Rulesets (OpenXcom)
In OpenXcom a ruleset is an easy to edit text file that contains settings (rules) that describe almost everything about how the game operates. Here are just some of the things that are in the ruleset:
- The costs, stats and characteristics of all items, units, facilities, X-COM craft and UFOs
- Dependencies and costs for research, manufacture and UFOpedia
- Your starting base
- The costs of personnel and transfer time.
- The stats of the funding countries and regions of the world.
You can find the rulesets in your Data\Ruleset folder.
Editing Rulesets (YAML)
OpenXcom exposes its inner workings to users and modders in the form of YAML text files. Although YAML can be edited with any text editor, such as Notepad, it is much easier to use a dedicated YAML editor. YAML has a special syntax so any incorrect whitespace or character can cause an error, but it's a simple human-readable format so you should be able to figure it out by looking at the existing rulesets.
Notepad++
You can open any rulesets (or savegame files) in Notepad++ and select Language>YAML. This will help you keep the proper tabbing structure and also allow you to collapse large regions. You can set Notepad++ to recognize *.rul, *.sav and *.cfg files as YAML file extensions under preferences so that you don't have to set the language every time you edit one of OpenXcom's files.
Can't Notepad++?
Alternatively you could conjure up a Google search and look for YAML editors that are compatible with your OS. There are YAML plugins for both Visual Studio and Eclipse. Yedit for Eclipse is popular.
- Note: You should be able to collapse regions in whatever YAML editor you use. If not, you're in for a lot of scrolling as the files are quite large.
Your First Edit (Cheat)
- Open the Data\Ruleset\Xcom1Ruleset.rul file in your YAML editor.
- Collapse everything (Alt-0 in Notepad++) and then open (uncollapse) the "facilities:" section.
- Open "- type: STR_LIVING_QUARTERS"
- change "personnel: 50" to "personnel: 500"
- Congratulations! You can now have 500 personal per living quarters.
A couple other examples
1. Fusion Ball Launcher balance update: Let's make something other than plasma cannons useful
- change "craftWeapons:" -> "type: STR_FUSION_BALL_UC>" -> "ammoMax: 2" to "ammoMax: 6"
- change "craftWeapons:" -> "type: STR_PLASMA_BEAM_UC>" -> "range: 52" to "range: 40" (just inside a terror-ships range)
- set the range for Laser Cannons to 34 (same as large scout) and set Stingray and avalanche ranges even shorter
- Now there's a reason to build Fusion-Ball Launchers - shoot down Battleships and Terrorships, there's also a reason for Plasma Beams - shoot down Supply Ships and Large Scouts without getting hit, and a reason for Laser Cannons - shoot down Harvesters or Abductors safely and shoot down Large Scouts at equal range.
2. Sectopod Buff: It's time to put the fear of Sectopod in those power-suit/hovertank squads that think Ethereal Terrorsites are some kind of joke!
- "units:" -> "- type: STR_SECTOPOD_TERRORIST" -> "stats:" set TUs to 110, stamina to 125, Firing Accuracy to 100, Psi-Strength to 160 and health to 135.
- Note the field "armor: SECTOPOD_ARMOR". So close "units:" and open "armors:" -> "type: SECTOPOD_ARMOR"
- Set rear armor to 130 (a sectopod has a finely armored buttox, thankyou).
- Open "damageModifier:" (its part of the armor) and find a "- 1.5" and a "- 0.8" just below it. These are the values for how much damage a unit wearing sectopod armor takes from laser(1.5x) and plasma(0.8x). Increase the laser bonus to 1.8 and reduce the plasma further to 0.65 (it's now actually worth it to bring laser weapons just for the sectopods)
- Close "armors:" and open "items:" -> "type: SECTOPOD_WEAPON" and let's give it a good 145 weapon power. No need to adjust the weapon accuracy since we already increased the stat.
- Now you can go back to having nightmares about Sectopods, just like you did when you were a young child who got in trouble for playing X-COM on the family computer after bed-time when you hadn't even done your homework.
