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UFO Escorts, how do they work?


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Escorts are hard-coded - the escort chance variable doesn't do anything. You can implicitly remove escorts from missions which have them by removing the escort type UFOs from the spawn list, but you can't make a UFO have escorts which isn't coded to do so.

I did write code for a toggle which would make the escort chance variable work. But I can't remember if that actually got added to XCE (I think it will be in gamconfig.xml if anywhere). If it is included, then switching the toggle on will mean that the escort chance is set by the AM_* files instead of the hardcoded formula. I think this might still only work for UFOs which are coded to have escorts but I might be wrong.

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Escorts are hard-coded - the escort chance variable doesn't do anything. You can implicitly remove escorts from missions which have them by removing the escort type UFOs from the spawn list, but you can't make a UFO have escorts which isn't coded to do so.

I did write code for a toggle which would make the escort chance variable work. But I can't remember if that actually got added to XCE (I think it will be in gamconfig.xml if anywhere). If it is included, then switching the toggle on will mean that the escort chance is set by the AM_* files instead of the hardcoded formula. I think this might still only work for UFOs which are coded to have escorts but I might be wrong.

I'll try that and see if it works. Thanks a tonn! ^_^

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