Need help, please!

[PlutonianEmpire]

I'm trying to get some units to go from one map to a different map (via transporter), but I can't seem to figure out how. Basically, it's like the Extended Original, but has 4 maps instead of 2 (Earth, Mars, Pluto, and Nibiru, respectively), where discovering spaceflight opens the solar system to exploration (technically, i renamed transporter to spaceport and set the city improvement's prerequisite to spaceflight).

Here's the rules.txt

[Six Thousand Year Old Man]

What exactly isn't happening?

Can you build spaceports in both the source and destination city?

Does the transport option not appear on the menu?

Are you referring to the transporter city improvement, or the ones that colonists can build?

I am no expert on modified rules.txt files, but a few of the scenario design guri frequent this forum and will probably be better able to help.

[techumseh]

Here's the tip from the cradle site. You must put the intermap factors in the rules text before you launch the original game from which the scenario is created. If not, you can modify the inter-map capabilities by means of an event (see events in the manual).

http://coc.apolyton.net/guides/map_transport.shtml

[PlutonianEmpire]

Thank you!

Also, how do I prevent my engineers from building spaceport sites until a certain advance has been discovered?

[techumseh]

Use the Transport event, outlined in the manual. Here's an example from the "Somewhere in Time" scenario:

@IF
CHECKFLAG
who=everybody
flag=25
state=on
@THEN
TRANSPORT
unit=engineers
state=on
mode=build
type=0
@ENDIF

@IF
CHECKFLAG
who=everybody
flag=25
state=on
@THEN
TRANSPORT
unit=engineers
state=on
mode=use
type=0
@ENDIF

The first allows engineers to build a type '0' trasporter, the second allows them to use it.

[Addled Platypus]

anyone for a pbem ?

[Shark Fin 101]

Ok... A little old but hey, I'll duel......

Won't be playing for another 2 weeks though.....

On topic: Weird.. never had that problem....

[Addled Platypus]

Shark Fin 101 give me a pm when ready