3. Early Blaster: The best time to have a Blaster Launcher is in the back of a Skyranger full of rookies.
- Go to "items:" and pick anything that's purchasable. Copy the line with "costBuy:" and a number. Make sure you copy the tabs before "costBuy:". The best way to do this is to put the cursor at the end of the line above it, shift-down-arrow and shift-end to select the entire line and the line-break characters.
- Go to "type: STR_BLASTER_LAUNCHER" and add the "costBuy:" line. If the new line your adding doesn't look like the other lines in your YAML editor (like if it's red or black text instead of blue) then it's probably wrong and you probably have incorrect tab or line-break characters in it.
- Remove the section "required:"
- Do the last two things for Blaster Bombs as well.
- Open "startingBase:" -> "lon: 0.0" -> "items:" and replace "STR_CANNON" and "STR_CANNON_ROUNDS_X50" with "STR_BLASTER_BOMB" and "STR_BLASTER_LAUNCHER"
- Start a new game, load up blasters on your skyranger, and land by a medium scout. Now hit the side of the medium scout with one shot to make a hole, hit that silly glowy thing in the middle with the second shot. Voilà, that rookie killing death-trap is now just like a crash-site, except with even less live aliens inside.
Modular Rulesets
External Links
Reference
A reference of all the customizable values of everything in a ruleset. Some guidelines:
- If a value is omitted from the ruleset, the default is used. You cannot omit required values.
- Text strings (eg. names) are represented by string IDs from the language files
- Numerical IDs (used for sprites, sounds, etc.) start at 0, not 1.
- Boolean (yes/no) values are represented by true/false.
- World coordinates are represented in degrees (see WORLD.DAT).
- Money amounts (prices, costs, etc.) are represented in dollars.
Countries
Defines one of the funding nations, listed in "countries:". They're used for activity graphs and player scoring.
Value | Description | Default |
---|---|---|
type | String ID of the country name. | required |
fundingBase | Country's base funding, in thousands. The starting funding can be anywhere between 1x and 2x the base funding. | 0 |
fundingCap | Country's funding cap, in thousands. Once a country reaches this maximum, it will no longer increase its funding. | 0 |
labelLon
labelLat |
Longitude and latitude coordinates of the country's label on the globe. This label is only shown when the globe is zoomed in and "detail" is turned on. | 0.0
0.0 |
areas | A list of "square areas" on the globe defined as [lon1 lat1 lon2 lat2]. Any activity within these areas counts towards the country's graph activity and affects their opinion of the player. | - |
Regions
Defines one of the world regions, listed in "regions:". They're used for base placement, activity graphs and mission spawning.
Value | Description | Default |
---|---|---|
type | String ID of the region name. | required |
cost | Amount of money spent building an X-COM base in this region (first base is free). | 0 |
areas | A list of "square areas" on the globe defined as [lon1, lat1, lon2, lat2]. Any activity within these areas counts towards the region's graph activity. | - |
cities | A list of cities belonging to this region. They will be displayed on the globe and used for terror site missions. Each city is defined by their lon and lat coordinates and a name string ID. | - |
regionWeight | Weight of this region when selecting regions for alien missions. | 0 |
missionWeights | Weighted list of the different mission types for this region (eg. STR_ALIEN_RESEARCH: 14). | - |
missionZones | List of square areas ([lon1, lat1, lon2, lat2]) defining the mission zones for this region. | - |
missionRegion | Spawn mission in this region instead (used for regions without land). | - |
Base Facilities
Defines one of the facilities that can be built in an X-COM base, listed in "facilities:".
Value | Description | Default |
---|---|---|
type | String ID of the facility name. | required |
requires | List of topics (string IDs) that must be researched to unlock this facility. If none are specified, this facility is unlocked from the start. | - |
spriteShape | Sprite ID from BASEBITS.PCK used to draw the facility's outer shape in the Basescape and UFOpaedia. | -1 |
spriteFacility | Sprite ID from BASEBITS.PCK used to draw the facility's contents in the Basescape and UFOpaedia. Drawn on top of spriteShape. | -1 |
lift | Is this facility an Access Lift? All base facilities must be connected to the lift. | false |
hyper | Is this facility a Hyperwave Decoder? Displays extra information for detected UFOs. Only valid for radar facilities. | false |
mind | Is this facility a Mind Shield? Reduces the chance of UFOs finding your base. Does not stack. | false |
grav | Is this facility a Grav Shield? Doubles the power of your base defenses. Does not stack. | false |
size | Size of the facility, in grid units. Every facility is square, so a size of 1 means 1x1, 2 means 2x2, etc. Bigger facilities are made up of multiple sprites, for example a 2x2 facility will use 4 sprites for spriteShape and 4 sprites for spriteFacility (top-left, top-right, bottom-left, bottom-right). | 1 |
buildCost | Amount of money spent to build this facility in the base. | 0 |
buildTime | Amount of days it takes for this facility to be built. | 0 |
monthlyCost | Amount of money spent monthly for the maintenance of this facility. | 0 |
storage | Amount of storage space (for items) this facility provides. See Base Stores. | 0 |
personnel | Amount of personnel (soldiers, scientsts, engineers) these quarters can contain. | 0 |
aliens | Amount of live aliens this facility can contain. Only checked if the alienContainmentLimitEnforced option is enabled. | 0 |
crafts | Amount of X-COM craft this facility can contain. | 0 |
labs | Amount of lab space this facility provides for research projects. | 0 |
workshops | Amount of workshop space this facility provides for manufacture projects. | 0 |
psiLabs | Amount of soldier space this facility provides for psionic training. | 0 |
radarRange | Maximum radar detection range of this facility, in nautical miles. | 0 |
radarChance | Chance (0-100%) of this radar detecting a UFO that enters its range. | 0 |
defense | Offensive power provided by this base defense against attacking UFOs. | 0 |
hitRatio | Chance (0-100) of the base defense hitting an attacking UFO. | 0 |
fireSound | Sound ID from SAMPLE.CAT played when the base defense fires. | -1 |
hitSound | Sound ID from SAMPLE.CAT played when the base defense hits a target. | -1 |
mapName | Map associated to this facility in Battlescape base defenses. |
Crafts
Defines one of the X-COM crafts that go on interception missions, listed in "crafts:".
Value | Description | Default |
---|---|---|
type | String ID of the craft name. | required |
requires | List of topics (string IDs) that must be researched to unlock this craft. If none are specified, this craft is unlocked from the start. | - |
sprite | Sprite ID from BASEBITS.PCK used to draw this craft in the Basescape and from INTICON.PCK used to draw the damage indicator in dogfights. | -1 |
fuelMax | Maximum amount of fuel this craft can carry. Crafts use up fuel based on their speed while travelling. | 0 |
damageMax | Maximum amount of damage this craft can take. If this amount is exceeded, the craft is destroyed. | 0 |
speedMax | Maximum speed in nautical miles. Crafts travel at max speed when flying and half speed when patrolling. | 0 |
accel | Aceeleration value shown in the UFOpaedia. | 0 |
weapons | Amount of craft weapons this craft can equip. The UI can only display a max of 2 weapons. | 0 |
soldiers | Amount of soldiers this craft can carry. | 0 |
vehicles | Amount of vehicles this craft can carry. | 0 |
costBuy | Amount of money spent for purchasing this craft. If set to 0, the craft will not be available in the Purchase/Recruit screen. | 0 |
costRent | Amount of money spent monthly for renting this craft. If set to 0, the craft is not on rental and won't count towards base maintenance. | 0 |
costSell | Amount of money gained for selling this craft. | 0 |
refuelItem | Item required for refuelling this craft. If no item is specified, the craft uses human fuel. | 0 |
repairRate | Amount of damage restored every hour while Repairing in base. | 1 |
refuelRate | Amount of fuel restored every 30 mins while Refueling in base. If specified, a refuelItem is spent each time. | 1 |
radarRange | Detection range of the craft's radar in nautical miles. Every craft radar has a 100% detection chance. | 600 |
transferTime | Number of hours it takes to purchase/transfer this craft to a base. | 0 |
score | Score lost when this craft is destroyed. | 0 |
spacecraft | Can this craft go to Cydonia? | false |
battlescapeTerrainData | Terrain associated to this craft in Battlescape missions. |
Craft Weapons
Defines one of the weapons equipped by X-COM craft for shooting down UFOs, listed in "craftWeapons:".
