Crates

As a Game Mechanic

Crates are the box-like objects that appear in all C&C games and grant bonuses (or 'surprises') to the player that collects them by sending a unit into the same cell as it.

Crate functionality is described by two sections:

• [CrateRules] covers generic stuff, like how often to spawn crates, how many of them to spawn, etc. It has lots of comments, so every flag should be self-explanatory.
• [Powerups] dictates what you get out of a crate.

See the sections' pages for detailed information.

As a MultiplayerDefaults / MultiplayerDialogSettings Flag

Flag:	Crates
File(s):	Rules(md).ini
Values:	Boolean values: yes or no, true or false, 1 or 0
Applicable to:	MultiplayerDefaults, MultiplayerDialogSettings
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This flag specifies whether crates are enabled by default on the multiplayer dialog.