Legacy RockPatch Wishlist

This is legacy information, included here for historical purposes.

This is the community-editable wishlist for features of pd's RockPatch.

• This is not a list of demands.
• These are not features that are already implemented.
• This list does not guarantee the feature will be implemented.

This page exists because every coder in the community would otherwise bug pd through forums, e-mail and messengers, asking "Couldn't you...?" NO! If you want to request a certain feature for RockPatch, do it here.

This list is ordered by the following criteria:

• There are several topical lists, choose the one that fits best.
• Newer wishes are added to the bottom.
• The list was spread over several pages for a reason. Keep it that way. (Look at the history to see why.)

Example: You wish to request a warhead-feature. That would, of course, be a Totally New Feature. However, Weapons related fits even better for something about warheads. Weapons related is on Page 5. So your wish belongs to Page 5, Weapons related, at the bottom of the list.

I just want to underline that this is not a demand list but only a collection of ideas because I'm the only person who has the
possibility to change anything at the moment... teaching others how to do this would be a solution but it would mean much learning
to them (I think).

I will choose the easiest for me and the most useful for the community things first.

So don't be angry if you're wish doesn't get "fulfilled".

-pd

Table of Contents
Current Wishlist Note: the following wishlist is now OBSOLETE, stored for archiving purposes only. General Bugfixes/Corrections Enhancements Revive from earlier C&C Totally new Features Weapons Related Art Related Sound Related & Miscellaneous Multiplayer

General Bugfixes/Corrections

• Warfactory exit path flipped, allowing the prerelease structure art to be implemented
• Breaking of the 100-unit-limit
• Fixing the 74-unit-bug, aka whiteboy bug
• Fixing of the "Tank Bunker only allows ground locomotor units" issue (it should allow hover locomotor too).
• Fixing of the "TIBMINExx is hardcoded to spawn xx entry from [Tiberiums]" issue, preferably changing xx to an INI-controlled value
• Fixing of the "AttachedParticleSystem= nullifies Burst=" issue
• Fix various hardcoded YR bugs. See [1] for list.
• Fix Carryall Logic for Hind.
• Fix Debris Logic/Improve it
• Rumor has it that NonVehicle=yes does not actually block Vehicle Hijackers, it just gives a no entry cursor and still lets them hijack...this needs fixing.
• NonVehicle=yes also needs to prevent the Tote action (carryall logic) from grabbing the unit too.
• UseOwnName=true cannot be used on a VehicleType (only InfantryTypes). Any vehicle placed inside an IFV will cause the IFV to have a name of "Rocket IFV" (or Repair/Machine Gun if IFV mode 1/2/3).
• Any way to optimize cloaking code or speed it up
• Fix VehicleThief and Thief logic (currently, you need both to get hijackers to work but the infantry can then enter refineries to no effect)
• Fix the PrismSupportModifier bug (if a [General] section is declared on a map and a value is not defined there, the value is set to infinite or something)
• The use of HoverPad=yes causes an Internal Error if the AI uses a Nuke or Weather Storm. This is a pain because the HoverPad=yes can be used to make hover units land on service depots and, better yet, allows an airpad to come with a free aircraft - but we can't use it because of the damned IE!

Not so much of a problem, see discussion.

• having 2 PKT files makes some maps get listed ingame twice. can you fix this?
• Fix adding new [BuildingTypes] breaking single player campains. See this link for a better description: [2]
• Fix code so you can build all units of a BuildLimit >1 in a row

(right now, if you have BuildLimit=10, for example, you can only build 9, something else, and then the last one)

• The 'sell unit' function can be resurrected using a super weapon. However, you can sell any docked unit, including Tank-Bunkered units. Selling a Tank-Bunkered unit leaves the Tank Bunker walls up, rendering it useless. Selling the Tank Bunker then causes an Internal Error. Now, we don't want 'sell unit' forcibly resurrected, however it would be nice if either A) Tank-Bunkered units couldn't be sold (preferred choice), or B) Tank-Bunkers' walls retracted and the Bunker continued to work normally (second choice), or C) selling a 'broken' Tank Bunker did not cause an Internal Error.
• HarvestersPerRefinery

Make this usable

• A rules option so that units will consider in their threat scan neutral player-owned units that have a weapon or non-zero threat rating. It's so annoying if your mod has something that generates neutral infantry opponents that your units and, more importantly, the AI completely ignores.
• fix the "AI doesn't deploy MCVs with new locomotors set on them" bug(IE hover, jumpjet, subter...)
• Fix the Droppod Locomoter
• Force refresh when returning from game-mode menu to apply changes to the menu made by a game mode, such as money range, or starting units range.
• Tote action (carryall logic) and Heal action (negative damage weapon given to an infantry) need to point to sequences in mouse.sha rather than to the same single frame.
• If an AnimToInfantry call occurs for an animation that is positioned in a place where no infantry can land then the call will be suspended (potentially for the remainder of the game). This is believed by some to cause a general game slow down. Either way, it doesn't look nice. Perhaps the call could be cancelled if there is no space...
• [WeaponXTurretLocked=true] "bug" when unit turns 180 the turret may spin in the opposed direction instead of following with voxle unit’s direction.
• [AccelerationFactor=0.01]; This has a problem with voxel scales.
• [IsTrain=yes], [MovementRestrictedTo=Railroad] one of these has the control for the train movement and the turn is 135 or 90 but the train should only turn 45 to prevent jumping tracks.
• in RA2 you can place a PKT with a map/maps in a mix, and rename it to an MMX and the map will work, like a map pack, however, the YR equevalant YRO(as documented by deezire) files don't actually work. my idea is to try and make them work!
• Improve the havester logic so it (the harvester) cannot go to an enemy base (and then get killed) when there is an Ore on it (enemy base) [C00LDuDe]
• Factory Plant Settings reduce Solyent values to prevent income generation explotation. (If implemented, this should definitely be optional - I myself reduce soylents manually so I don't want them reduced further by owning an Industrial Plant.) By default vehicle refund should be 50%. Basically if you make a vehicle 25% cheaper, you should only get 50% of its value back
• Code the Hospital=yes and Machine Shop tag so that owning multiple buildings does generate an undocumented cumulative effect.
• The game reads langmd.mix > missionsmd.pkt and uses it to determine which gamemodes the stock maps are available in. Editing this file and dropping it in the directory causes random bugs and duplicate entries in the map list. If possible, add a rules tag pointing to a filename to read instead of missionsmd.pkt (de-hardcode the reference, like the IsIFV= and similar new tags do). Like [General]PKTFile= .
• A fix for the ridiculous slowdown caused by having an extra CD drive or too-good hardware. In my case, my P4 3.0GHz and GeForce 5900 are (my the sound of it) the two pieces of hardware that stop me running YR...
• Fix the currently unworking CloakStop= tag (Tratos)
• Fix it so that your computer doesn't have to be in 16-bit colour for the windowed mode (from adding -WIN to a shortcut) to work, i.e. it supports 32-bit colour too. -Nighthawk200