So I think its really far fetched for this game's engine but I'll ask anyway.

Is it possible to put every custom thing[units weapons locomotors ocl and others] all into one ini file for convenience?


If not, is there a way to comment out whole sections of an ini file? ; affects a single line, is there syntax like html where you put to comment out whole paragraphs instead of just a single line.

I've been meaning to look into putting things in the same folder. It seems perfectly logical to me that that would work, but I've not tested it.

To my knowledge the only way to comment out code is to use a semi-colon on every line.

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I've just put in all my custom units into a file for easy reference next time. Objects like shells can be put into the file - nuke general has some nuclear objects. But have never seen weapons locomotors ocl et al present in a single ini file to date.

No. Locomotors, armors, weapons, etc. Need to be in their respective ini files.

The reason why not all WeaponObjects are not in that ini file is because they're all Objects under Data/INI/Objects/ this also explains why all vanilla faction buildings are all in FactionBuilding.ini. you can put all of your custom units in one custom ini file.

However, things that aren't objects should be in their respective ini files.

Sadly, I don't know if there is a multi-line comment in ini coding. :<

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Has anyone actually tried putting different modules in the same file? We all assume they have to be seper are but if they had to be in the right file why do the modules all start with what they are? As long as your command sets start with commandset and your command buttons start with commandbutton I see no reason for it to not work.

Unless someone tries it and finds it fails one shouldn't say it can't be done. (Even if they try it and it fails that's still not proof it actually won't work just that they couldn't get it to work.)

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I think it really just has something to do on how the game searches for ini files.

It only seems logical that all objects go under Data/INI/Objects.
And everything else just around Data/INI. Mixing Objects and non-objects is probably a bad idea since the game will expect certain data types depending on where they are placed in the directory.

Also try putting OCL in ParticleSystem.ini, I think the game will crash since it expects everything in ParticleSystem.ini to be ParticleSystem. This is all speculation though(I'll come back to you once I've tested it)

EDIT: Have tested it.

This is what happens if you put an OCL in a ParticleSystem

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It crashes at the splash screen.

Now putting the OCL under Data/INI/Objects will not crash the game by any means BUT if you run Worldbuilder that uses these you'd get an Assertion Failure


This means, the game cannot use it since it cannot find it.


These are hard-coded things. You might as well be making your own game at that point.

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Just because you failed doesn't necessarily mean it's impossible. I just wanted to make the point that since no one had tried it no one could say for certain it wouldn't work.

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Did I say it's impossible?

Normal modding, no I don't think it'll work.

Redoing the hardcode? Yes definitely.

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Again, you don't think. It might be possible with normal modding but we don't know how yet.

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Looks like I will be the first to try this method then.

Testing out having a weapon in the custom file instead of weapon.ini

Weapons can be with units so moved over all custom weapons, same for weapon objects, locomotors.

Now I have a feeling that science cant be put into a custom file - putting it out of order already causes crash.

Buttons commandset & upgrades need their respective files.