Value | Description | Default |
---|---|---|
type | String ID of the weapon name. | required |
sprite | Sprite ID from BASEBITS.PCK used to draw the weapon in the Basescape and from INTICON.PCK used to draw the weapon in dogfights. | -1 |
sound | Sound ID from SAMPLE.CAT played when this weapon fires. | -1 |
damage | Amount of damage this weapon does to enemy UFOs. | 0 |
range | Maximum range of this weapon in dogfights (in meters). | 0 |
accuracy | Chance (0-100%) of each shot hitting the enemy UFO. | 0 |
reloadCautious | Time this weapon takes to fire between each shot in Cautious Mode. | 0 |
reloadStandard | Time this weapon takes to fire between each shot in Standard Mode. | 0 |
reloadAggressive | Time this weapon takes to fire between each shot in Aggressive Mode. | 0 |
ammoMax | Maximum amount of ammo this weapon can carry. | 0 |
rearmRate | Amount of ammo restored every 30 mins while the craft is Rearming in base. If specified, a clip is spent each time. | 1 |
projectileType | Type of the weapon projectile, used for the projectile sprite in dogfights:
|
2 |
projectileSpeed | Speed of the weapon projectile in dogfights. | 0 |
launcher | String ID of the item required to equip this weapon. | - |
clip | String ID of the item required to rearm this weapon. | - |
Items
Defines the Geoscape and Battlescape properties of an item that can be stored in X-COM bases, listed in "items:".
Value | Description | Default |
---|---|---|
type | String ID of the internal item name. | required |
name | String ID of the displayed item name, for cases where it's different from the internal name. If omitted, type is used. | - |
requires | List of topics (string IDs) that must be researched to unlock this item. If none are specified, this item is unlocked from the start. Soldiers can only use unlocked items in the Battlescape. | - |
size | Space occupied by this item in Base Stores. Can be a decimal value. | 0.0 |
costBuy | Amount of money spent for purchasing this item. If set to 0, this item will not be available in the Purchase/Recruit screen. | 0 |
costSell | Amount of money gained for selling this item. | 0 |
transferTime | Number of hours it takes to purchase/transfer this item to a base. | 24 |
weight | Weight occupied by this item in a soldier's inventory. | 999 |
bigSprite | Sprite ID from BIGOBS.PCK used to draw this item in a soldier's inventory and UFOpaedia. | -1 |
floorSprite | Sprite ID from FLOOROB.PCK used to draw this item on the floor of a Battlescape tile. | -1 |
handSprite | Sprite ID from HANDOB.PCK used to draw this item on a soldier's hand in the Battlescape. | 120 |
bulletSprite | Sprite ID from BulletSprites.png used to draw this weapon's projectile on the Battlescape:
|
-1 |
fireSound | Sound ID from SAMPLE2.CAT played when this weapon fires. | -1 |
hitSound | Sound ID from SAMPLE2.CAT played when this weapon hits a target. | -1 |
hitAnimation | Sprite ID from SMOKE.PCK used to draw the weapon's "hit explosion".
NOTE: Do not define this value for melee/psi weapons, they use HIT.PCK instead. |
0 |
power | Average damage of the weapon, in most cases it will be +-50% this value. | 0 |
compatibleAmmo | List of string IDs of the ammo items that can be loaded on this weapon. If none are specified, the weapon doesn't need ammo. | - |
damageType | What type of damage does this weapon do:
|
0 |
tuAuto
accuracyAuto |
The percentage (0-100%) of Time Units (from the soldier's total) required to fire an Auto Shot. If 0, the weapon does not have an Auto Shot.
The base accuracy (0-100%) applied to a soldier's Firing Accuracy when firing an Auto Shot. |
0
0 |
tuSnap
accuracySnap |
The percentage (0-100%) of Time Units (from the soldier's total) required to fire a Snap Shot. If 0, the weapon does not have a Snap Shot.
The base accuracy (0-100%) applied to a soldier's Firing Accuracy when firing a Snap Shot. |
0
0 |
tuAimed
accuracyAimed |
The percentage (0-100%) of Time Units (from the soldier's total) required to fire an Aimed Shot. If 0, the weapon does not have an Aimed Shot.
