Mission ends only when all the enemy units are destroyed

[Kyran]

The triggers are very good feature to expand game's functionality. I've already made a veterancy, time limit mode and player-to-player trading system by triggers. If you are interested, I can send the lua code

Sounds interesting. Post them in the resources forum if you have time.

[Philip Jacob Smith]

It's not a bug, it's accurate as per Warcraft 2 DOS.

This isn't true. In Warcraft 2 for DOS, flying machines will not prevent victory from being achieved.

The conditions of victory, from my experience, are as follows:

1. All units and buildings which are able to attack the enemy must be destroyed.
2. All buildings which can create units which are able to attack the enemy must be destroyed.

By those two simple rules, players need not bother with destroying flying machines, oil tankers, (empty) transport ships, farms, lumber mills, blacksmiths, stables, churches, oil platforms, foundries, oil refineries, and walls that their enemies have built.

However, the most logical end-game condition is such: It is no longer possible for the losing player to do anything that will lead to an attack on the winning player.

I suspect that was the goal of the Warcraft 2 developers, but as a shortcut they simply created a list of units and buildings that need not be destroyed, as the end result is nearly the same and it is a lot less error-prone to implement. After all, having to destroy the town hall even when the other player cannot create any more peasants isn't nearly as big a deal as having to destroy an oil platform when all you have left are footmen.

[xyfmx]

I assume the victory conditions depicted in the post above to be the best way

[xyfmx]

Is it possible to modify the skirmish victory conditions script, adding the listing of what units and buildings must be destroyed to achieve victory?

[Big Daddy]

It would be a great leap forward to allow a man to choose the winning conditions before he starts the game.
Opens the door to all sorts of customizations and wildness.

-Big Daddy

[jimicorbet]

As per my personal opinion, The triggers are very good feature to expand game's functionality. I've already made a veterancy, time limit mode and player-to-player trading system by triggers. If you are interested, I can send the lua code.

[Kyran]

I would like to congratulate jimicorbet for being the first spammer to appear here after I fortified the forum's defenses.