Cool idea. But out of the scope of a 'QoL' mod I'd say.

As this will completely change gameplay and the classic RA1 experience

Good idea for a separate mod though. You'd also probably have to create separate 'garrison artwork' for every single building. Which would be a lot of work

Unlike RA2/RA3/Generals/TW, in RA1 there are few buildings on maps and no urban environments, so it would be much less useful than in aforementioned games.
So I'd disagree it will completely change gameplay - this will be barely noticeable, I'd say.

But that's exactly the reason why it may be not worth to implement even if this is possible - a lot of work for a feature that is useless in 95% of gameplay.
Of course I'd be happy to see it work, though.

Veterancy though...

+1 for veterancy

Originally posted by zerobyte666:

Unlike RA2/RA3/Generals/TW, in RA1 there are few buildings on maps and no urban environments, so it would be much less useful than in aforementioned games.
So I'd disagree it will completely change gameplay - this will be barely noticeable, I'd say.

Except, we have a map editor.
Also there are some scenarios that this might be fun in.

I was also thinking about veterancy, as well as capturing the oil derrick structures for money...

As for artwork... I don't know about NEEDING seperate artwork, you could just draw pips on it if it has units inside. EDIT: Or add sandbags around it?

Drawing pips seems the easiest option, probably.

actually, it has already been done with Open RA and pillboxes

Originally posted by boliver2355:

actually, it has already been done with Open RA and pillboxes

Thanks, but I'm pretty sure that doesn't help at all.