Initial Abilities Questions

[PraseodymiumSpike]

I have a piece in my variant defined using customPiece4 = c:mR4cNiB4. But it is not able to use its initial ability unless it's in the double-step region, and if it is in the double-step region, it can use the initial ability even if it's already moved before. Is there any way to alleviate this? There are other pieces with initial abilities that start in different squares, and I don't want this piece to have its initial ability when moving to those squares. In addition, the initial ability can't capture even though it should be able to. Is this intended?

[PraseodymiumSpike]

well, someone noted i could fix the issues by having the pieces promote to new pieces when moving, and the only difference between the two being the initial move