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Properties

 
Properties
1

Name

1. Name
Name of the Formation that could be duplicated as the name of the Pattern (container) must prefix the Formation name to give the full name needed by the finder.
It is allowed to give the same name to different Formation in different Patterns. The unique name to find them will be the concatenation of the Pattern name and the Formation name (separated with two colons), otherwise, only the first Formation with the matching name will be returned.
2

Pattern

2. Pattern
Name of the Pattern container that holds the current Formation.
 
3

Wideness

3. Wideness
Size of the area where the Formation will be defined.
The formation component will have the ability to scale this Formation. Default is 1 so, it is a good guess to consider that the design scale is the default one.
4

Slots

4. Slots
List of all the Slots of the Formation.
(position respectively to the center of the Formation) Z offset regarding the master altitude
 
5

Delta Z

5. Delta Z
Specify here the altitude offset value of the selected slot regarding the master altitude. Change the value and update with button.
This can only apply to air or submarine entities.
 
6

Update

6.
Use this button to update the Delta Z value (5) for the selected Slot.
 
7

Delete

7.
Delete the selected Slot. No questioning.
 
8

Disabled

8. Disabled
If checked, the Formation is disabled and the component in charge will not run.
Disabling a Formation is an easy way to prevent entities to join the formation, even if they have the component setup in their behaviors.
9

Help

9.
Any description of the Formation can be put here and will be used for the automatic document generation (see Make Documents)