The base accuracy (0-100%) applied to a soldier's Firing Accuracy when firing an Aimed Shot. |
0
0 |
tuMelee
accuracyMelee |
The percentage (0-100%) of Time Units (from the soldier's total) required to do a melee attack (Hit). If 0, the weapon does not have a melee attack.
The base accuracy (0-100%) applied to a soldier's Melee Accuracy when doing a melee attack. |
0
0 |
clipSize | The amount of ammo stored in each weapon clip. If -1 is specified, this weapon has infinite ammo. | 0 |
battleType | Defines the weapon's behavior in the Battlescape:
|
0 |
twoHanded | Is this weapon two-handed? (incurs an accuracy penalty if used with both hands occupied) | false |
waypoint | Does this weapon use waypoints? (eg. Blaster Launcher) | false |
fixedWeapon | Is this weapon fixed? (it's part of a unit, eg. tanks and terrorist units) | false |
invWidth | Item width in a soldier's inventory (in grid units). | 1 |
invHeight | Item height in a soldier's inventory (in grid units). | 1 |
painKiller | Amount of painkillers contained in a Medi-Kit. | 0 |
heal | Amount of heal's contained in a Medi-Kit. | 0 |
stimulant | Amount of stimulants contained in a Medi-Kit. | 0 |
healAmount | Amount of fatal wounds treated by each heal of a Medi-Kit. | 0 |
healthAmount | Amount of health recovered by each heal of a Medi-Kit. | 0 |
stun | Amount of stun removed by each stimulant of a Medi-Kit. | 0 |
energy | Amount of energy recovered by each stimulant of a Medi-Kit. | 0 |
tuUse | Amount of Time Units required to use this item (for non-offensive items). It's a flat rate if flatRate is true, otherwise it's a percentage (0-100%). | 0 |
recoveryPoints | Score gained for recovering this alien artifact. | 0 |
armor | How much damage is needed to destroy this item on the ground. | 20 |
recover | Is this item recoverable? (gets transported to the X-COM base on mission success) | false |
turretType | Sprite ID from TANKS.PCK of the turret to assign to this tank:
|
-1 |
liveAlien | Does this item represent a live alien? (counts towards Alien Containment) | false |
blastRadius | Size of the projectile explosions. 0 for no explosion. -1 to automatically calculate based on weapon power and damage type. | -1 |
flatRate | Is tuUse a flat rate (true) or a percentage (false)? | false |
arcingShot | Does this weapon fire in an arc? | false |
attraction | Represents how likely an alien is to pick up this item. Values below 5 will be ignored (by design). | 0 |
maxRange | Maximum range at which this weapon can operate (0 for infinite range). | 0 |
bulletSpeed | How much faster (or slower, if you use a negative number) is a projectile fired from this weapon compared to the average. | 0 |
UFOs
Defines one of the UFOs that invade Earth, listed in "ufos:".
Value | Description | Default |
---|---|---|
type | String ID of the UFO name. | required |
size | String ID of the UFO size. | STR_VERY_SMALL |
sprite | Sprite ID from INTERWIN.DAT used to draw this UFO in the dogfight view and UFOpaedia. | -1 |
damageMax | Maximum amount of damage this UFO can take. If the UFO takes 50% damage, it crash lands. If it takes 100% damage, it is destroyed. | 0 |
speedMax | Maximum speed in nautical miles. | 0 |
accel | Aceeleration value shown in the UFOpaedia. | 0 |
power | Damage power of this UFO's weapon in dogfights. | 0 |
range | Maximum range of this UFO's weapon in dogfights (in meters). | 0 |
score | Score gained when this UFO is destroyed, or half this score if it crash lands. | 0 |
reload | Time the UFO's weapon takes to fire between each shot. | 0 |
breakOffTime | Minimum amount of time for the UFO to be able to break off of a dogfight. | 0 |
battlescapeTerrainData | Terrain associated to this UFO in Battlescape missions. |
Inventory Sections
Defines one of the sections of the Battlescape inventory (eg. Backpack), listed in "invs:".
