LightningRod: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 21:56, 31 March 2025

Flag:	LightningRod
File(s):	rules(md).ini
Values:	Boolean values: yes or no, true or false, 1 or 0
Default:	no
Applicable to:	TechnoTypes: AircraftTypes, BuildingTypes, InfantryTypes and VehicleTypes
*Logic related to LightningRod, as a whole or in part, is obsolete* in Red Alert 2 and/or Yuri's Revenge.**

Objects with this flag more likely to be hit by lightning bolts during Ion Storms.

Relative to IonLightningRandomness and IonLightningFrequency, the chance of an object with LightningRod=yes to get struck by lightning is as follows:

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-{{DeeZireInclusion}}<br />
+{{flag
-Can be set to 'yes' or 'no' and determines if this BuildingType is more likely to be hit by lightning during a Weather Storm (thus reducing the chance of other structures being hit). It is not known if this logic works entirely in Red Alert 2 as it is residual from the equivalent logic in Tiberian Sun which applied to the Ion Storms.
+|files={{categ|ini=rules}}
+|types={{Categ|Technoes}}
+|default=no
+|values={{values|boolean}}
+|ts=yes
+|fs=yes
+|ets=yes
+|ra2=yes
+|yr=yes
+|rp=yes
+|ra2obsolete=yes
+}}
+Objects with this flag  more likely to be hit by lightning bolts during Ion Storms.
+Relative to {{f|IonLightningRandomness|link}} and {{f|IonLightningFrequency|link}}, the chance of an object with {{f|LightningRod|yes}} to get struck by lightning is as follows:
+* 42% for powered-on buildings.
+* 12% for infantry and units with a powered locomotor.
+* 2% for the rest.
+== See Also ==
+* [[IonLightningFrequency]]
+* [[IonLightningRandomness]]
+* [[IonImmune]]