Infinite and finite ammo?

**Sextus Molestus** · April 05, 2009, 03:56 PM

Is there any possible way to make missile units, particularly archer units, have infinite ammo when defending a city, but finite as usual when doing anything else? They likely wouldn't run out if the city had a good stockpile of them.

**DimeBagHo** · April 05, 2009, 04:18 PM

In a scripted battle you could do it, but I can't think of any way to do that in a normal battle.

**Sextus Molestus** · April 05, 2009, 08:05 PM

Hmm oh well just a passing thought...

**Spartan198** · April 05, 2009, 10:11 PM

Would be useful. Shame there isn't any way to do it.

**RedFox** · April 05, 2009, 10:46 PM

How about a background script that triggers every time you enter a battle? If there's a way to replenish ammo, it shouldn't be much of a hassle to do it.

**silentsam74** · April 06, 2009, 01:10 AM

Originally Posted by RedFox

How about a background script that triggers every time you enter a battle? If there's a way to replenish ammo, it shouldn't be much of a hassle to do it.

Since there are traits that give generals command bonuses based on defending or assaulting 'walls' then obviously the game is set to recognize whether there are walls involved and who is defending or attacking. So, it seems there is potential.

**Ceki** · April 06, 2009, 04:37 AM

It would be nice if missile units on walls have 3x more ammo than units in the field. I like the idea.

**Darth Alec** · April 06, 2009, 08:32 AM

I would imagine a script would work. It's definatly a good idea.

**Sextus Molestus** · April 06, 2009, 02:07 PM

I got the idea for it watching the main battle scene of Troy, where the Trojan archers are just firing volley after volley down upon the Greeks. I thought it would be pretty neat and would certainly add a defensive incentive to train archers in XGM.

I don't know how to write background scripts, perhaps an avid modder could help (perhaps DimeBagHo overlooked this, I don't mean he's not an avid modder, lol).

**Publius Quirinus** · April 07, 2009, 08:00 AM

Nah, I think it's just that DBH isn't a big fan of background scripts.

Personally I think it's pretty well represented by the towers, but that's just me. Would still love to see (and use) a script though, if one existed.

**DimeBagHo** · April 07, 2009, 04:46 PM

I skimmed through the available commands and I now think it can't be done even with a script. I thought there was a replenish ammo command, but I can't find it in the docs.

**Vercingetorix_Defeated** · April 07, 2009, 06:54 PM

Originally Posted by Quirinal

Personally I think it's pretty well represented by the towers, but that's just me. Would still love to see (and use) a script though, if one existed.

The towers represent not archers, but Doom Fortresses of Destruction.

They killed over 4000 infantry in a test I did, in under 5 minutes, they have pinpoint accuracy and a ridiculously high rate of fire. I don't know why they bothered to invent semi auto sniper rifles, because every city with stone walls in XGM already has a few hundred of them.

**Darth Alec** · April 08, 2009, 09:22 AM

If this script can be made, the towers should dissapear/be weaked significantly.

**synthesis** · April 14, 2009, 07:48 PM

I believe the towers are modifiable. I suppose if you wanted, you could make a garrison archer unit that had no movement points but had a lot of ammo.