Custom Unit

Notice: Modding tutorials assume you know at least the basics of coding or scripting. Commander Wars uses Javascript as the Scripting Language. In case you want to learn more about Javascript, you can check the tutorial here: Derek Banas' Javascript tutorial , purchase O'Reilly's excellent book on the subject JavaScript: The Definitive Guide, or check out W3 Schools Interactive Tutorials

Setup

In this tutorial, you will learn how to create a custom Mech Unit with the movement range of Infantry and 6000g cost, with the ability to hide, which we will call 'Night Stalker'. The Night Stalker unit can only be attacked by other Infantry Units while hidden.

To start off, create a folder named nightstalker inside the mods folder of the game, and inside of it the following folder and file structure:

.
├── mod.txt
└── scripts
    ├── battleanimations
    │   └── BATTLEANIMATION_NIGHT_STALKER.js
    ├── building
    │   └── factory.js
    └── units
        └── night_stalker.js

This file structure is important as the game detects the folders to make changes to the game.

Inside the mod.txt add the following:

name=Night Stalkers
description=Custom Mech Units, created for the wiki tutorial.
version=1.0.0
compatible_mods=
incompatible_mods=
required_mods=
cosmetic=false

This makes the mod visible to the game under Options>Mods

Initializing the unit

Initialize the code of the Night Stalker by putting this inside the night_stalker.js:

  var Constructor = function()
{
    this.init = function(unit)
    {
        unit.setAmmo1(10);
        unit.setMaxAmmo1(10);
        unit.setWeapon1ID("WEAPON_MECH_MG");

        unit.setAmmo2(3);
        unit.setMaxAmmo2(3);
        unit.setWeapon2ID("WEAPON_BAZOOKA");

        unit.setFuel(70);
        unit.setMaxFuel(70);
        unit.setBaseMovementPoints(3);
        unit.setMinRange(1);
        unit.setMaxRange(1);
		unit.setVision(2);
    };
}

Constructor.prototype = UNIT;
var NIGHT_STALKER = new Constructor();