Hey!

I re-installed Yuri again. And started modding on it again.
I remember last time that after hours and hours of modding, new units, deleted units etc
But then when playing the AI on Skirmish, the AI seemed to play the "original" game, how is this possible?


One example:

I gave the Soviet Attack Sub to Yuri's army. Changed the name a bit and gave it one of Yuri units voices. Changed the weapon etc etc.

But then when I started the mod, I play as Yuri and the AI as Soviet. I start of by building my new submarines, and boomers. And then voila the AI Soviet still uses the original Soviet Attack Subs and kills me...?

What do I have to change so the AI obays my modification "rules"?

Yes that's correct, there is an INI file called like that.

But it doesn't really say 'which' units each 'command' creates.
It's just numbers and letters; huge wall of text.

What am I looking for here exactly?

I found some codes named "Yuri naval hunters" and "Yuri naval bombers", or something similar.

Looking at the INI file, it appears that there is only team (or TaskForce, as the code calls them) that uses the Typhoon. Its name is 0EC204BC-G; use the find command to locate it.


You can use a program like XCC Mixer to open and extract assets from the MIX files.

Awesome, now it finally seems to work!
I recreated first my old mod, and now the AI works too. Then I got some inspiration from RA 3.

Now the AI attacked me with Scorpion boats instead of Soviet subs, and they also trained polar bears when I attacked with spies!


Now this is what I have changed in my mod so far:

Proloque:
When Yuri defected he took with him some of the Soviet technology, units and structures.
While waiting for Yuri's strike forces, soviet engineers improved their exicting units and structures, also gaining some new units. Meanwhile the Allied spies gathered the new soviet improvements and improved their own army.


General changes:
Considering to limit high tier base defences (especially France Grand Cannon) into 3-5.


Soviet changes:
No Attack dogs.
New unit: Polar bear
Smaller sight and slower speed than Attack dog.
Can autoheal.
Weapon: Brute punch
Voice: Polar bear
Cost: 400
Can sniff and detect Allied spies.

No submarines.
Scorpion boats now detect 'stealth' instead.

Vehicles can now be repaired in War Factory.
Service Depots obsolete (deleted).


Allied changes:
Prism tanks don't 'wtfpwng' everything now.

France now perhaps constructs more effectively Grand Cannons.

Vehicles can now be repaired in War Factory.
Service Depots obsolete (deleted).


Yuri changes:
Mind controlling units no longer detect Allied spies (Yuri clone, Psychic tower etc).
Brutes can now detect Allied spies.

New unit: Yuri submarine
Little faster speed than the old Soviet Attack subs
Little longer sight than the old Soviet Attack subs
Weapon: Boomer torpedos
Voice: Boomer voice
Cost: 1200

Boomer submarine no longer acquires torpedos
Boomer submarine now requires a Battle lab
Cost: 2000

Infantries (humans) can now heal in Barracks.


Miscellaneous changes:
Yuri War Factories still can't repair units, use the Grinder instead.

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I'm considering to add more stuff, especially into the Yuri army, I think it's lacking too much stuff.

I actually considered giving them a Tesla-boat. But haven't found any good boat models for it.
I mean giving the Scorpion a Tesla shooter would look weird, because the model have a kind-of artillery look in it.


PS: What does all these names mean, I have figured some of them out but not all of them?

[CATHOSP]
UIName=Name:
Name=
Image=
TechLevel=-1
Strength=800
Insignificant=yes
Nominal=yes
Sight=6
Points=5
Armor=concrete
Explosion=
DamageParticleSystems=
LeaveRubble=yes
InfantryGainSelfHeal=1
Adjacent=2
Factory=
Owner=Russians,Confederation,Africans,Arabs
Power=0
Crewed=yes
DestroyAnim=NACNSTD
MaxDebris=15
MinDebris=5
DebrisAnim=
ThreatPosed=0
TogglePower=no
EligibileForAllyBuilding=yes
ImmuneToPsionics=no


It will be much easier to experiment new stuff when I know what all of these mean :)

What do I have to do to make it buildable ingame?

EDIT:

Tried to mod the AI again but this time I got a bit confused... what does all of these mean?

"[08B966AC-G]
Name=2 Gatt, 4 Clone, 2 Master
0=4,YURI
1=2,YTNK
2=2,MIND
Group=-1"

Edited by user Sunday, March 9, 2008 10:37:51 AM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

You'll need to edit artmd.ini in order to get the voxel working ingame. Here's an example you can copy:
I named the block of code "TCRU" to match the name of the voxel download I gave you. Whenever you want to add nex voxels to RA2, you need to include a block of code like this that has the same name as the voxel file. To attach this voxel to a unit, you need to name the unit the same as the block of art code in artmd.ini. So clone another ship (such as the Sea Scorpion) and make sure that the top line reads "[TCRU]". Then make sure that TCRU is declared in the VehicleTypes list in rulesmd.ini and you should be good to go.


This code defines a team consisting of 4 Yuri Clones, 2 Gattling Tanks, and 2 Masterminds. As far as I know, the Group= tag should be set to -1 for all teams.

Try placing them in the RA2 directory.


The number to the left of the equal sign is the slot that particular type of unit takes--I believe a team can have up to eight of them. The number to the right is the number of that particular unit to have in the team.

This is where my memory runs short. Fortunately, Google is here to pick up the slack. Here is a page with basic tutorials, including how to turn an image into a cameo, and here is a tutorial for making professional-looking cameos.


It is not possible to add new Houses (countries or sides) in RA2 because of hard-coded limitations. I remember reading about some sort of "mod patch" that alters the hard code so you can add more houses, but I can't remember the name of it. [:-grumpy]

I guess you can replace units... so for example replacing every structure and unit from the Yuri side would work. Hmm... but on Skirmish the Yuri name and image would maybe still show up.
I'm planning to re-make the soviet side into something very different.

And yeah, the cameos work now, for my Pyramid and Polar bear. Going to make a new cameo for the Tesla Cruiser as well.

EDIT:

This far everything workes just fine, the new Yuri Pyramid, Assault Bear, Shock Ship. I even renamed the Yuri Submarine I gave Yuri from the Soviet, also renamed Yuri's Shipyard into Submarine Pen and Amphibious Transport into Hover Transport.

However, I can't seem to get one thing figured out. Where do I change the fireing-spot?
Because it seems like the Shock Ship shoots the tesla bolt out of the middle of the ship, but I want the electric bolt to come from the tesla guns (which is almost at the far end of the ship).
I tried different "Fireangle=" and "Locomotors", but no good results.

Also one other thing.
Well, there are the "sub factions" in Red Alert 2 YR, is it possible to change these? Or is this also hard-coded?
I mean, instead of, for example that you only acquire the Tesla Tank from being Russia, is it possible to give the Russian side a whole own faction?
In this case, I could add up to 7 new sides?

Edited by user Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:12:53 AM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified