Armor types - Revision history

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en>DeathFish: The old text copied Westwood's misspellings in the notes, and is hereby corrected

2022-11-05T07:39:13Z

The old text copied Westwood's misspellings in the notes, and is hereby corrected

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	All warheads deal damage depending on {{f\|Verses\|link}}, which set percentage of Damage= to be applied to specific armor types. There are also two special percentage values concerning targetting status along with damage.:		All warheads deal damage depending on {{f\|Verses\|link}}, which set percentage of Damage= to be applied to specific armor types. There are also two special percentage values concerning targetting status along with damage.:

	*0% verses means no force fire, no retaliate, no passive ~~aquire~~. It is an invalid target, unless the {{f\|Secondary\|link}} can target that armortype.		*0% verses means no force fire, no retaliate, no passive acquire. It is an invalid target, unless the {{f\|Secondary\|link}} can target that armortype.
	*1% verses means no passive ~~aquire~~. Even if the unit has {{f\|CanPassiveAquire\|yes\|link}} set.		*1% verses means no passive acquire. Even if the unit has {{f\|CanPassiveAquire\|yes\|link}} set.

	These are documented differently in the [[Rules.ini]]'s comments, but those documentations (especially concerning 2%) are not accurate to how the game engine behaves.		These are documented differently in the [[Rules.ini]]'s comments, but those documentations (especially concerning 2%) are not accurate to how the game engine behaves.
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			**In fact, due to Westwood's misspelling, Verses should be '''Versus''' and Aquire should be '''Acquire'''. These spelling errors have been corrected in Ares' new tags. Of course, the original tags have not been modified to be compatible with the old code.

en>EvilRenegade: Replacing Template:TTL with Template:F.

2009-11-27T07:25:22Z

Replacing Template:TTL with Template:F.

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	;Concrete : exclusive to Conyards and Shipyards, very resistant to superweapons.		;Concrete : exclusive to Conyards and Shipyards, very resistant to superweapons.
	;Special_1 : for Terror Drone, easily penetrated by both bullets and cannon shells. Much weaker against bulllets, especially [20mmRapid], however.		;Special_1 : for Terror Drone, easily penetrated by both bullets and cannon shells. Much weaker against bulllets, especially [20mmRapid], however.
	;Special_2 : for V3/Dreadnought/Boomer missiles, so if a lot of them is fired, one exploding in the air won't destroy the others in proximity. A lot of weapons such as radiation however can destroy missiles before launch, this can be very unfair and it may be advisable to change the warhead to do 0% or make missiles immune to its effects e.g. {{~~TTL~~\|ImmuneToRadiation\|yes}}.		;Special_2 : for V3/Dreadnought/Boomer missiles, so if a lot of them is fired, one exploding in the air won't destroy the others in proximity. A lot of weapons such as radiation however can destroy missiles before launch, this can be very unfair and it may be advisable to change the warhead to do 0% or make missiles immune to its effects e.g. {{f\|ImmuneToRadiation\|yes\|link}}.

	== Warhead Verses ==		== Warhead Verses ==
	All warheads deal damage depending on {{~~TTL~~\|Verses}}, which set percentage of Damage= to be applied to specific armor types. There are also two special percentage values concerning targetting status along with damage.:		All warheads deal damage depending on {{f\|Verses\|link}}, which set percentage of Damage= to be applied to specific armor types. There are also two special percentage values concerning targetting status along with damage.:

	*0% verses means no force fire, no retaliate, no passive aquire. It is an invalid target, unless the {{~~TTL~~\|Secondary}} can target that armortype.		*0% verses means no force fire, no retaliate, no passive aquire. It is an invalid target, unless the {{f\|Secondary\|link}} can target that armortype.
	*1% verses means no passive aquire. Even if the unit has {{~~TTL~~\|CanPassiveAquire\|yes}} set.		*1% verses means no passive aquire. Even if the unit has {{f\|CanPassiveAquire\|yes\|link}} set.

	These are documented differently in the [[Rules.ini]]'s comments, but those documentations (especially concerning 2%) are not accurate to how the game engine behaves.		These are documented differently in the [[Rules.ini]]'s comments, but those documentations (especially concerning 2%) are not accurate to how the game engine behaves.

