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IDProjectCategoryLast Update
0020093AI War 2Gameplay IssueSep 3, 2018 1:10 am
ReporterRocketAssistedPuffin Assigned ToBadgerBadger  
Status resolvedResolutionfixed 
Product Version0.764 Mercenary Surge 
Fixed in Version0.765 Game Entity Split 
Summary0020093: Mercenaries that lose their primary units can't be hired again
DescriptionThink this is why Shredders can't be bought twice - the Cutlasses are the primary unit and are being killed, so the game disables the group from being purchasable again.

"If the Primary Unit survives it can be summoned 2 times."

I think this means you can never buy the second group of groups that donate to you either? Since the ships are permanently yours, and won't warp out, it just never lets you buy it again.
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BadgerBadger

Aug 31, 2018 3:35 pm

manager   ~0048667

If the Primary units in a merc group die then yeah, you can't summon it again. This makes Mercenaries a scarce resource and not one to be wasted.


If you want to have mercenaries give units to the player, those really should not have time restrictions and should be "summon once", since you correctly observe it won't do what you want otherwise.

RocketAssistedPuffin

Aug 31, 2018 3:39 pm

reporter   ~0048670

Fair enough Badger. I had *just* uploaded a new version of them, but due to your reasoning here I just put them to summon once.

BadgerBadger

Sep 3, 2018 1:10 am

manager   ~0048754

I added a "primary_unit_must_survive_to_rehire" tag to the mercenary XML, which should alleviate this problem.

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
Aug 31, 2018 1:39 pm RocketAssistedPuffin New Issue
Aug 31, 2018 3:35 pm BadgerBadger Note Added: 0048667
Aug 31, 2018 3:39 pm RocketAssistedPuffin Note Added: 0048670
Sep 3, 2018 1:10 am BadgerBadger Assigned To => BadgerBadger
Sep 3, 2018 1:10 am BadgerBadger Status new => resolved
Sep 3, 2018 1:10 am BadgerBadger Resolution open => fixed
Sep 3, 2018 1:10 am BadgerBadger Fixed in Version => 0.765 Game Entity Split
Sep 3, 2018 1:10 am BadgerBadger Note Added: 0048754