Help With Object List

Posted 17 June 2004 - 05:59 PM

First of all, I just want to say that this is an excellent site. The editing community(especially the scripting side) has been in need of a place like this and with people like Mithril, RV, and Thudo all in one spot helping people, how can you go wrong?

Ok, my questions. I am extremely new to the scripting side of Generals/ZH so forgive me if this is painfully obvious or has been asked a dozen times before. I made a mod and created 2 new sides, I read the SDI tutorial for adding new factions (very helpful) but I don't understand the object list part. If I understand correctly I need to add my new sides' units and structures to the list but my side doesn't appear in the list and it wont let me type the name of the unit or structure in. So how do I either get my units/structures/side to show up as a choice, or how do I manually input them?

My other question is basically the same. I want my 2 new sides available for the Generals Challenge mode but the game wont move on because the maps don't recognize my side. I found the script for the win/lose conditions on the GC maps and found where I need to put in my side (looks something like this: IF Player <The Player> is side whatever) but my side doesn't appear as a choice and it wont let me manually type the name either.

I'm sure the answer is very simple but I'm just not seeing it, so any help from you guys would be really appreciated.

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Posted 17 June 2004 - 07:47 PM

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Posted 17 June 2004 - 07:54 PM

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Posted 17 June 2004 - 08:38 PM

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Posted 18 June 2004 - 05:57 AM

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Posted 18 June 2004 - 06:45 PM

Yes, my 2 new sides are selectable and work very well. So...from the sounds of the replies in this thread, my faction and units should show up in the scripts object list automatically?

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Posted 21 June 2004 - 11:26 PM

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Posted 18 June 2004 - 08:51 PM

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Posted 18 June 2004 - 09:22 PM

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Posted 19 June 2004 - 12:45 PM

So you have tried adding your objects to the object lists... hmm.. since Side = and EditorSorting is right it's a tough nut. Furthermore you the factions work properly and just as they should for the human player...

This is what it should look like..



and your faction should be there... is it?

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Posted 20 June 2004 - 03:01 AM

That's exactly what I need help with, my sides do NOT show up in that list but I can play as my sides just fine. So the newly created factions SHOULD show up in that list automatically? Also, when you import the skirmish players and add your new faction through 'add player', do you have to make the name exactly as it appears next to 'side =' in the ini's? This is for ZH if that makes a difference.

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Posted 20 June 2004 - 08:52 AM

Nope - sides in the playertemplate.ini can be anything (except extraordinary characters I think), in the player list they have to start with "Skirmish" unless you want to script a mission. I haven't really tested if they work without the "Skirmish", they may, they may not because of WND hardcode.. I suggest you try it


Stupid question but is your Side = in playertemplate.ini the same as your PlayerTemplate <yourfaction> ?

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Posted 22 June 2004 - 08:21 PM

not to contradict you or anything.... but Generals and ZH allow for the custom placement of 1 .big file. Under certain circumstances.

1. It has to be named Expand before the text. Ex. ExpandMyStuff.big
2. There can ONLY be 1 in the relevant folder. Any more than 1 just wont get read im afraid.

For ZH: Put it in the main game directory/Data/Ini folder.

For regular generals: Put in the main game directory.

And WB WILL read it. As will the game automatically. Itll load it like any other INI at startup.

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Posted 22 June 2004 - 07:55 PM

A custom .big? WB won't recognize a .big file lol !

You have to extract it and install the appropriate files into the relevant folders

INI files go to Data\INI\, texture files such as .dds or .tga go to Art\Textures (create the Art dir if it doesnt exist) and w3d files go to Art\W3D\, while audio files go to Data\Audio\Sounds or Data\Audio\Tracks\.

Note that this should all be in the gamedir

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Posted 22 June 2004 - 09:29 PM

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Posted 22 June 2004 - 10:54 PM

Hmmm, guess that's all common sense...don't know why I didn't realize that before. Ah well, live and learn I guess. Anyway, thanks for the help guys.

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