82.25.214.44: /* Armor Classes */

2007-08-12T20:28:50Z

Armor Classes

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	== Armor Classes ==		== Armor Classes ==
	In TS, there were 5 armor types - none, light, wood, heavy and concrete. RA2 had 11 - none, flak, plate, light, medium, heavy, wood, steel, ~~plate~~, special_1 and special_2. Their main use is to differentiate the damage done by weapons among different types of target. They allow anti tank shells to do high damage to tanks, but virtually nothing to infantry for example. In RA2, certain armor is used exclusively by certain classes of unit to enable weapons to exclusively target certain types of unit (sniper only fire on infantry and not units or buildings for instance), while armor is used in a less structured way in TS. The use of armor in RA2 is detailed below:		In TS, there were 5 armor types - none, light, wood, heavy and concrete. RA2 had 11 - none, flak, plate, light, medium, heavy, wood, steel, concrete, special_1 and special_2. Their main use is to differentiate the damage done by weapons among different types of target. They allow anti tank shells to do high damage to tanks, but virtually nothing to infantry for example. In RA2, certain armor is used exclusively by certain classes of unit to enable weapons to exclusively target certain types of unit (sniper only fire on infantry and not units or buildings for instance), while armor is used in a less structured way in TS. The use of armor in RA2 is detailed below:

	;None : for standard infantry, easy to destroy by anything.		;None : for standard infantry, easy to destroy by anything.

en>Rattus: /* Warhead Verses */ Cleaned this bit up some.

2007-03-13T01:46:43Z

Warhead Verses: Cleaned this bit up some.

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	== Warhead Verses ==		== Warhead Verses ==
	All warheads deal damage depending on Verses, which set percentage of Damage= to be applied to specific armor types. There are also special percentage values ~~that mean special things although 1% doesn't seem to work as documented and does allow retaliate when it shouldn't~~:		All warheads deal damage depending on {{TTL\|Verses}}, which set percentage of Damage= to be applied to specific armor types. There are also two special percentage values concerning targetting status along with damage.:

	*0% verses means no force fire, no retaliate, no passive aquire.		*0% verses means no force fire, no retaliate, no passive aquire. It is an invalid target, unless the {{TTL\|Secondary}} can target that armortype.
	*1% verses means ~~no retaliate,~~ no passive aquire.		*1% verses means no passive aquire. Even if the unit has {{TTL\|CanPassiveAquire\|yes}} set.
	*2% verses means no passive aquire.

	The ~~{{TTL\|~~Verses}} entry takes the form of a comma seperated list of percentages where the order reflects which armor type the percentage damage is against. The order for both TS and RA2 is already documented above in the armor classes section.		These are documented differently in the [[Rules.ini]]'s comments, but those documentations (especially concerning 2%) are not accurate to how the game engine behaves.

			The Verses entry takes the form of a comma seperated list of percentages where the order reflects which armor type the percentage damage is against. The order for both TS and RA2 is already documented above in the armor classes section.

	'''Allied General''' - 1%, 2% Warhead Verses DO NOT work properly. Snipers will still snipe at tanks when attacked instead of shooting at infantry nearby. Only solution is 0%. Note that if a unit has a secondary weapon which uses another [Warhead] which does 100% to an armour type which is not possible for the primary weapon warhead then the secondary will be used. This is an hint on how to make apocalypses uses missiles against infantry like RA1 mammoths or for snipers to carry anti-infantry sniping weapons and anti-material rifles.

	[[Category:General_Editing_Information]]		[[Category:General_Editing_Information]]

en>Rattus: /* Armor Classes */

2007-03-13T01:33:47Z

Armor Classes

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	;Heavy : for heavy tanks, almost identical to 'light' by resistance, but tends to be more resistant to explosives, bullets and fire.		;Heavy : for heavy tanks, almost identical to 'light' by resistance, but tends to be more resistant to explosives, bullets and fire.
	;Wood : light building armor, very fragile.		;Wood : light building armor, very fragile.
	;Steel : base defense armor, more resistant than others.		;Steel : base defense and superweapon armor, more resistant than others.
	;Concrete : exclusive to Conyards and Shipyards, very resistant to superweapons.		;Concrete : exclusive to Conyards and Shipyards, very resistant to superweapons.
	;Special_1 : for Terror Drone, easily penetrated by both bullets and cannon shells. Much weaker against bulllets, especially [20mmRapid], however.		;Special_1 : for Terror Drone, easily penetrated by both bullets and cannon shells. Much weaker against bulllets, especially [20mmRapid], however.

