ObjectInfo

Debug overlay plugin for Red Alert 2: Yuri's Revenge
Real-time object inspection and interactive trigger debugger

Overview

ObjectInfo is a Syringe DLL plugin that adds an interactive debug overlay for inspecting game objects and triggers in real-time. Originally created by Handama for the RA2DIY community.

Features

Object Info Overlay — hover over any unit/building to see detailed debug data
Trigger Debug Mode — interactive UI to inspect, enable, disable, and force-execute triggers
AI Trigger Debug Mode — inspect AI Trigger Types decision-making for each house
Configurable Presets — define which fields to display via INI config
Trigger Dump — export all trigger data to debug.log
Version Info — DLL includes embedded Windows VERSIONINFO resource

Installation

With Syringe (Ares/Phobos mods):

Copy ObjectInfo.dll and objectinfo.ini into the game directory (next to gamemd.exe). Syringe automatically discovers and loads all DLLs in the root folder.

Without Syringe:

Use an external DLL injector to load ObjectInfo.dll into the gamemd.exe process.

Configuration — objectinfo.ini

The INI file contains full documentation of all available fields as comments.

`[ObjectInfoDisplayLists]`

Defines display presets. Each key is a separate preset, cycled with the "Next Info Preset" hotkey:

; Preset 0: Full debug info
0=uiname,id,uid,hp,owner,location,power,factory,money,occupants,enemy,upgrades,passenger,aitrigger,team,currentscript,target,destination,focus,ammo,currentmission,group,recruit,veterancy,tag,megamission,megatarget,megadestination
; Preset 1: Minimal gameplay info
1=id,hp,location,target,destination,focus
; Preset 2: Name only
2=uiname

Values are comma-separated field names
Use NONEALL to display all fields
Empty section = show all fields

`[ObjectInfoDisplayOffset]`

Pixel offset for the overlay position:

[ObjectInfoDisplayOffset]
X=0
Y=15

Panel Position

Configure panel positions for Trigger Debug and AI Trigger Debug:

[TriggerDebugPosition]
X=10
Y=180

[AITriggerDebugPosition]
X=-780
Y=180

Negative X values position from the right edge of the screen. Negative Y values position from the bottom edge of the screen.

Hotkeys

Assign these in the game's keyboard options:

Command	Description	Availability
Display Object Info	Toggle the object info overlay	Release + Debug
Next Info Preset	Cycle through display presets	Release + Debug
Dump Trigger Info	Export all trigger data to `debug.log`	Release + Debug
Trigger Debug Mode	Toggle the interactive trigger debugger	Release + Debug
Trigger Debug Page Up	Scroll up in the trigger list	Release + Debug
Trigger Debug Page Down	Scroll down in the trigger list	Release + Debug
AI Trigger Debug Mode	Toggle the AI Trigger Types decision-making panel	Release + Debug
AI Trigger Debug Page Up	Scroll up in the AI trigger list	Release + Debug
AI Trigger Debug Page Down	Scroll down in the AI trigger list	Release + Debug

Note: All commands are available in both Release and Debug builds.

Displayed Fields

Basic

Field	Output Format
`uiname`	Localized UI name (with MISSING fallback)
`id`	`ID = <TypeID>`
`uid`	`UID = <UniqueID>`
`hp`	`HP = (current / max)`
`owner`	`Owner = <ID> (<PlainName>)`
`location`	`Location = (X, Y)`
`group`	`Group = N`
`tag`	`Tag = <ID>, InstanceCount = N` + nested triggers

Combat

Field	Output Format
`ammo`	`Ammo = (current / max)`
`currentmission`	`Current Mission = N (name)`
`veterancy`	`Veterancy = Rookie/Veteran/Elite (N.xx)`
`recruit`	`RecruitA = N, RecruitB = N`

Movement / Targeting

Field	Output Format
`link`	`Link N: UID = .., ID = .., Location = (X, Y)`
`target`	`Target = <ID>, Distance = N, Location = (X, Y)`
`destination`	`Destination = <ID>, Distance = N, Location = (X, Y)` or `Destination = (X, Y)`
`focus`	`Focus = <ID>, Distance = N, Location = (X, Y)`
`megamission`	`Mega Mission = N (name)`
`megatarget`	`Mega Target = <ID>, Distance = N, Location = (X, Y)`
`megadestination`	`Mega Destination = <ID>, Distance = N, Location = (X, Y)`

