Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 3:04 pm Post subject:
New Units -RA2-
I know all the INI editing i need for my maps is alot but still. OK, i need you to be able to build... (These are ment to be NEW units, NOT edits of old ones)
Rhino MKII: (Soviet)
Speed Decrease
Cost: 1200
Armour Increase
Firepower Increase (I know i have to edit the projectile it uses, but i don't know it's name )
Mirage Tank Turret (If it's possible but i still want it to fire Rhino Shells)
Sidebar Image - Rhino
Grizzly MKII: (Allied)
Speed Decrease (To what the Rhino tank's speed)
Cost: 900
Armour Increase (The the Rhino Tank's Armour)
Firepower Increase (To the Rhino Tank's Firepower, or, better the Rhino's projectile)
Rhino Tank Turret (If it's possible )
Sidebar Image - Grizzly
Vladimirs Command Ship: (Soviet)
Speed - same as Dreadnoughts
Armour - more as Dreadnoughts
Ammo - 4
Sight - 12
Dreadnough Voices
Cost - 2500
Firepower - same as Dreadnoughs
Sidebar Image - Dreadnough
Hind Transport: (Soviet)
Cost - 1000
Passengers - 8
Sidebar Image - Nighthawk Transport
Nighthawk Voices
H.M.S. Ark Royal: (Allied)
Speed - Aircraft Carrier
Sight - 12
Spawns Number - 6
Armour - more than the Aircraft Carriers'
Spawns type - Hornet (HORNET)
Aircraft Carriers' Voice
Sidebar Image - Aircraft Carrier
Image: Aircraft Carrier
Soviet Paradrop: (From the Civilian Airport)
8 Conscripts (E2)
4 Tesla Troopers (SHK)
Allied Paradrop (From the Civilian Airport)
8 GIs (E1)
I really don't know how to do this kinda INI, i can do simple INI, but not like this!! Last edited by Bugsey827 on Tue Apr 15, 2008 10:53 pm; edited 1 time in total QUICK_EDIT
This isn't a tutorial. I would seggest this be moved to the RA2 editing section by itself.
Now then on topic, you must put the units in as you would a normal unit. Just copy/paste a unit's INI entry, like the RTNK (I think that's the Rhino Tank), make some adjustments to the code for it, make sure that the letters in the [] are all capitals and is the code name for the game to see your unit. (eg. [RHMKII]). It must be eight or less letters though. In the list that says 01=GTNK etc., put your new vehicle units there at the end (XX=RHMKII where XX is the next number.) You'll put the other units in their appropriate lists as well. Helicopters must be in the list with tanks though to be built right. Now, you will need a cameo for the unit. In the art INI file, you would copy/paste and do the same as if it was the unit's stats, except if it'll look like the unit your basing it on use the IMAGE= tag on the cloned unit and put the code name for the unit it'll look like. Back to the cameos, select the cameo you want, or, which I highly seggest, make your own cameo with SHP builder by importing a image into it and using it's cameo generator feature, or any program the other awesome cameos were made by. Put the cameo file, and any other files for the unit into a ecasheXX.mix (For RA2. ecashemdXX.mix for YR) and then you can begin playing. Though the AI won't use your new units, you can. If you want the AI to use your new units, then you must edit the AI.INI file I think... I'm no AI editor, but you can ask someone to help you with that. And that my friend, who I know nothing about, is how you add units to RA2/YR.