en>DCoder: Rewrite, removed names

2006-07-16T10:22:11Z

Rewrite, removed names

en>DCoder: Reverted edit of 81.240.110.181, changed back to last version by 194.81.199.61

2005-08-19T07:34:13Z

Reverted edit of 81.240.110.181, changed back to last version by 194.81.199.61

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		== Armor Classes ==
		In TS, there were 5 armor types - none, light, wood, heavy and concrete. RA2 had 11 - none, flak, plate, light, medium, heavy, wood, steel, plate, special_1 and special_2. Their main use is to differentiate the damage done by weapons among different types of target. They allow anti tank shells to do high damage to tanks, but virtually nothing to infantry for example. In RA2, certain armor is used exclusively by certain classes of unit to enable weapons to exclusively target certain types of unit (sniper only fire on infantry and not units or buildings for instance), while armor is used in a less structured way in TS. The use of armor in RA2 is detailed below:

		*None - for standard infantry, easy to destroy by anything.
		*Flak - for special infantry, more resistant than 'none'.
		*Plate - for exclusive infantry, is nearly immune to tank shells, tougher to penetrate by bullets.
		*Light - for light vehicles, easy to break.
		*Medium - exclusive to miners and Kirovs, very resistant to everything.
		*Heavy - for heavy tanks, almost identical to 'light' by resistance. '''Allied General''' (tends to be more resistant to explosives, bullets and fire)
		*Wood - light building armor, very fragile.
		*Steel - base defense armor, more resistant than others.
		*Concrete - exclusive to Conyards and Shipyards, very resistant to superweapons.
		*Special_1 - for Terror Drone, easily penetrated by both bullets and cannon shells. (its much weaker against bulllets, especially [20mmRapid] however - ''' AG ''')
		*Special_2 - for V3/Dreadnought/Boomer missiles, so if a lot of them is fired, one exploding in the air won't destroy the others in proximity. (a lot of weapons such as radiation however can destroy missiles before launch, this can be very unfair and it may be advisable to change the warhead to do 0% or make missiles immune to its effects e.g. immunetoradiation=yes - ''' AG ''')

		== Warhead Verses ==
		All warheads deal damage depending on Verses, which set percentage of Damage= to be applied to specific armor types. There are also special percentage values that mean special things although 1% doesn't seem to work as documented and does allow retaliate when it shouldn't:

		*0% verses means no force fire, no retaliate, no passive aquire.
		*1% verses means no retaliate, no passive aquire.
		*2% verses means no passive aquire.

		The Verses= entry takes the form of a comma seperated list of percentages where the order reflects which armor type the percentage damage is against. The order for both TS and RA2 is already documented above in the armor classes section.

		'''Allied General''' - 1%, 2% Warhead Verses DO NOT work properly. Snipers will still snipe at tanks when attacked instead of shooting at infantry nearby. Only solution is 0%. Note that if a unit has a secondary weapon which uses another [Warhead] which does 100% to an armour type which is not possible for the primary weapon warhead then the secondary will be used. This is an hint on how to make apocalypses uses missiles against infantry like RA1 mammoths or for snipers to carry anti-infantry sniping weapons and anti-material rifles.

		[[Category:General_Editing_Information]]

81.240.110.181: /* Armor Classes */

2005-08-19T06:48:13Z

Armor Classes

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	~~== Armor Classes ==~~
	In TS, there were 5 armor types - none, light, wood, heavy and concrete. RA2 had 11 - none, flak, plate, light, medium, heavy, wood, steel, plate, special_1 and special_2. Their main use is to differentiate the damage done by weapons among different types of target. They allow anti tank shells to do high damage to tanks, but virtually nothing to infantry for example. In RA2, certain armor is used exclusively by certain classes of unit to enable weapons to exclusively target certain types of unit (sniper only fire on infantry and not units or buildings for instance), while armor is used in a less structured way in TS. The use of armor in RA2 is detailed below:

