subs target priority

[keyser]

if a frigate and sub come into range of an opponent sub.
the opponent will fire on the first of those 2 that come into range.
and won't change target until the unit is dead

so : if frigate come into range first, it will tank the damage of the opponent sub, while your sub will take down the opponent sub.

of course you can ask your sub to re-target to kill the sub and not the frigate. But i feel like it would be more usefull to make the subs re-target by itself when a sub come into range.

[C-Star]

I recognized this before too.

Are there other units which change their target before its destroyed when something else with higher target priority comes in range?
If not, its just consequent that subs dont. Vice versa: If subs should do, all units should.

[quark036]

There's an attribute for target priorities, but I can't find it. Partytime/Resin_Smoker/CodingSquirrel probably know where it is.

[Resin_Smoker]

Its just a matter of altering the target priorities so the sub selects the correct target in the first place. Beyond this, units dont auto-retarget as the "unit" weapon scripts are pretty single minded.

Resin

[Crotalus]

They check if there's a better target every TargetCheckInterval (1.5s ), the problem is that submarine priority looks like this:

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TargetPriorities = {
                'SPECIALHIGHPRI',
                'MOBILE',
                'STRUCTURE DEFENSE',
                'SPECIALLOWPRI',
                'ALLUNITS',
            }


So they don't differ between any mobile units at all which results in staying with the target they already fire at.

[Resin_Smoker]

Here is a basic list of the BP categories.

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AEON -
AIR -
AIRSTAGINGPLATFORM -
ANTIAIR -
ANTIMISSILE -
ANTINAVY -
ANTISUB -
ARTILLERY -
BENIGN -
BOMBER -
BUILTBYCOMMANDER -
BUILTBYEXPERIMENTALSUB -
BUILTBYQUANTUMGATE -
BUILTBYTIER1ENGINEER -
BUILTBYTIER1FACTORY -
BUILTBYTIER2COMMANDER -
BUILTBYTIER2ENGINEER -
BUILTBYTIER2FACTORY -
BUILTBYTIER3COMMANDER -
BUILTBYTIER3ENGINEER -
BUILTBYTIER3FACTORY -
CANTRANSPORTCOMMANDER -
CAPTURE -
CARRIER -
COMMAND -
CONSTRUCTION -
CONSTRUCTIONSORTDOWN -
COUNTERINTELLIGENCE -
CYBRAN -
DEFENSE -
DIRECTFIRE -
DRAGBUILD -
ECONOMIC -
ENERGYPRODUCTION -
ENERGYSTORAGE -
ENGINEER -
EXPERIMENTAL -
FACTORY -
GATE -
GROUNDATTACK -
HIGHALTAIR -
HOVER -
HYDROCARBON -
INDIRECTFIRE -
INTELLIGENCE -
LAND -
MASSEXTRACTION -
MASSFABRICATION -
MASSPRODUCTION -
MASSSTORAGE -
MOBILE -
NAVAL -
NEEDMOBILEBUILD -
NUKE -
OMNI -
OVERLAYOMNI -
OVERLAYRADAR -
PATROLHELPER -
POD -
PODSTAGINGPLATFORM -
RADAR -
RALLYPOINT -
REBUILDER -
RECLAIM -
RECLAIMABLE -
REPAIR -
SCOUT -
SELECTABLE -
SHIELD -
SILO -
SIZE4 -
SIZE8 -
SIZE9 -
SIZE12 -
SIZE16 -
SIZE20 -
SONAR -
STRATEGIC -
STRUCTURE -
SUBCOMMANDER -
SUBMERSIBLE -
TACTICALMISSILEPLATFORM -
TECH1 -
TECH2 -
TECH3 -
TELEPORTBEACON -
TRANSPORTATION -
TRANSPORTFOCUS -
UEF -
VISIBLETORECON -
WALL -

This can be used to rewrite the priorities... Now if this isn't sufficient it's possible to ADD new cat's to existing units so that the game has more cat-names to filter the targets with.

Resin

[Resin_Smoker]

Here is a basic target filter that should work.

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TargetPriorities = {
'EXPERIMENTAL',
'TECH3 SUBMERSIBLE',
'TECH2 SUBMERSIBLE',
'TECH1 SUBMERSIBLE',
'TECH3 NAVAL',
'TECH2 NAVAL',
'TECH1 NAVAL',
'STRUCTURE DEFENSE',
'ALLUNITS',
}

Resin

[quark036]

Resin, I think using the tag antisub would be better, because you probably want it to take out things that can kill it first, so it would target destroyers over cruisers.

[Ceneraii]

Well if you want it nicely you wanna do it likes this (I think):
Tech 1 subs -> Target t1 subs, then other subs, then antisubs, then rest.
Tech 2(&3 subs) -> Target t3 subs, then t2 subs, then t2 antisubs(t3 naval for t3 subs, then t2 antisubs), then t1 subs, then rest.

[Resin_Smoker]

This all assumes that the enemy units have that category. Keep in mind that not all units have the correct categories and thus the filter may or may not work as you intend.

Resin