Attacks in units

[pyrophorus]

Hi !
In unit_type, there is an 'attacks' key which specifies how much time the unit can attack per turn.
In an actual unit, this key is unknown (i.e. modifying 'unit.attacks' fails but reading it succeed).
I'm puzzled with this. How to change attacks number of a particular unit ? Which relationship exists within attacks in unit_type and max_attacks in unit data ?

Thanks in advance,

[Dugi]

Use max_attacks=2 or something like that in the [unit_type] tag.

[Kernigh]

I believe that [unit_type]attacks= becomes $unit.max_attacks. Then $unit.attacks_left goes from $unit.max_attacks down to zero. This is like how [unit_type]hitpoints= becomes $unit.max_hitpoints, and how $unit.hitpoints goes from $unit.max_hitpoints down to zero.

SingleUnitWML is missing documentation for $unit.attacks_left.

[Elvish_Hunter]

What Kernigh says is right. In [unit_type], you can put attacks=2, or even attacks=10, if you want.
Once that you create (not if you recruit or recall it, as usual) a unit of that kind, it'll have its variables $attacks_left and $max_attacks equal to 2 (or 10, or any other value that you choose). At the start of every turn, $attacks_left will be replenished to equal $max_attacks.

I believe that [unit_type]attacks= becomes $unit.max_attacks. Then $unit.attacks_left goes from $unit.max_attacks down to zero. This is like how [unit_type]hitpoints= becomes $unit.max_hitpoints, and how $unit.hitpoints goes from $unit.max_hitpoints down to zero.SingleUnitWML is missing documentation for $unit.attacks_left.

Fixed.
At this point, it will be nice to have EffectWML supporting an apply_to=attacks key (as well as an apply_to=halo, but that's another story), with a structure like this:

attacks: modifies the unit's number of time that it can attack per turn.

increase: maximum attacks number is increased by this amount. It can be positive, negative, or specified as a percentage.
set: maximum attacks number is set to a specific value.

What's your opinion?

[pyrophorus]

Hi,
Thanks for your replies !
My opinion is EffectWML should have the same features as [modify_unit]. I will not say if it should be done allowing [modify_unit] inside [effect], but something of the like would be handy. For now, it is not easy to modify an unit in custom advance, except of course, what is already available in 'apply_to'.
Friendly,