	*None - for standard infantry, easy to destroy by anything.
	*Flak - for special infantry, more resistant than 'none'.
	*Plate - for exclusive infantry, is nearly immune to tank shells, tougher to penetrate by bullets.
	*Light - for light vehicles, easy to break.
	*Medium - exclusive to miners and Kirovs, very resistant to everything.
	*Heavy - for heavy tanks, almost identical to 'light' by resistance. '''Allied General''' (tends to be more resistant to explosives, bullets and fire)
	*Wood - light building armor, very fragile.
	*Steel - base defense armor, more resistant than others.
	*Concrete - exclusive to Conyards and Shipyards, very resistant to superweapons.
	*Special_1 - for Terror Drone, easily penetrated by both bullets and cannon shells. (its much weaker against bulllets, especially [20mmRapid] however - ''' AG ''')
	*Special_2 - for V3/Dreadnought/Boomer missiles, so if a lot of them is fired, one exploding in the air won't destroy the others in proximity. (a lot of weapons such as radiation however can destroy missiles before launch, this can be very unfair and it may be advisable to change the warhead to do 0% or make missiles immune to its effects e.g. immunetoradiation=yes - ''' AG ''')

81.240.110.181: /* Warhead Verses */

2005-08-19T06:48:06Z

Warhead Verses

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	*Special_1 - for Terror Drone, easily penetrated by both bullets and cannon shells. (its much weaker against bulllets, especially [20mmRapid] however - ''' AG ''')		*Special_1 - for Terror Drone, easily penetrated by both bullets and cannon shells. (its much weaker against bulllets, especially [20mmRapid] however - ''' AG ''')
	*Special_2 - for V3/Dreadnought/Boomer missiles, so if a lot of them is fired, one exploding in the air won't destroy the others in proximity. (a lot of weapons such as radiation however can destroy missiles before launch, this can be very unfair and it may be advisable to change the warhead to do 0% or make missiles immune to its effects e.g. immunetoradiation=yes - ''' AG ''')		*Special_2 - for V3/Dreadnought/Boomer missiles, so if a lot of them is fired, one exploding in the air won't destroy the others in proximity. (a lot of weapons such as radiation however can destroy missiles before launch, this can be very unfair and it may be advisable to change the warhead to do 0% or make missiles immune to its effects e.g. immunetoradiation=yes - ''' AG ''')

	~~== Warhead Verses ==~~
	All warheads deal damage depending on Verses, which set percentage of Damage= to be applied to specific armor types. There are also special percentage values that mean special things although 1% doesn't seem to work as documented and does allow retaliate when it shouldn't:

	*0% verses means no force fire, no retaliate, no passive aquire.
	*1% verses means no retaliate, no passive aquire.
	*2% verses means no passive aquire.

	The Verses= entry takes the form of a comma seperated list of percentages where the order reflects which armor type the percentage damage is against. The order for both TS and RA2 is already documented above in the armor classes section.

	'''Allied General''' - 1%, 2% Warhead Verses DO NOT work properly. Snipers will still snipe at tanks when attacked instead of shooting at infantry nearby. Only solution is 0%. Note that if a unit has a secondary weapon which uses another [Warhead] which does 100% to an armour type which is not possible for the primary weapon warhead then the secondary will be used. This is an hint on how to make apocalypses uses missiles against infantry like RA1 mammoths or for snipers to carry anti-infantry sniping weapons and anti-material rifles.

	~~[[Category:General_Editing_Information]]~~

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	In TS, there were 5 armor types - none, light, wood, heavy and concrete. RA2 had 11 - none, flak, plate, light, medium, heavy, wood, steel, plate, special_1 and special_2. Their main use is to differentiate the damage done by weapons among different types of target. They allow anti tank shells to do high damage to tanks, but virtually nothing to infantry for example. In RA2, certain armor is used exclusively by certain classes of unit to enable weapons to exclusively target certain types of unit (sniper only fire on infantry and not units or buildings for instance), while armor is used in a less structured way in TS. The use of armor in RA2 is detailed below:		In TS, there were 5 armor types - none, light, wood, heavy and concrete. RA2 had 11 - none, flak, plate, light, medium, heavy, wood, steel, plate, special_1 and special_2. Their main use is to differentiate the damage done by weapons among different types of target. They allow anti tank shells to do high damage to tanks, but virtually nothing to infantry for example. In RA2, certain armor is used exclusively by certain classes of unit to enable weapons to exclusively target certain types of unit (sniper only fire on infantry and not units or buildings for instance), while armor is used in a less structured way in TS. The use of armor in RA2 is detailed below:

