Ability to give Detectors targets

[Omega]

The ability to give detectors "targets" (meaning, they can only detect those specific units) would vastly expand the stealth function. In fact, to be honest, Military will eventually need this function, as there's more one type of "stealth". For example, the Stealth Bomber is stealth, but can only be detected by the AA Launcher. For now, that's the only stealth unit, so that's fine with the current system, but eventually, there will be an opposing faction and spy units, which will use a different stealth system, only detectable by each other. Thus, the need for detectors to specify what units they can detect.

This is best done by making the detector tag something like this:

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<detector value="true">
  <unit value="stealth_bomber" />
</detector>

[Gabbe]

Yes, but make sure not to make it too complicated so it could make the game run slower, having the option would be cool yes. whata about air detector/ground detector?

[John.d.h]

I would think the budding tag system from the cast-spell command could come into play here.  For example, an infrared scanner could detect stealth units marked as "biological", or some such.

[silnarm]

This is how I actually imagined/intended it would be done, there would be cloak 'types' and detectors would detect certain types. Much more generic, and I fully expected someone to do exactly what Omega wants to do.

[John.d.h]

Extraneous posts moved to the appropriate thread: https://forum.megaglest.org/index.php?topic=3802.0

Have a nice day.