Restoring Boris' Old Airstrike Flare. [Ares Optional]

Atomic_Noodles · Defense Minister **Joined**: 05 Oct 2011

If you've peeked into the SHP of Boris, you will notice he has a flare gun animation. Supposedly this was going to be used for his Secondary but was dummied out for some reason. This tutorial will restore it to working order.

First things first go to Boris Entry in Rulesmd.ini and add/replace the following tags to Boris.

Code:

Secondary=FlareGun; Flare
Deployer=yes
DeployFire=yes

Next we're going to make the new Flare Gun Weapon:

Code:

;Weapon
[FlareGun]
Damage=1
Range=12
Warhead=AirstrikeFlare
MigAttackCursor=yes
Projectile=BorisFlare
Speed=10
ROF=60
FireOnce=yes
Lobber=yes
Report=Flare

Next comes the projectile, This is the part where Ares comes in if you want the Flare to be red proper.

Code:

[BorisFlare]
Image=FlareProj
Arcing=true
SubjectToCliffs=no
SubjectToElevation=no
SubjectToWalls=no
AA=no

Now moving on to Artmd

Code:

[FlareProj]
Image=DRAGON
Trailer=REDSMOKEY2 ;Recolored Version of Smokey2 in red. (Ares Custom Palette)
UseLineTrail=yes
LineTrailColor=180,0,0
LineTrailColorDecrement=16

You can use SMOKEY2 for the smoke if you do not plan on using Ares.

And last but not least Boris' New Sequence:

Code:

[BorisSequence]
Ready=0,1,1
Guard=0,1,1
Prone=91,1,6
Walk=8,6,6
FireUp=169,6,6
Down=265,2,2
Crawl=91,6,6
Up=281,2,2
FireProne=217,6,6
Idle1=56,15,0,S
Idle2=71,20,0,E
Die1=139,15,0
Die2=154,15,0
Die3=0,1,1
Die4=0,1,1
Die5=0,1,1
Cheer=297,8,0,E
Paradrop=292,1,0
Panic=8,6,6
Deploy=404,1,0
Deployed=401,1,1
DeployedFire=305,12,12
DeployedIdle=401,1,0
Undeploy=404,1,0

And Viola. Your Boris now fires a proper flare. This also somewhat breaks Boris' Balance by allowing him to fire the flare then walk away. The Migs will still follow the attack sequence as long as Boris hasn't changed his target.

P.S. If someone can figure out how to allow a smoke particle to spawn on the targeted building. As well as remove the Laser Target Boris uses that would be a great improvement to this.

Key Words: #Tutorials #Modding #RedAlert2 #YurisRevenge #Rules.INI #Art.INI

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Krow · Commander **Joined**: 30 Jan 2010 **Location**: Malaysia

Eh? Wouldn't SecondaryFire suffice? Correct me if I'm wrong though.

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Atomic_Noodles · Defense Minister **Joined**: 05 Oct 2011

Krow wrote:

Eh? Wouldn't SecondaryFire suffice? Correct me if I'm wrong though.

The Vanilla Game already uses Boris pointing with the Flare Gun as his Secondary Fire. This one makes it so Boris uses the unused Flare Gun firing animation. Since in the deploy idle is now the Gun Pointing that's pretty close.

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RP · Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2012 7:09 am Post subject:

I see... You made him a deployer to be able to play the animation of the flare, clever!

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/ppm/'s stupidity

Krow · Commander **Joined**: 30 Jan 2010 **Location**: Malaysia

I'm honestly confused Jem. #Tongue

Elaborate more please?

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Atomic_Noodles · Defense Minister **Joined**: 05 Oct 2011

With Deployed Mode the Flare Gun held out would keep Boris facing wherever direction he fired. This tweak re enables the unused Flare Gun animation.

Think of it similar to the GI or Guardian GI, notice how they both have a directional facing while deployed and they do not change directions until they have a new target.

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RP · Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2012 9:11 am Post subject:

Besides that, they both have a deploy animation, like the GI throwing down sandbags (unclear, but noticable in the shp) I think Jem applied that Flare Gun animation as the deployanim.

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Starkku · Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2012 9:42 am Post subject:

A minor thing, but Image= does not work on Projectile art #Tongue

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Atomic_Noodles · Defense Minister **Joined**: 05 Oct 2011

Nah its just an instantaneous switch. The DeployFire is the unused Flare Gun Firing Animation. Otherwise his Deploy Mode is of him with the flare gun out as it was in Vanilla.

Really? Works for me. :/

I have cloned projectiles which use Image= Tag and they use the cited original images.

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Krow · Commander **Joined**: 30 Jan 2010 **Location**: Malaysia

@Jem: Thank you for enlightening me. #Tongue

@Starkku: Yeah, IIRC I have some of those too. And they work just fine? Or maybe something is wrong with your codes then. Although I doubt that. #Tongue

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mevitar · Missile Trooper **Joined**: 31 Dec 2010

Image= does not work on projectiles with Inviso=yes. #Tongue

Krow · Commander **Joined**: 30 Jan 2010 **Location**: Malaysia

Jem wrote:

If someone can figure out how to allow a smoke particle to spawn on the targeted building. As well as remove the Laser Target Boris uses that would be a great improvement to this.

You should do some experiments with this.

Code:

SpawnsParticle=
NumParticles=

Use a dummy invisible anim on the warhead that loops for a few times, use a suitable particle and number of particles it should spawn, that's it. I think you should experiment with the Z draw stuff too. The smokes might be rendered behind the building if you don't set them properly. Mig did this in D-Day for his supply drop building.

Btw Jem, say hi to the guys for me. I'm kinda busy so not gonna be on IRC for awhile. Confused

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geof101 · Rocket Infantry **Joined**: 30 May 2012

wouldn't it be better to change the sequence? put SecondaryFire=305,12,12 so it will play the unused flare gun for it? it is commented out there at the artmd.ini. correct me if i'm worng

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Atomic_Noodles · Defense Minister **Joined**: 05 Oct 2011

geof101 wrote:

wouldn't it be better to change the sequence? put SecondaryFire=305,12,12 so it will play the unused flare gun for it? it is commented out there at the artmd.ini. correct me if i'm worng

Unless FireOnce is added on the Secondary Boris will keep firing the flare over and over again. Also, Boris will change targets once he's attacked canceling the Airstrike.

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Gangster · Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2012 9:28 am Post subject:

IIRC FireOnce on Flare Gun gives IE when Migs fly over the target.

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geof101 · Rocket Infantry **Joined**: 30 May 2012

Gangster wrote:

IIRC FireOnce on Flare Gun gives IE when Migs fly over the target.

i've already tried it, and it doen's give an ie, only that it changes the target if ever an enemy is in sight or range like noodles said. is there anything that can be done to avoid this except making it deploysequence?

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RIAKTOR · Disk Thrower **Joined**: 23 Nov 2013

How to make Boris with flare gun but without deployer logic?