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#1 Guest_2playgames_*

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Posted 12 April 2005 - 05:49 PM

hi all.

i'm making a new faction, the lorien faction, but i have some questions. here is a list:

- how do i add an icon for "select all heroes" to my faction. currently there's no icon
- how do i play/decode vp6 movies? i already have the vp6 codec for virtualdub, but it wont open the videos
- how do i make my own faction movie for the skirmish/multiplayer screen. i can make avi files and i know where to define the movies (in the ini's), but how do i link it to my faction
- i made a castle, but i can't see the citadel. to be more precise, i can only see what's in the vision range of my building plots, and the citadel is just outside of that (i see a ruin)
- how do i make the AI use my faction (low prioroty)
- also i think it would help many people if the new faction tutorial series was extended, but of course that's completely the author's choice

i would be glaf if you could answer some of these. i dont expect you to answer all of them at once of course :)


thanks for the help ^_^ if i can do anything back (on the area of BFME) just tell me

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Posted 12 April 2005 - 06:26 PM

here is some more:

- how do i make it so that in multiplayer you start with two elvenwarrior hordes
- i copied the elvenbarracks object to my faction. how can i make it so that it starts at rank 1 and gains experience by training elves. i have a button to create a double elve horde and i'd like it to only work at level 2
- when i play my faction in skirmish the only music i have is the same as that of the living world map.

Edited by 2playgames, 12 April 2005 - 06:50 PM.

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Posted 12 April 2005 - 06:47 PM

import the multiplayer scripts into world builder. They determine the starting units. I've never played with it but heard enuff to know that.

I would look to campaign ini and see if there is anything that links the movies there for your new faction.

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Posted 12 April 2005 - 07:06 PM

For starting units, if all you want is ONE elven warrior horde, which would be fair since they are way stronger than soldiers you could edit playertemplate.ini:

;StartingUnits0 = RohanWorker


Change it to this for your faction:

StartingUnits0 = RohanElvenWarriorHorde (may not be correct name)



The exact spelling and name might be wrong, but as long as you take out the ; and add the name of the horde, 1 will show up in game.
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Posted 12 April 2005 - 07:07 PM

Why do I keep forgeting that you got that to work? :w00t:

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Posted 12 April 2005 - 07:45 PM

ok thanks for the help but nothing has worked yet

the StartingUnit0 thing doesnt work
(StartingUnit0 = LorienElvenWarriorHorde)
in multiplayer.ini is nothing about starting units
campaign.ini doesn't have anything bfme, only generals

i will continue to try though

btw, what to do now that On2 doesnt provide the linked vp6 codec (in the3rdage tools) anymore

Edited by 2playgames, 12 April 2005 - 07:46 PM.

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#7 Extelleron

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Posted 12 April 2005 - 09:38 PM

There is NO such thing as LorienElvenWarriorHorde. Try ElvenElrond or something instead.
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Posted 13 April 2005 - 03:29 PM

i made it myself of course, i'm not that idiot :p
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Posted 13 April 2005 - 08:44 PM

im not so sure about THAT;--)
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