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[knowledgeforall]

I am trying to create a new cursor name for BFME 2 (ROTWK)

 

for example i have this in ingameui.ini 

 

  RadiusCursorTemplate = MordorEarthQuakeCursor

  Texture        = sccmordorEarthquake

    Style          = SHADOW_ALPHA_DECAL

    OpacityMin     = 50%

    OpacityMax     = 100%

    OpacityThrobTime  = 1000

    Color          = R:255 G:255 B:255 A:255 ;R:242 G:102 B:34 A:255 

    OnlyVisibleToOwningPlayer = Yes

  End

 

the  sccmordorEarthquake is inside art and i made a new asset,

 

 

but when i place the new cursor reference (MordorEarthQuakeCursor) in commandbutton it actually  does not appear in game but a red  small cross instead. When i replace the cursor with an existing one, it works nicely. I studied that many mods actually do own new cursors, so i figure out that it is not hardcoded by EA. 

 

 Any help is welcome 

[Ridder Geel]

What happens if you change the texture to an existing one? (in your radius cursor)

This should help find out if the problem is with the template or with your texture/the way you are referencing it

[knowledgeforall]

I have already tested what you recommend and it works smoothly . For example i included the new texture "sccmordorEarthquake" in an existing cursor with success 

 

The problem rises when i create a new cursor name.  

[Ridder Geel]

what does the commandbutton and specialpower look like?

[knowledgeforall]

here they are

 

CommandButton Command_MordorEarthquake

  Command                 = SPECIAL_POWER

  SpecialPower            = MordorEarthquakeSpecialPower

  Options                 = NEED_TARGET_POS CONTEXTMODE_COMMAND

  TextLabel               = CONTROLBAR:MordorQuake

  RadiusCursorType  = MordorEarthQuakeCursor

  ButtonImage             = BIMordorEarthquake

  ButtonBorderType        = ACTION 

  DescriptLabel           = CONTROLBAR:TooltipMordorQuake

  CursorName        = Bombard

  InvalidCursorName = GenericInvalid 

  Radial  = Yes

  InPalantir  = Yes

  AutoAbility  = Yes

End

 

;------------------------------------------------------------------------------

SpecialPower MordorEarthquakeSpecialPower

Enum = SPECIAL_SPELL_BOOK_EARTHQUAKE

RadiusCursorRadius = 300

ReloadTime = 820000 ; in milliseconds

ViewObjectDuration = 10000

ViewObjectRange = 200

InitiateSound = SpellMordorEarthquake

End

[Ridder Geel]

Ok those look fine, did you create an asset.dat, and is the sccmordorEarthquake texture in the correct location?

[knowledgeforall]

Yes  sccmordorEarthquake is inside  compiledtextures/sc file  and asset.dat is done as it should be . I really can not figure out where the problem is 

[Ridder Geel]

So you have managed to add assets correctly before? (I think this might be where the problem is, so we gotta check everything )

[knowledgeforall]

Assets were correct in the first place . I also tried to create a new cursor with the same negative result   . Have you been successful in your attempts ?

Edited by knowledgeforall, 23 April 2014 - 12:27 PM.

[Ridder Geel]

Well now that you mention it, I have actually never attempted to add my own Radius Cursor, I will have a go at that as soon as I have time for it, and then I will let you know

[knowledgeforall]

ok, thanks again. I suspect that another additional command or entry should fit the puzzle's missing part in order to make it work

[Ridder Geel]

Hm.. I attempted to create (a really retarded) radius cursor for Heal, all i had to change was the texture (even made a new radiuscursor) and in my mod it worked just fine...

    RadiusCursorTemplate = HealRadiusCursorTest
      Texture        = elderhorse2 //SCCHeal
    Style          = SHADOW_ALPHA_DECAL
    OpacityMin     = 20%    ;50%
    OpacityMax     = 60%    ;100%
    OpacityThrobTime  = 1000
    Color          = R:255 G:255 B:255 A:255 ;R:242 G:102 B:34 A:255
    OnlyVisibleToOwningPlayer = Yes
  End

and

CommandButton Command_SpellBookHeal
    Command = SPELL_BOOK
    TextLabel            = CONTROLBAR:Heal
    Options                = NEED_TARGET_POS
    DescriptLabel        = CONTROLBAR:TooltipHeal    
    SpecialPower        = SpellBookHeal
    ButtonImage            = SBGood_Heal
    ButtonBorderType    = ACTION
    RadiusCursorType    = HealRadiusCursorTest //HealRadiusCursor
End

Edited by Ridder Geel, 24 April 2014 - 06:17 PM.

[Lauri]

Really? I've never been able to add custom, new Radius Cursors in my mods. However, I've always been able to change existing ones. Especially existing ones that aren't used in-game already. There's plenty of those in BFME1, but after a quick look it looks like those are harder to come by in BFME2.

 

Then again, I've never tried to add a new one in BFME2.. It might the the issue.

[Ridder Geel]

Aha... It might possibly be then by the way the RC Mod is setup... Although... now that i think of it thats not quite logical if you are able to mod the existing ones... Hm... It might be some sort of issue with mods similar to the one with changing stuff in the gamedata.ini

[Lauri]

Might be linked to the fact that I only now noticed that you use the name of the RadiusCursorTemplate in the Commandbutton. I can't recall if I tried that, because I used the default ones, like HEAL, or WAR_CHANT.

[knowledgeforall]

I am still unable to make this work. Is there any more info on the subject?

[DeeZire]

You've never been able to make a new RadiusCursorTemplate in any of EAs SAGE based games, this is because the games are hard coded to use only the ones that EA have already defined in the relevant INI file.

All you can do is edit an existing one and make use of that and/or any of the others that already exist. I'm pretty sure a couple in BFME2/RoTWK are duplicated anyways so there's at least one that can be freed up and made use of.

Basically all RadiusCursorTemplete = Whatever definitions have to correspond to an internal table.

[Hostile]

Heh, I knew this was the issue but D beat me to it. You have to use the hardcoded ones, choose one that was not used in the game.

[Ridder Geel]

Ah.. so like the gamedata.ini defines this can't be changed in the original files (when using the -mod command)... Cool, learned something new today

[Miraak5]

sorry to up but my mod is in -mod and i dont have any problems to add radius cursor... 

 

for exemple i added this one 

  RadiusCursorTemplate = OneRingRadiusCursor

      Texture        = SCCOneRing

      Style          = SHADOW_ALPHA_DECAL

      OpacityMin     = 60%    ;50%

      OpacityMax     = 100%    ;100%

      OpacityThrobTime  = 1000

      Color          = R:255 G:255 B:255 A:255 ;R:255 G:139 B:62 A:128 

      OnlyVisibleToOwningPlayer = Yes

    End

 

with my own texture and it work perfectly fine...

Edited by Miraak5, 16 April 2018 - 11:14 AM.