Infantry / Vehicle

Field	Output Format
`passenger`	`N Passengers: <ID>, <ID>, ...`

Building

Field	Output Format
`power`	`Power: N, Total Power Output: N, Total Power Drain: N`
`factory`	`Production: <ID> (N%)`
`money`	`Money: N`
`occupants`	`N Occupants: <ID>, <ID>, ...`
`enemy`	`Enemy = <ID> (<Name>), AngerLevel = N`
`upgrades`	`Upgrades (N / Max): Slot 1 = <ID>, Slot 2 = .., Slot 3 = ..`

Team / AI

Field	Output Format
`aitrigger`	`Trigger ID = .., weights [Current, Min, Max]: .., .., ..`
`team`	`Team ID = .., Script ID = .., Taskforce ID = ..`
`currentscript`	Current script line or missing units

Trigger Debug Mode

Interactive UI for inspecting and controlling triggers in real-time.

Display

Basic mode:

Trigger ID and name

Detailed mode:

Frame Left(s): N(Ns) — remaining time
(Modified) — if timer was manually changed
Last Executed Frame(s): N(Ns) — last execution time
Execute Count: N — total executions
Conditions: N[@]/N[ ] — condition states

Destroyed triggers:

<Expired> <ID> (<Name>) with destruction timestamp

Color Indication

Color	Meaning
Green	Active trigger (enabled and executed at least once)
Gray	Not yet activated (enabled but never executed)
Red	Disabled trigger or expired trigger

UI Buttons

Button	Action
Page Up/Down	Navigate pages (wraps around)
Details	Toggle detailed mode
Sort	Cycle sort mode
Search	Filter by ID/name (`!pattern!` to exclude)
Enable Timer-modified	Re-enable triggers with modified timers

Action Modes

Mode	Action
Run	Execute trigger actions immediately
Enable	Activate the trigger
Disable	Deactivate the trigger
Destroy	Destroy the trigger
Set Timer	Set the timer value

Sort Modes

Mode	Description
Raw	Default order
ByID	Ascending by Type ID
ByName	Ascending alphabetical
ByTimeLeft	Ascending by remaining time
ByLastExecuted	Descending by last execution
ByDestroyed	Ascending by destruction time

AI Trigger Debug Mode

Interactive panel for inspecting AI Trigger Types decision-making for each house.

Display

Shows all AITriggerTypeClass entries with:

Status icon: + (condition met), o (condition not met), x (disabled)
ID — trigger identifier
Name — trigger description (marquee scroll if too long)
Condition — readable condition with comparator and object (marquee scroll)
Weight — min/current/max weight (yellow if < 20% of max)
TL — tech level
Team — Team1/Team2

Color Indication

Color	Meaning
Green	Condition met for selected house
Gray	Condition not met
Red	Trigger disabled
Yellow	Weight < 20% of maximum

UI Controls

Button	Action
Page Up/Down	Navigate trigger pages (wraps around)
House name	Cycle through AI houses or "All AI Houses" — shows side name and parent country for each house
Click on status	Enable/disable the trigger
Click on trigger	Show detailed info in message area

Detailed Info (on click)

Displays: condition type, all 4 comparators, owner filter, side, tech level, weight (min/current/max), teams, execution counts, difficulty flags, skirmish/global status.

Weight Adjustment

Key	Action
Numpad +	Increase weight by 1
Numpad -	Decrease weight by 1
Ctrl + Numpad +/-	Multiply step by 10
Shift + Numpad +/-	Divide step by 10

How it works

The game periodically evaluates all AITriggerTypeClass entries for each AI house. Each trigger checks:

Is it enabled?
Does the difficulty match?
Does the house/side filter match?
Is the tech level sufficient?
Is the weight > 0?
Is the condition met?

Triggers that pass are selected by weighted random. Weight = 5000 means "fire immediately".

