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Gatekeeper Starts Opened

The Gatekeeper units start initialized as "opened" instead of "closed".

I suspect this was the case already at an earlier design stage since the scamper already in the game forces them to close, then move, which works perfectly with this mod.

I've tested it, at first glance all the armor/defense effects look to update correctly, and the animation starts playing visually and audibly during the game.

-= WHY? =-

Allows for better late game ambushes, and also looks cool and scary as hell.

-= KNOWN ISSUES =-

Minor:
If you reload during Tactical, Gatekeepers will be closed as the variable doesn't seem to be saved properly. Saving in Tactical seems so buggy even in the base game, you should avoid it completely.

Also dead Gatekeepers will continue to emit the "woosh" sound they do when opened if you're close to them.

-= COMPATIBILITY =-
Overrides:

X2Ability_Gatekeeper
CreateInitialStateAbility (To open it by force at the start)
GatekeeperOpenClose_BuildVisualization (To prevent the sound from playing at the start of a tactical mission, animation is skipped if unit has not scampered).

-= LW2 COMPATIBILITY =-

Needs testing. Predict yes.