Mods? Maps? Need some help

GrudgeBringer · #1 July 7th, 2008, 09:15 PM

windows XP is my OS

GrudgeBringer · #2 July 7th, 2008, 09:25 PM

OK My Kingmaker Map D/L says KingMaker_wr

RGB File

AP2.RGB

Now the problem is that when i put it in the Dom map directory and tried to 'unzip' it...it came up with it can't open and I need something to open it with.

When I hit the option that is already checked it takes me to a screen that says I can purchase this or that.

My only other option is to select my own device (yeah, right).

I created a game and went to the map selection and it is not in there.

So do I have a bad D/L or am I just not getting it?

Gandalf Parker · #3 July 7th, 2008, 09:38 PM

Ahhh. KingMaker is a game in progress?
Sorry, MP games operate under different conditions.

The AP2.RGB is the graphic image of the map. If you grab an up-to-date image viewer like IrfanView then you could click on it and view it but its not necessary.

A multiplayer game does not have to give you the .map file for that map. In fact, they often dont because it could have information in it that you could read and make use of. When you are playing the multiplayer game, the host needs the .map file when it processess all the turns. It sends you the info you need. You must have a graphic iamge to show it on but you dont need the .map file.

Without the .map file, you cant start a game on that map. Its only going to be useful for playing the KingMaker game.

GrudgeBringer · #4 July 7th, 2008, 10:03 PM

So your saying its like the TRN (for example) file for MP?

I will get it sent to me and I just have to put it in the right directory (and maybe unzip it)?

If thats true then that simplifies the heck out of that.

Now Mods...when I D/L Worthy Heroes to desktop I put it in the mods file (well actually I made a New Mods file IN the Mods directory and extracted it in there)but it does't show up in the Mod Prefrences.

Did I do it wrong or maybe extracted it at the wrong time or to the wrong place?

BTW, Thanks...I always see you on here answering the same questions for us NOOBS over and over. For all of us THANKS!!

Sombre · #5 July 7th, 2008, 10:25 PM

About a mod zip or rar file.

You need to extract it 'with paths' to the mods subfolder of dom3.

In the end all .dm files must be in dominions3/mods or whatever the location is called. Not dominions3/mods/Newmods or anything like that. The graphic files used by the dm can be in subfolders of /mods, but not ones arbitrarily made up by you, they have to be in the correct ones defined in the dm - you get these when you unzip or unrar 'with paths' (keeping paths defined by the author of the zip/rar).

Gandalf Parker · #6 July 7th, 2008, 10:53 PM

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GrudgeBringer said:
BTW, Thanks...I always see you on here answering the same questions for us NOOBS over and over. For all of us THANKS!!

Its not a stretch for me. Its been a part of my day job for as long as PCs have existed.

yeah what Sombre said.
Unzip it to the mods directory. It might create a subdirectory for itself but the .dm file would still land in the mods directory where dom3 can find it, and it would have inside it some instructions to dom3 telling it to look for its special files in the subdir it created for itself.

JimMorrison · #7 July 8th, 2008, 02:28 AM

Just to chime in here - it sounds like you are getting the NewLords folder that your premade Pretender lands in, confused with the Mod folder. Forget Newmods, it doesn't exist.

GrudgeBringer · #8 July 8th, 2008, 06:48 PM

OK, I got a map at random. It is called Warhammer ORGE KING.

I drug it into maps (as it said zipped but wouldn't open) and it broke into 3 files.

1. Is a yellow file that looks like the ones we make when asked to make a new file. It has a whole LOT of TGA files.
It is named warhammer orge kn...

2. second file is a dog ear file that just says Warhammer Orge Kingdoms dm. and when I try to open it it directs me to a place where it says I can D/L stuff to open Dm files (whatever the H*** they are).

3. A third One that doesn't do anything.

I also checked in my Maps when I tried to start a new game and its not in there.

Can I REALLY be this stupid?

I read and reread the posts you guys have sent and I honestly don't understand what to do next.

Maybe if you could direct me to one (MOD like the worthy heroes that you KNOW is up to date and tell me how to do it I could keep trying) and a MAP that is a good one that the game will take and maybe with your directions I can get it to work.

ONCE I get it to work (I take notes when doing it the first time)I will always know how to do it.

Geeeez, I have to be the only one on here that has played this game for 2 months and can't seem to understand how to do most simple things to play MP unless its Vanilla.

Sorry for the rant and thanks for the help!!