Hooks

Address	Purpose
`0x533066`	Command registration
`0x4F4583`	Overlay rendering
`0x52D21F`	Force debug keys enabled in rules initialization
`0x5FACDF`	INI config loading
`0x6851F0`	Logic initialization
`0x692F85`	Scroll class — long-press prevention
`0x69300B`	Scroll class — mouse update, skips game-side processing when Trigger Debug active
`0x6931A5`	Scroll class — handles mouse click events for Trigger Debug UI buttons and entries
`0x693268`	Scroll class — release left mouse button handling
`0x7264C0`	Trigger event clearing
`0x726564`	Trigger condition recording
`0x7265D1`	Trigger execution recording
`0x726720`	Trigger destruction
`0x49F5C0`	Copy protection — launcher check bypass (debug only)
`0x49F620`	Copy protection — notify launcher bypass (debug only)
`0x49F7A0`	Copy protection — protected data check bypass (debug only)

Known Conflicts

Address	Frameworks	Severity
`0x533066`	Phobos, AggressiveStance	High
`0x4F4583`	Ares, Kratos, Phobos	Critical
`0x6851F0`	Kratos	Medium

Loading ObjectInfo alongside the listed frameworks may cause hook conflicts at these addresses.

Building

Requirements:

Visual Studio 2022+ with MSVC v143 toolset
Windows 10 SDK

# Release build
msbuild ObjectInfo.vcxproj /p:Configuration=Release /p:Platform=Win32 /p:PlatformToolset=v143 /p:WindowsTargetPlatformVersion=10.0

# Debug build (includes Trigger Debug commands)
msbuild ObjectInfo.vcxproj /p:Configuration=Debug /p:Platform=Win32 /p:PlatformToolset=v143 /p:WindowsTargetPlatformVersion=10.0

Output: Release\ObjectInfo.dll or Debug\ObjectInfo.dll + objectinfo.ini

Project Structure

ObjectInfo/
├── src/
│   ├── ObjectInfo.cpp      # Main overlay, commands, INI loading
│   ├── TriggerDebug.cpp    # Trigger debug UI, mouse hooks, event tracking
│   ├── AITriggerDebug.cpp  # AI Trigger Types decision-making panel
│   ├── Common.h            # Shared types, globals, utilities, templates
│   ├── Rules.h             # Display config, CanDisplay logic
│   ├── command.h           # MakeCommand template
│   ├── GeneralUtils.h/cpp  # String helpers (LoadStringUnlessMissing)
│   ├── CopyProtection.cpp  # Debug-only DRM bypass hooks
│   ├── version.h           # Version constants
│   └── ObjectInfo.rc       # Windows VERSIONINFO resource
├── YRpp/                   # Phobos-developers/YRpp submodule (phobos-dev)
├── objectinfo.ini          # Runtime configuration
├── ObjectInfo.vcxproj      # MSBuild project
├── LICENSE                  # GPL v3
└── Readme.md

Related Projects

Project	Description
Phobos-developers/Phobos	Modern engine extension framework for RA2:YR
Phobos-developers/YRpp	C++ headers for the Yuri's Revenge engine
Ares-Developers/Ares	Original engine extension DLL (legacy)
Ritanlisa/RA2YR_ReSource	Reverse-engineered class layouts and field names
mirelle7/YRdecomp	Matching decompilation of gamemd.exe
Everything-Compatible/YRDict	Dictionary of YR engine reversing data
SethGekco/YR-Hook-Encyclopedia	Framework-neutral hook address registry
ModEnc	Wiki encyclopedia of INI tags and flags

Changelog

See CHANGELOG.md for the full version history.

Credits

Handama — original author (RA2DIY, GitHub)
Phobos-developers — YRpp headers
Ares / Phobos / Kratos communities — reverse-engineered game knowledge

License

This project is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0.

Originally created by Handama — see LICENSE.

Name		Name	Last commit message	Last commit date
YRpp @ c6c522f		YRpp @ c6c522f
src		src
.gitattributes		.gitattributes
.gitignore		.gitignore
.gitmodules		.gitmodules
CHANGELOG.md		CHANGELOG.md
LICENSE		LICENSE
ObjectInfo.sln		ObjectInfo.sln
ObjectInfo.vcxproj		ObjectInfo.vcxproj
Readme.md		Readme.md
objectinfo.ini		objectinfo.ini

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ObjectInfo

Overview

Features

Installation

Configuration — objectinfo.ini

[ObjectInfoDisplayLists]

[ObjectInfoDisplayOffset]

Panel Position

Hotkeys

Displayed Fields

Basic

Combat

Movement / Targeting

Infantry / Vehicle

Building

Team / AI

Trigger Debug Mode

Display

Color Indication

UI Buttons

Action Modes

Sort Modes

AI Trigger Debug Mode

Display

Color Indication

UI Controls

Detailed Info (on click)

Weight Adjustment

How it works

Hooks

Known Conflicts

Building

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