Value | Description | Default |
---|---|---|
type | String ID of the inventory name. | required |
x
y |
Pixel coordinates of this section on the inventory screen. | 0
0 |
type | Type of this section:
|
0 |
slots | List of the grid slots ([x, y]) that this section is composed of. For example, to make a 2x2 section, you would have [0, 0] [0, 1] [1, 0] [1, 1]. | - |
costs | List of Time Units costs to move an item from this section to another one (eg. STR_BACKPACK: 16 means it will cost 16 TUs to move an item from this section to the Backpack). |
Terrains
Defines one of the terrains used to generate a Battlescape map, listed in "terrains:".
Value | Description | Default |
---|---|---|
name | String ID of the terrain name. | required |
largeBlockLimit | Maximum amount of large blocks that can be used on map generation. | 0 |
textures | List of Geoscape textures that correspond to this terrain. | - |
hemisphere | Geoscape hemisphere associated with this terrain:
|
0 |
mapDataSets | List of filenames (each with matching MCD/PCK/TAB files) that contain the tiles of this terrain. | - |
mapBlocks | List of map blocks (see below) that are used for generating a map. | - |
Map Blocks
Value | Description | Default |
---|---|---|
name | Filename of the map. | required |
width | Width of this map block in Battlescape grid units. | 0 |
length | Length of this map block in Battlescape grid units. | 0 |
height | Height of this map block in Battlescape grid units. | 1 |
type | Type of this map block:
|
-1 |
subType | Sub-type of this map block (see type). | -1 |
frequency | Frequency of this block in a map. | 1 |
maxCount | Maximum amount of times this block can be used in a map. If -1 there is no limit. | -1 |
Armor
Defines a Battlescape unit's armor as well as visual representation (so every unit has an armor), listed in "armors:".
Value | Description | Default |
---|---|---|
type | String ID of the armor name. | required |
spriteSheet | Sprite sheet from UNITS used to draw a unit wearing this armor. | - |
spriteInv | Sprite used for the Inventory Backgrounds of a unit wearing this armor. | - |
corpseItem | String ID of the corpse item generated when a unit wearing this armor is killed. | - |
storeItem | String ID of the item that represents this armor in Base Stores. | - |
frontArmor | Protection provided on the front of the unit. | 0 |
sideArmor | Protection provided on the sides of the unit. | 0 |
rearArmor | Protection provided on the rear of the unit. | 0 |
underArmor | Protection provided under the unit (eg. from explosions). | 0 |
drawingRoutine | Drawing routine used to put together the body parts in the unit's spriteSheet: | 0 |
movementType | Type of movement provided by this armor:
|
0 |
damageModifier | List of decimal damage modifiers (1.0 = 100%) this armor applies to each damage type (see Items section) received. Modifiers must be specified for all damage types, in this order:
|
- 1.0 |
size | Size of the unit wearing this armor, in Battlescape grid units. Every unit is square, so a size of 2 means 2x2. | 1 |
loftempsSet | List of LOFTEMPS IDs (one per unit tile, so a 1x1 unit has 1, a 2x2 unit has 4, etc.) used to represent a unit wearing this armor in 3D space. | - |
Player Units (Soldiers)
Defines a soldier recruited by X-COM, listed in "soldiers:". Currently only one soldier unit type (XCOM) is supported.
