Guys backup your original units.scd ... make a copy of it and name it units.scd.backup or something... but dont screw with it until you do Also yes you can extract it all and then change it but you will notice its alot less hastle free to open it while your browsing it with winrar, use notepad still... when it asks to replace the file and update the archive select yes. Wait the half minute it takes to update and voila!
Litvan, make sure you have placed the edited files back into the Units.scd, if you have done so correctly, it should bring up the "Updating Archives" window of WinRAR. Once that is complete, which takes about 30-40 seconds due to unexplainable bull**** :P, exit the file. Right click it, select Properties and click Read-Only. Make sure it's Checked... Some peoples game may overwrite it with defaults. Then try it out and start up the game. Make sure you edited the files correctly to non-ourageous settings (Game may not be able to decipher it). Hope that helps a bit. I've change every single UEF unit to 1 build time :P but also you gotta make sure you mess with the Mass Extractor and Power Generator, all 3 versions of each. ***Some missions dont let you build teir 1 or teir 2***
Note : Build time is moreso affected by Mass and Energy cost then you may think! If you look at the factory settings, its only allowed to use so much mass and energy at once.. change it to the most costful unit you have,
Example
Medium Tank
Economy = {
BuildCostEnergy = 260, <----Note 1 --
BuildCostMass = 52, <-----Note 2
BuildTime = -1, <----- Note 3
TeleportEnergyMod = 0.15,
TeleportMassMod = 1,
TeleportTimeMod = 0.01,
Note 1: This is the energy it costs, set your teir 1 factorys max energy use to 260
Note 2: This is the Mass cost, set your teir 1 factorys max mass use to 52.
Note 3: Setting -1 Build time gives you an instant unit provided you have the mass/energy it costs handy.
If you wanna go all the way to cheat, set your Mass Extractors and Power Generators to gather 100000 mass/energy so that all the units are instant.
Note: Land units will wait till the first one is off the factory lot before building another! Air units will launch into the sky 1 by 1 without much delay!
Hope this helps for my first post Grats to d0m for finding out the way to edit the units.
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About the file upload, I doubt its a good idea, I bet you everyone on this forum has a different version considering how many betas there were I really doubt what works for you will work for them. The game my get corrupt so do so at your own risk guys! Dont be lazy
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[Edited by Luganix, 2/17/2007 8:06:10 PM]
[Edited by Luganix, 2/17/2007 8:08:16 PM]