As for putting them into a map, you'll have them basically cloned by copying the file tags and all. I can't exactly help with putting them into the map itself (Still having probs doing that for FinalSun), so you better ask someone to help with that. QUICK_EDIT
Htnk is the rhino, RTNK is the Mirage tank, and you can't have a mirage tank on a rhino body without file editing and such, and BTW the mirage normally doesn't have a turret but there's a spare one from some time before release in RA2.mix. _________________ Yes, work on MV continues. It is not forgotten. QUICK_EDIT
Ah, thank you for correcting me on the unit INI code names Lt Al. Ya, I havn't looked at RA2's INI files in a while, so of course I don't know their names by heart (Though I know their in-game names by heart oddly). Anywho, if you are to add new units, you HAVE to mess with the art and rules.ini files unless the unit in rules.ini has the IMAGE= tag, which I think that enables possible cloning. And I forgot to put one thing in my above post, you WILL have to edit the csf.bag files for the game to read the units correctly. You can't just put name=Rhino MKII and it'll appear as Rhino MK II in the game, instead it'll appear as 'MISSING:Name=Rhino MKII' or something like that without editing the csf filebag. You'll need to put this in for every unit and super weapon Name:XXXX where X = unit/superweapon/infantry/building/aircraft names. So good luck with the adding, and tell us how you do, we'll help, honestly. QUICK_EDIT
ok, your modding a map, I'm gonna assume you have a copy of rulesmd.ini
add these:
[VehicleTypes]
XX=HTNKC(where XX is the number, i forget which number is the first free one)
[HTNKC] (this is the vehicle name you added under the list, just to help you out, I'll make your souped up rhino now under this entry, copy and paste the entire rhino tank entry from the rulesmd.ini, minus the part that says [HTNK])
[HTNK] (Now paste a second entry below it that includes [HTNK], edit what you want your new tank to have, and then hit save, just incase you want it look different, add "Image=4TNK" right under [HTNK])
You should now have two rhino tanks that work ingame. _________________ Please, read the signature rules of the forum. QUICK_EDIT
Yeah, but it'll look like a midget mammoth... There are a ton of midget tanks in ra2.mix, if you have the image=3tnk it'll look like a little heavy tank from RA1, if you use 2tnk it'll look like a medium tank from TD and if you use 1tnk it'll look like a TD/RA1 light tank. if this is original ra2 you can put "Image=ltnk" and it'll look like this funny light tank left in the game's mix files from god knows when, it won't work in YR though as it'll look like a lasher.
[offtopic]and Shakar, please don't call me Lt Al, I'm not as relaxed as you are and I have less orange juice (seriously there's like 2/3 of a carton left in the whole house) If you really have to call me something shorter go with "Josh". No offence meant and I hope none taken. And BTW I don't like tea before you try that [/offtopic] _________________ Yes, work on MV continues. It is not forgotten. QUICK_EDIT
Nope, it didn't work... I'll tell you what i did. I opened rules.ini, and made my tank, i added it to the bottom of the Vehicle list (58=HTNKMKT) Copied the codes for my new tank, paisted them in below that, so it looks like this:
57=CDEST
58=HTNKMKT
UIName=Name:Rhino MKII
Name=Rhino Heavy Tank MKII
Prerequisite=NAWEAP
Primary=130mm
Strength=500
And so on...
I opened the INI editor of my test map, inserted the 'VehicleTypes' so my new tank should be in the INI codes for the map. I started RA2, Built a Factory, and... it wasn't there...
What did i do wrong? QUICK_EDIT
[blabla]
UIName=Name:Rhino MKII
Name=Rhino Heavy Tank MKII
Prerequisite=NAWEAP
Primary=130mm
Strength=500
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I ASSUME you're using the stock Rhino voxel and cameo, no?
You'll needa clone the Rhino as said above ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
And stuff. But if you're THAT desperate...getTibEdfindtherhinosinitagsandthevechicletypeswordsandcopypastethemintothemapinieditor.
Ignore ^.
The 58=blabla is to be under [VehicleTypes] and not above the unit's entry. The unit's entry should be somewhere below the Rhino's as a reference. If it's incomprehensible do read some tutorials... _________________ Please, read the signature rules of the forum. QUICK_EDIT
Well, that didn't work for me. Can't I just send someone the INI files, they put them in the right places, make sure it works on a test map, sends them back to me, I say "Thanks" I put them into my map, and learn off it? Becasue i'm gettin' nowhere with this... QUICK_EDIT
you have to edit the actual map, doing ini editing changes the whole game... _________________ Yes, work on MV continues. It is not forgotten. QUICK_EDIT
If you using RA2 Use the first VehicleType and if YR use the second...
[VehicleTypes]
58=HTNKC
[VehicleTypes]
85=HTNKC
Good to see myths are still alive. It doesn't matter what you call the key, you can call it 58= , 50+16-8= , EIGHTYFIVE= , OMGWTF= , even LXXXV= , and it will work as long as the key is unique. QUICK_EDIT
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New Units -RA2-
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but i still want it to fire Rhino Shells)
Ok, i'll try it.