Unit stats are represented as follows:
- tu
- stamina
- health
- bravery (always a multiple of 10)
- reactions
- firing
- throwing
- strength
- psiStrength
- psiSkill
- melee (not visible)
Value | Description | Default |
---|---|---|
type | String ID of the soldier name. | required |
minStats | Minimum values used to generate the soldier's Starting Stats. In this case, psiSkill is treated as the initial stat (not generated). | - |
maxStats | Maximum values used to generate the soldier's Starting Stats. In this case, psiSkill is treated as the minimum value for the first month of psi training (actual value is 100%-150%). | - |
statCaps | Maximum stats this soldier can gain through Experience. NOTE: A stat will still go over the limit once, and then will no longer increase (see Regarding Caps). | - |
armor | String ID of the armor this soldier uses by default. | - |
standHeight | Height of this soldier when standing. | 0 |
kneelHeight | Height of this soldier when kneeling. | 0 |
floatHeight | Height of this soldier when floating. | 0 |
AI Units (Aliens/Civilians)
Defines an alien (enemy) or civilian (neutral) unit, listed in "units:". Every different alien rank is a different unit, since they have completely different stats. Unit stats are represented as follows:
- tu
- stamina
- health
- bravery (always a multiple of 10)
- reactions
- firing
- throwing
- strength
- psiStrength
- psiSkill
- melee (not visible)
Value | Description | Default |
---|---|---|
type | String ID of the unit name. | required |
race | String ID of the unit race (for alien units). | - |
rank | String ID of the unit rank (for alien units). | - |
stats | Battlescape stats of this unit. | - |
armor | String ID of the armor this unit uses by default. | - |
standHeight | Height of this unit when standing. | 0 |
kneelHeight | Height of this unit when kneeling. | 0 |
floatHeight | Height of this unit when floating. | 0 |
value | Score this unit is worth. | 0 |
deathSound | Sound ID from SAMPLE2.CAT played when this unit dies. | -1 |
aggroSound | Sound ID from SAMPLE2.CAT played when this unit aggros. | -1 |
moveSound | Sound ID from SAMPLE2.CAT played when this unit moves. | -1 |
intelligence | Intelligence of this unit's AI. The higher the value, the longer this unit remembers player troops. | 0 |
aggression | Aggression of this unit's AI. The higher the value, the more ruthless the unit. | 0 |
specab | Special ability of this unit:
|
0 |
zombieUnit | String ID of the unit used for zombification (eg. Chrysallids turn units into Zombies). | - |
spawnUnit | String ID of the unit used to respawn on death (eg. Zombies respawn as Chrysallids). | - |
livingWeapon | Is this unit a living weapon? (only attacks with a fixedWeapon) | false |
Alien Races
Defines a race used in Alien Missions, listed in "alienRaces:".
Value | Description | Default |
---|---|---|
id | String ID of the alien race name. | required |
members | Alien crew associated with this alien race (eg. race units + terrorist units), defined by a list of unit string IDs. | - |
Alien Deployments
Defines a Battlescape deployment data used in Alien Missions (such as alien and map configurations), listed in "alienDeployments:".
Value | Description | Default |
---|---|---|
type | String ID of the deployment name. | required |
width | Width of the Battlescape map in grid units. | 0 |
length | Length of the Battlescape map in grid units. | 0 |
height | Vertical height of the Battlescape map in grid units. | 0 |
civilians | Amount of civilians to deploy. | 0 |
roadTypeOdds | Odds (0-100%) of generating each type of road (E-W Road, N-S Road, Crossing). Add up to 100%. | [0 0] |
terrain | String ID of the terrain used to generate this map. This is not used for UFO sites where the terrain comes from the Geoscape. | - |
shade | Shade of the map (0-15, where 0 is full daytime and 15 is full nighttime). This is not used for UFO sites where the shade comes from the Geoscape. | 0 |
nextStage | String ID of the next deployment stage to use after this one, for multi-stage missions. | - |
data | List of deployment data for each alien rank on this mission (see below). | - |
Deployment Data
Value | Description | Default |
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alienRank | Rank associated with this deployment data:
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required |
lowQty | Maximum quantity of aliens to spawn (beginner). | 0 |
highQty | Maximum quantity of aliens to spawn (superhuman). | 0 |
dQty | Minimum Quantity of aliens to spawn. | 0 |
percentageOutsideUfo | Percentage (0-100%) of aliens to spawn outside in UFO sites. | 0 |
itemSets | Three lists (one for each alien technology level) of items (string IDs) for the aliens to equip. | - |
Research
Value | Description | Default |
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type | String ID of the region name. | required |
Manufacture
Value | Description | Default |
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type | String ID of the region name. | required |
UFOpaedia Entry
Value | Description | Default |
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type | String ID of the region name. | required |
UFO Trajectories
Value | Description | Default |
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type | String ID of the region name. | required |
Alien Missions
Value | Description | Default |
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type | String ID of the region name. | required |
Alien Item Levels
Value | Description | Default |
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type | String ID of the region name. | required |