Just Sharing my new mod - Umbarthium

[Agrajag]

Originally posted by tinkthank:
ehm, I downloaded your mod --- but which nation does yours replace?

The In-game description clearly states "Ulm" and so does actual gameplay (AKA Ulm).
Did you remember to unzip the .zip file into the "mods" directory in the dominions 2 directory?
Did you remember to enable it?
And start a new game when it is enabled and choosing the Umbarthium nation? (which will stand there instead of Ulm)

[ July 29, 2004, 11:38: Message edited by: Agrajag ]

[Smauler]

Originally posted by Agrajag:
AND I really would like giving all Umbarthians 4 hand slots, but as far as the docs go, that isnt possible, I could give them three hands, but how does that make more sense?
Eventually I used the simple equipment slots available to most humans because that made the most sense of the available options.

Have you tried adding different numbers? I've only just had a look at the modding docs, and may be way off here, but here goes.

All the item slot value numbers are obviously binary based, and the arm values are 0-255. A lot of that isn't specified though in the docs, but I reckon it'd be possible to play with. Currently, these are the numbers for arms specified in docs:
0 arms = 1 = 10000000
1 arm = 2 = 01000000
2 arms = 6 = 01100000
3 arms = 14 = 01110000

So, I was thinking perhaps:
4 arms = 30 = 01111000
5 arms = 62 = 01111100
6 arms = 126 = 01111110
7 arms = 254 = 01111111

Anyway, I haven't done any modding myself, and this is only a guess as to how it works, it just looks like it should work this way. Thus to get 4 arms, you add 30, instead of the 14 for three, or 6 for two arms. Anyway, you could give it a try, don't blame me it it doesn't work though

[Smauler]

sorry, double post.

[ July 29, 2004, 12:30: Message edited by: Smauler ]

[Agrajag]

Originally posted by Smauler:

Anyway, I haven't done any modding myself, and this is only a guess as to how it works, it just looks like it should work this way. Thus to get 4 arms, you add 30, instead of the 14 for three, or 6 for two arms. Anyway, you could give it a try, don't blame me it it doesn't work though

!!!
It worked!
I know binary, I just never thought of it myself
OK, I updated the .zip yet again so you can just redownload it for the latest Version (it still says its Version 1.01 though).
I'll start working on national heroes soon.

[Smauler]

Brilliant, glad it worked . I'll download your mod again (I've got 1.00 now) and give it a go. I think the docs descibe all alternatives apart from arms though, so you can't create any more than 2 heads, 1 body, or one feet though.

[Agrajag]

Originally posted by Smauler:
Brilliant, glad it worked . I'll download your mod again (I've got 1.00 now) and give it a go. I think the docs descibe all alternatives apart from arms though, so you can't create any more than 2 heads, 1 body, or one feet though.

Damnit, and I was just thinking about a four headed, two bodied, three feeted, twenty armed race of monkeys from mars...
Im happy atleast one person like my mod =O
I just discovered that those Umbarthians are real SC killers. (In a battle against them... luckily for me, Its not a hard map as its going right now and that was just an expirimental SC as I haven't yet mastered the arts of SCs =P).
So... No one else like my mod? Maybe I shouldnt design special heroes for them then

[Smauler]

Originally posted by Agrajag:
Damnit, and I was just thinking about a four headed, two bodied, three feeted, twenty armed race of monkeys from mars...
Im happy atleast one person like my mod =O
I just discovered that those Umbarthians are real SC killers. (In a battle against them... luckily for me, Its not a hard map as its going right now and that was just an expirimental SC as I haven't yet mastered the arts of SCs =P).
So... No one else like my mod? Maybe I shouldnt design special heroes for them then

I don't get SC's myself yet, I'm a bit of a newbie gameplaying-wise. I only got the full game less than a week ago. I still haven't played out games with each original nation, so I couldn't give a balanced view of yours. I will give it a full game tomorrow though, and if I can beat medium AI, either I'm improving, or it's overpowered