Questions for a new mod
 

I am appealing to all the better modders out here for some basic assistance with my first mod.

I wrote everything out according to the mod manual in the Dominions docs folder (probably outdated, but what the heck) while using Edi's database for numbers and such. So...

I get it set up, and I try to create a game, and I get the Nagot gick fel! response, with it saying bad armor assigned to new monster. I look into it, and can't get any better info, so I copy my mod info, clear out everything after the equipment, and it seems to load fine. I add in the first monster, and it fails, so it looks like it's a general problem with how I assigned the armor. Can someone check this creation?

#newmonster 2500
#name "Light Infantry"
#spr1 "LI.tga"
#spr2 "LIAtt.tga"
#desc "TBD"
#ap 12
#mapmove 2
#hp 10
#prot 0
#size 2
#str 10
#enc 3
#att 10
#def 10
#prec 10
#mr 10
#mor 10
#gcost 10
#rcost 1
#weapon 1
#weapon 21
#armor 7
#armor 20
#end

It should be using a Spear and a Javelin, and have Scale Mail Cuirass and an Iron Cap.

Thanks for any help, guys. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

Re: Questions for a new mod
 

I believe the #armor command will not accept a number. You have to enter a string between quotation marks, in your case, the command aught to read:

#armor "Scale Mail Cuirass"

To make matters worse however, I believe there was a spelling change in the last patch and it may have to read:

#armor "Scalemail Cuirass"

Re: Questions for a new mod
 

It should be:

#newmonster 2500
#name "Light Infantry"
#spr1 "./dir/LI.tga"
#spr2 "./dir/LIAtt.tga"
#desc "TBD"
#ap 12
#mapmove 2
#hp 10
#prot 0
#size 2
#str 10
#enc 3
#att 10
#def 10
#prec 10
#mr 10
#mor 10
#gcost 10
#rcost 1
#weapon 1
#weapon 21
#armor "Scale Mail Cuirass"
#armor "Iron Cap"
#end

I dont know what directory your sprites are at so I put "dir" instead. You need to insert directory thats in your /Dominions3/Mods dir.

Re: Questions for a new mod
 

It's still "Scale Mail Cuirass" afaik.

I think you should change the graphics lines too, to point to a subfolder of the mods directory and put the graphics in there. No-one wants them cluttering the actual mod directory.

Re: Questions for a new mod
 

The best way to avoid these kinds of problems is to download someone else's finished mod and look from there if troubles arise.

I used Sombre's Ulm Reborn for this purpose. Helped me a great deal.

Re: Questions for a new mod
 

Ahhh...

Goes from not reading the mod manual quite well enough. I figured it would act just like the weapon assignment. Funny enough, I had originally had the words in, and decided it would be quicker to have the numbers.

Thanks a bunch, guys!

Also, I gather from Edi's DB that -1 for Range (what the Javelin has) is how to put rng=Str. Is this correct, and is there any way to get rng=Str+2, for example?

And, as for modifying someone else's mod... I'd rather start from scratch, and learn my way through my mistakes. I hate what amounts to modifying other people's code. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

Re: Questions for a new mod
 

Re: Questions for a new mod
 

I have never found the armour modding's requirement of name rather than number to be a problem, so I don't think it should be anywhere near #1 priority. That's just me though.

Wyatt: You can't make new range=str weapons. You can modify existing range=str weapons though.

Re: Questions for a new mod
 

Cool, thanks, Edi. I didn't mean to imply that the Database was a modding manual. I just figured to use the numbers, but if I can't, I can't. I can hardcode it, as the item (a beefed up javelin) is only used on one unit, and, even if they get the experience to get +1 Str, it won't be a big deal if they don't get +1 range. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

Sombre: Not checking the manual directly, can I copy a weapon like you copy a monster, then modify it, or can I only make a new one. If memory serves, it's the latter, but I just thought I'd check.