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[Bart]

ok, so i'm experiencing problems with trying to make a new men starting base:

- the building foundation...they are almost a direct copy of the expansion pads (i even copy-pasted their kindof), but no money get's deducted when you build on them
-- edit: since, as fingulfin said, you can't build something until you do have the money for it, i can use a chained upgrade button to fix this. but i'd rather not
-- edit2: yay it's fixed. it turns out that the buildings needed a CastleMember behaviour
- i have placed some towers in worldbuilder, all with the door facing the citadel, but in the game they all face southeast
- the foundations are all 90 degrees rotated to the right in the game. PlacementViewAngle doesn't help anything
-- turns out they look rotated because of the texture. still it's weird that placementviewangle doesn't rotate it, but maybe because it's a w3dfloordraw
-- fixed by manually rotating them in wb. not very nice though
- i put wall hubs in the base, and they don't show up. at first i had a complete wall in there, but only half of it would show up in the game
- in case you're wondering, i did put all of those objects in BASE

i'm not a person to say this quickly, because most problems are caused by the modder, but EA

CastleMemberBehavior ModuleTag_CMB
	End 

	Body                = ImmortalBody ModuleTag_05
		MaxHealth         = 15000.0
	End

	Geometry              = BOX
	GeometryMajorRadius   = 24.0
	GeometryMinorRadius   = 24.0
	GeometryHeight        = 0.8
	GeometryIsSmall       = No
	Shadow                = SHADOW_VOLUME
	BuildCompletion		= PLACED_BY_PLAYER
  
End


;Gondor Building Foundation -- the area where faction gondor buildings can be built on
ChildObject MenBuildingFoundation GenericBuildingFoundation

	SelectPortrait = BPGCamp_Plot
	; *** ART Parameters ***

	Draw = W3DScriptedModelDraw ModuleTag_Draw2
		DefaultModelConditionState
			Model = OBBFoundationX
		End
		ModelConditionState = WORLD_BUILDER
			Model = GBSizeTemplate
		End

	End

	Draw = W3DFloorDraw ModuleTag_Draw
		ModelName = GBFoundationX
	End

	;PlacementViewAngle  = 0

	; ***DESIGN parameters ***
	DisplayName         = OBJECT linenums:0'>Object GenericBuildingFoundation	EditorSorting       = STRUCTURE	ThreatLevel = 1.0	BuildCost           = 1	BuildTime           = 5.0           ; in seconds	VisionRange         = 160.0          ; Shroud clearing distance	ShroudClearingRange = 160	; *** AUDIO Parameters ***	VoiceSelect = Gui_PlotSelect	; *** ENGINEERING Parameters ***	RadarPriority       = STRUCTURE	KindOf              = STRUCTURE SELECTABLE IMMOBILE BASE_FOUNDATION UNATTACKABLE MP_COUNT_FOR_VICTORY NO_COLLIDE DO_NOT_CLASSIFY CAN_CAST_REFLECTIONS EXPANSION_PAD	Behavior            = FoundationAIUpdate ModuleTag_foundationAI		BuildVariation = 1	End	Behavior = CastleMemberBehavior ModuleTag_CMB	End 	Body                = ImmortalBody ModuleTag_05		MaxHealth         = 15000.0	End	Geometry              = BOX	GeometryMajorRadius   = 24.0	GeometryMinorRadius   = 24.0	GeometryHeight        = 0.8	GeometryIsSmall       = No	Shadow                = SHADOW_VOLUME	BuildCompletion		= PLACED_BY_PLAYER  End;Gondor Building Foundation -- the area where faction gondor buildings can be built onChildObject MenBuildingFoundation GenericBuildingFoundation	SelectPortrait = BPGCamp_Plot	; *** ART Parameters ***	Draw = W3DScriptedModelDraw ModuleTag_Draw2		DefaultModelConditionState			Model = OBBFoundationX		End		ModelConditionState = WORLD_BUILDER			Model = GBSizeTemplate		End	End	Draw = W3DFloorDraw ModuleTag_Draw		ModelName = GBFoundationX	End	;PlacementViewAngle  = 0	; ***DESIGN parameters ***	DisplayName         = OBJECT:MenBuildingFoundation	Side                = Men	CommandSet = MenBuildingFoundationCommandSetEndChildObject MenFortress_Start MenFortress		Behavior = CastleBehavior ModuleTag_castle			CastleToUnpackForFaction	= Men fortress_men_start			CastleToUnpackForFaction	= Elves fortress_men_start			CastleToUnpackForFaction	= Dwarves fortress_men_start					CastleToUnpackForFaction	= Wild fortress_men_start			CastleToUnpackForFaction	= Isengard fortress_men_start			CastleToUnpackForFaction	= Mordor fortress_men_start			FilterValidOwnedEntries = ANY +STRUCTURE +WALK_ON_TOP_OF_WALL +BASE_FOUNDATION +TACTICAL_MARKER		;Anything that does not fit this filter will be given to the neutral player, so the template can have rocks and props.			MaxCastleRadius				= 130.0			InstantUnpack				= Yes					KeepDeathKillsEverything	= Yes			EvaEnemyCastleSightedEvent = EnemyFortressSighted		End End

i checked game.dat with the hex editor, and it doesn't contain any references to MenExpansionPadCorner or MenArrowTowerExpansion, so there's nothing hard-coded or anything

Edited by 2playgames, 21 October 2006 - 09:49 PM.

[Fingulfin]

Big hats off to 2PlayGames for finding this out! All my hours of research into this produced nothing, and yet he figured it out in like 10 seconds