Latest revision as of 21:52, 31 March 2025

Flag:	IsBase
File(s):	N/A
Values:	N/A
Applicable to:	BuildingTypes

;psst....IsBase isn't a Rules flag

The above comment appears in the Red Alert 2 rules(md).ini file against the BaseNormal flag.

This flag is actually the game's internal name for a class field that corresponds to the rules(md).ini BaseNormal flag. It is not read from rules(md).ini, hence the comment. There are many examples in Tiberian Sun rules where buildings have IsBase=no when they should be having BaseNormal=no, so the purpose of the comment was probably to remind the Red Alert 2 developers not to repeat the same mistake. Yet there is one building in Red Alert 2, the Tech Outpost ([CAOUTP]), where this flag is mistakenly set instead of BaseNormal=yes. However, BaseNormal defaults to yes, so the intended effect is achieved anyway.

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 {{Flag
-|name=IsBase
+|name={{PAGENAME}}
-|files={{Categ|Rules(md).ini}}
+|files=N/A
-|values=N/A (see below)
+|values=N/A
 |types={{Categ|BuildingTypes}}
+|ra=yes
+|cs=yes
+|am=yes
 |ts=yes
 |fs=yes
-|ets=yes
+|hp=yes
+|ra2=yes
+|yr=yes
+|ares=yes
 }}
-{{quote|RA2's rules(md).ini|psst....IsBase isn't a Rules flag}}
-Despite the above statement, this flag is valid in Tiberian Sun, and appears to have the same functionality as Red Alert 2's {{TTL|BaseNormal}} flag (which we assume has been developed to replace {{TTL|IsBase}}). The purpose of the comment is presumably to remind the developers of this change so that they don't mistakenly use the old flag.
-In Red Alert 2, this flag is wrongly included on {{tt|[CAOUTP]}} (the Tech Outpost) as {{TTL|IsBase|yes}} instead of {{TTL|BaseNormal|yes}}. However, as {{TTL|IsBase}} isn't parsed and {{TTL|BaseNormal}} defaults to yes, the intended effect is achieved anyway.
+ ;psst....IsBase isn't a Rules flag
+The above comment appears in the {{ra2}} {{ini|rules}} file against the {{f|BaseNormal|link}} flag.
+This flag is actually the game's internal name for a class field that corresponds to the rules(md).ini {{f|BaseNormal}} flag. It is not read from rules(md).ini, hence the comment. There are many examples in {{ts}} rules where buildings have {{f|{{PAGENAME}}|no}} when they should be having {{f|BaseNormal|no|link}}, so the purpose of the comment was probably to remind the Red Alert 2 developers not to repeat the same mistake. Yet there is one building in Red Alert 2, the Tech Outpost ({{tt|[CAOUTP]}}), where this flag is mistakenly set instead of {{f|BaseNormal|yes}}. However, {{f|BaseNormal|link}} defaults to yes, so the intended effect is achieved anyway.
 =See also=
-*{{TTL|BaseNormal}} for information on how this flag works, as IsBase seems to perform the same function as BaseNormal.
+*[[BaseNormal]]
+*[https://github.com/electronicarts/CnC_Remastered_Collection/blob/7d496e8a633a8bbf8a14b65f490b4d21fa32ca03/REDALERT/TYPE.H#L600 IsBase in Red Alert source code.]