	*None - for standard infantry, easy to destroy by anything.		;None : for standard infantry, easy to destroy by anything.
	*Flak - for special infantry, more resistant than 'none'.		;Flak : for special infantry, more resistant than 'none'.
	*Plate - for exclusive infantry, is nearly immune to tank shells, tougher to penetrate by bullets.		;Plate : for exclusive infantry, is nearly immune to tank shells, tougher to penetrate by bullets.
	*Light - for light vehicles, easy to break.		;Light : for light vehicles, easy to break.
	*Medium - exclusive to miners and Kirovs, very resistant to everything.		;Medium : exclusive to miners and Kirovs, very resistant to everything.
	*Heavy - for heavy tanks, almost identical to 'light' by resistance~~. '''Allied General''' (~~tends to be more resistant to explosives, bullets and fire)		;Heavy : for heavy tanks, almost identical to 'light' by resistance, but tends to be more resistant to explosives, bullets and fire.
	*Wood - light building armor, very fragile.		;Wood : light building armor, very fragile.
	*Steel - base defense armor, more resistant than others.		;Steel : base defense armor, more resistant than others.
	*Concrete - exclusive to Conyards and Shipyards, very resistant to superweapons.		;Concrete : exclusive to Conyards and Shipyards, very resistant to superweapons.
	*Special_1 - for Terror Drone, easily penetrated by both bullets and cannon shells. ~~(its much~~ weaker against bulllets, especially [20mmRapid] however ~~- ''' AG ''')~~		;Special_1 : for Terror Drone, easily penetrated by both bullets and cannon shells. Much weaker against bulllets, especially [20mmRapid], however.
	*Special_2 - for V3/Dreadnought/Boomer missiles, so if a lot of them is fired, one exploding in the air won't destroy the others in proximity. (a lot of weapons such as radiation however can destroy missiles before launch, this can be very unfair and it may be advisable to change the warhead to do 0% or make missiles immune to its effects e.g. ~~immunetoradiation=~~yes ~~- ''' AG ''')~~		;Special_2 : for V3/Dreadnought/Boomer missiles, so if a lot of them is fired, one exploding in the air won't destroy the others in proximity. A lot of weapons such as radiation however can destroy missiles before launch, this can be very unfair and it may be advisable to change the warhead to do 0% or make missiles immune to its effects e.g. {{TTL\|ImmuneToRadiation\|yes}}.

	== Warhead Verses ==		== Warhead Verses ==
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	*2% verses means no passive aquire.		*2% verses means no passive aquire.

	The Verses= entry takes the form of a comma seperated list of percentages where the order reflects which armor type the percentage damage is against. The order for both TS and RA2 is already documented above in the armor classes section.		The {{TTL\|Verses}} entry takes the form of a comma seperated list of percentages where the order reflects which armor type the percentage damage is against. The order for both TS and RA2 is already documented above in the armor classes section.

	'''Allied General''' - 1%, 2% Warhead Verses DO NOT work properly. Snipers will still snipe at tanks when attacked instead of shooting at infantry nearby. Only solution is 0%. Note that if a unit has a secondary weapon which uses another [Warhead] which does 100% to an armour type which is not possible for the primary weapon warhead then the secondary will be used. This is an hint on how to make apocalypses uses missiles against infantry like RA1 mammoths or for snipers to carry anti-infantry sniping weapons and anti-material rifles.		'''Allied General''' - 1%, 2% Warhead Verses DO NOT work properly. Snipers will still snipe at tanks when attacked instead of shooting at infantry nearby. Only solution is 0%. Note that if a unit has a secondary weapon which uses another [Warhead] which does 100% to an armour type which is not possible for the primary weapon warhead then the secondary will be used. This is an hint on how to make apocalypses uses missiles against infantry like RA1 mammoths or for snipers to carry anti-infantry sniping weapons and anti-material rifles.

	[[Category:General_Editing_Information]]		[[Category:General_Editing_Information]]