Why remove deletecollection

[F2k Sel]

I see that hideObject got added, but maybe the value of the command can be increased a little bit, and make the syntax like setCaptive?

So for example, _unit hideObject bool

I only get a syntax error when using this command.

unitname hideObject true

[Cyborg11]

I only get a syntax error when using this command.

unitname hideObject true

False syntax. Mike84 WANT this syntax

Right syntax is this:

hideObject unitName;

http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/hideObject

[F2k Sel]

False syntax. Mike84 WANT this syntax

Right syntax is this:

hideObject unitName;

http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/hideObject

Still won't work

hideObject unitName;

= missing ;

[Cyborg11]

Well ... then the new command isn't in that beta patch?

[CarlGustaffa]

Patience Will probably come with next beta. Faulty EW campaign probably with the final 1.06 version. Suma added the wiki for that command only a couple of days ago according the the history page Working late I might add

[NeMeSiS]

Faulty EW campaign probably with the final 1.06 version.

Doubt that they would leave EW unfixed for 1.06, the missing deletecollection problem could be solved in other ways in those missions i think.

Suma added the wiki for that command only a couple of days ago according the the history page Working late I might add

Sometimes i feel sorry for what we are doing to him. But then i see my AI behaving quite unconvincing and feel the urge to go to Bohemia with a whip.

[CarlGustaffa]

Make it a bottle of whiskey and a whip

Sorry, I was too fast typing. Naturally I meant "Faulty EW campaign 'would get fixed' probably with the final 1.06 version", making use of this new command

[nomdeplume]

Wouldn't be the best solution to keep the function and its behaviour, so that it won't cause any scripts to break, but just repair the problem "behind the curtain", i.e. modifying the way it works internally without modifying how it appears to the outside? Granted, it is more work than just deleting the problem, but imho the proper way to do it.

I think in this case the problem was that it appeared in the list of commands at all. There's a note on the talk page quoting Suma (uncited) way back at the end of 2007: DeleteCollection is related to "collections", which was work in progress for buildings for Game 2, and I doubt the function does anything really useful, as it is unfinished and untested.

So given that... I can understand why they wouldn't want to "fix" a function that was never actually finished and never meant to be used.

[joey]

alls i know is, that my server crashes terribly with most scripts and addons while the vanilla version can run for hours. so I wouldnt support something just because its the half ass'd quick way to make a script

[Vipera]

Game crashes without scripts too.