Dr. Wonderful Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 Funky building alert Backstory: So I took a 15 min break from modding to make a custom mission. I opened my XCC editor. As I was building, and building, and building, I decided to put some civilians in. And in the civilian's buildings, there was a wacky structure called the Arco. Wha? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nariac Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 Funky building alert Backstory: So I took a 15 min break from modding to make a custom mission. I opened my XCC editor. As I was building, and building, and building, I decided to put some civilians in. And in the civilian's buildings, there was a wacky structure called the Arco. Wha? I believe that's the petrol station, and as far as I'm aware it doesn't appear in any in-game missions. I tend to put one near clusters of oil derricks, since it matches well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkstar387 Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 If its the one I think it is, Nariac is right. It's simply a civilian pumping station. It doesn't have any special properties, if that's what your asking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Wonderful Posted December 12, 2016 Author Share Posted December 12, 2016 Well, why don't they use it in missions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkstar387 Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 To answer that question, we'd have to ask a developer. But if I were to guess, I'd say that it served no purpose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyerguds Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 It is not a petrol station. It is not even a building, in fact. It's a vehicle. A parked oil tanker truck in the process of being loaded at an oil pump. Some people on the development team of the C&C3-to-C&C1 mod figured that out when we were taking a closer look at it. And in the game's strings file, its name is "Oil Tanker". "ARCO" is just some fictional oil company name Westwood thought up. As far as I know, it is used in missions, though. [edit] Yup. scb07eb and scb10ea both contain ARCO. And, each time, parked next to a bunch of oil derricks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattAttack Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 Well I'll be damned, that is a tanker truck. I always thought it was some kind of a structure, too. I wasn't expecting to learn anything new about c&c today..... "ARCO" is just some fictional oil company name Westwood thought up. ARCO is a real chain of gas stations here in the US-- well in the West at least, which likely lead many to assume that it was a fueling station. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyerguds Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 Hah! Well I'm hardly familiar with US gas stations. But it's not exactly the first time WW named internal stuff that way, is it? RMBO for the commando, AKIRA.VQA for the orbital laser video, PYLE for the barracks, JP for the internal short code of the House "Special"... :yo: But, ya, we thought it was just a storage tank with a dumpster next to it, and then someone noticed the two antennae on the "dumpster"... which likely lead many to assume that it was a fueling station. "which likely <led> many to assume". The only "lead" pronounced as "led" is the metal. :yo: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Wonderful Posted December 14, 2016 Author Share Posted December 14, 2016 ?Whoa, I never would of guessed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkstar387 Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 Reading this thread was an adventure. The plot twist??? SUPERB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaxOwlbear Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 Are they affiliated with the VERY EXPLOSIVE petrol company? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilkakon Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 I still can't parse it as an oil tanker. Looks like a pile of junk to me In my mod I replaced it with a different scenario building. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ore_truck Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 I always thought it's a futuristic house. But seeing closer, it really does look like an oil tanker with the cab turned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iran Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 The green thing looks like a crane, the grey/brownish thing like a car and the thign on the right liek a slightly turned oil truck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyerguds Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 The green thing is a tube coming out of the ground and going into the small pump thingy there. I still can't parse it as an oil tanker. Looks like a pile of junk to me In my mod I replaced it with a different scenario building. It's parked more or less like this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen262 Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 Thought it was some kind of large generator... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X3M Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 This thread has given me a WTF moment. All those maps where a random truck with a gas station is placed in the middle of nowhere. It belongs in a village! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyerguds Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 As a truck transporting oil from oil fields, it doesn't need to be near a village; could also be near the oil fields. As it is in the missions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Wonderful Posted January 22, 2017 Author Share Posted January 22, 2017 I hate to say, but I am obsessed oil now. I'm trying not to add an ARCO faction into my mod. But it's sooo tempting... The largest class of oil tankers are ULCC Super Tankers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Messiah Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 looks like the stromberg-type tanker, where you can store 2 nuclear submarines inside It wouldn't be the first object in C&C which looks like something from "The Spy who loved me" - I guess the soviet submarine wharf is designed from the villain's headquarter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkstar387 Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 I'm trying not to add an ARCO faction into my mod. Just go here and get it out of your system http://store.steampowered.com/app/48800/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Wonderful Posted January 25, 2017 Author Share Posted January 25, 2017 Thank goodness. Just about to have an oil spill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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