Flammable Ladders

[Primus Inter Duces]

Hi,

I would like to do one of two things:

(1) Modify RTW so that human and AI players can no longer build ladders to assault standard stone walls

OR

(2) Make ladders destructible

No idea how to do #1. I found the values

engine_flammable [true/false]

and

engine_ignition [x]

in descr_engines.txt, but even after setting the values for ladders to true and increasing/decreasing the engine_ignition value, I still can't burn ladders. On the battle map the little pop-up text box for a unit carrying ladders has the __% damage indicator like siege towers, rams, and sap points do, but it never goes above 0%. Do I need to mod something about missile units/projectiles so that they will properly hit and damage the ladders?

Thanks

[Red Spot]

dont think that 1 is possible and I dont think that 2 has any use ...

its easier to kill the army than try and aim at a ladder ... ;)
(I think that that may also be the problem, defences already have a hard time hitting a full army, let alone a ladder ....)

maybe you can make the game think that normal walls are actually large walls and so prevent the construction of ladders, but I dont know if thats possible and/or if it may come with some side-effects



G