Variable; Abilities - HWRM/KarosGraveyard GitHub Wiki

SobGroup abilities. These are just named number references which can be passed to various stock functions, such as SobGroup_CanDoAbility.

-- Disable dock ability for all ships in "my-sobgroup" ('1' would enable it)
SobGroup_AbilityActivate("my-sobgroup", AB_Dock, 0);

Variable	Value	Notes
`AB_None`	`0`	Unknown, potentially active if all others are disabled.
`AB_Move`	`1`
`AB_Attack`	`2`	Ship can receive/perform attack commands. Distinct from `AB_Targeting`.
`AB_Guard`	`3`
`AB_Repair`	`4`
`AB_Cloak`	`5`
`AB_Harvest`	`6`
`AB_Mine`	`7`
`AB_Capture`	`8`
`AB_Dock`	`9`
`AB_AcceptDocking`	`10`
`AB_Builder`	`11`	Any build capabilities including subs
`AB_Stop`	`12`	Stop command ('S' while unit selected)
`AB_Hyperspace`	`13`
`AB_Parade`	`14`
`AB_FormHyperspaceGate`	`15`
`AB_HyperspaceViaGate`	`16`
`AB_SensorPing`	`17`
`AB_SpecialAttack`	`18`	Such as heavy vette burst
`AB_Retire`	`19`
`AB_DefenseField`	`20`
`AB_DefenseFieldShield`	`21`	Ambient effects for ships within the shield, such as radiation shielding.
`AB_HyperspaceInhibitor`	`22`
`AB_Salvage`	`23`	Unknown whether this refers to salcap or ru salvaging.
`AB_Scuttle`	`24`
`AB_UseSpecialWeaponsInNormalAttack`	`25`	Such as `hgn_attackbomber` which uses special weapons in normal firing only vs subsystems.
`AB_Steering`	`26`	Ship can influence its orientation.
`AB_Targeting`	`27`	Ship can target enemies with weapons - use this over `AB_Attack` to disable/enable a ships weapons.
`AB_Sensors`	`28`
`AB_Lights`	`29`
`AB_Custom`	`31`	Such as hw1 gravwell ability

Comments

These constants are predefined; this list may be incomplete.

This list was compiled via looking at usage in stock code. For example, ability 30 is unknown, if it exists.

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