Entity Groups

Entity Groups

Contains the list of custom groups of entities. Can be used categorize the entities in groups.

YAML Key

EntityGroups

Example

EntityGroups:
   Units: [Worker, Warrior]
   Buildings: [City, Barracks]
   Attackable: [City, Barracks, Worker, Warrior]
   #Add any custom group here...

Properties

Property	Required	Data type	Options	Definition
Custom group name	false	list /single value		Defines the list of entities that form part of a categorized group.

Use examples

#Used in player or entity CanSpawn definition instead of a single entity.
Player:
    Actions: ...
    CanSpawn: Buildings
    Parameters:
        ...

City:
    Sprite: ...
    Symbol: c
    LineOfSightRange: 5
    Actions: ...
    CanSpawn: Units
    Cost:
        ...
    Parameters:
        ...

#Used in the ValidTargets of each target instead of a single entity.
Attack:
    Type: EntityAction
    Cooldown: 1
    Targets:
        Target:
            Type: Entity
            ValidTargets: Attackable
            SamplingMethod:
                Type: Neighbours
                Options:
                    Shape: AllPositions
            Conditions:
                - "DifferentPlayer(Source, Target)"
                - "InRange(Source, Target, Source.Range)"
    Effects:
        - "Attack(Target.Health, Source.WeaponStrength)"