Posted by: centurionbc - Sunday, January 13, 2008 8:36:32 PM
hello new to the forum and adverage at modding but i do have a few questions. i was wondering how to take say all the building from all 3 factions and make a completely new faction with the buildings and powers ofthe original 3 factions? and i was also wondering how i could and the wall segments from the factions and make them buildable in the gaem is is possible if so how?
Posted by: Me Myself and Pi - Monday, January 14, 2008 6:18:56 AM
How much do you know about INI files? If you've got some modifying expirence with them, try studying the other factions starting with the PlayerTemplate.ini file. There you'll see what the each player uses from other INI files. Then just study those files & continue on until the end.
Once you've done that, try putting a unit so that it's buildable in another faction. Start small, then work your way up. Any question... just ask.
Posted by: centurionbc - Monday, January 14, 2008 11:50:32 AM
well i know how to take the units build time, cost, and in certain buildings like the sw i can change load times and power but i would like to know how to take all the factions buildings, weapons and all and make a completely new faction with them. and first off does any1 know how to make a new faction?
Posted by: Stewox - Tuesday, January 15, 2008 2:50:07 AM
That's a bit too hard for you to start with , you just need to get some more experience , if you really want to do it , i understand that you want to make a new faction with mixed units from all the generals , most of the job is not too hard (a lot of copying , editing , so it's costs time much , but it is also the fastest and easiest way to do a "new faction" , some mods need years to be finished) , some (maybe) hard thing to do is also easy if copied , but then it is not really a new faction , from the screen it will look like which skin you use , china , usa or gla. Also the harder part is to create it's uniqe generals powers ... oh ...
The best way is to go to www.moddb.com and download the boss unlock mod , it allows you to play it in skirmish (the boss from generals challenge )
Posted by: centurionbc - Wednesday, January 16, 2008 3:24:48 PM
well yes i have played the boss general but i mean how do i say make a new general, like a new name and put all the buildings from the 3 factions and then use say the usa's powers?
Posted by: krit - Wednesday, January 16, 2008 10:57:09 PM
Posted by: centurionbc - Sunday, January 20, 2008 7:56:20 AM
hello again sorry for long responce ,yes that tutorial helped a lot. i was wondering about 1 more thing. what i would like to do is take an existing mod like shockwave and add a new faction to the mod. is this possible?
Posted by: U-W-SAtomicarmy - Sunday, January 20, 2008 8:35:45 AM
Yes, just go to shockwavemod.com and there will be a readme file on where to go to change things in the mod. I have shockwave and it is the best mod ever! Better than Zero hour that EA games made.
Posted by: krit - Monday, January 21, 2008 2:34:56 AM
[quote=centurionbc]
hello again sorry for long responce ,yes that tutorial helped a lot. i was wondering about 1 more thing. what i would like to do is take an existing mod like shockwave and add a new faction to the mod. is this possible? [/quote]
Find the already modded files and do the same as that tutorial stated with the modded files and you got it. Oh, and make sure to back-up any files you modify.
Posted by: Stewox - Monday, January 21, 2008 8:18:33 AM
[quote=U-W-SAtomicarmy]
Yes, just go to shockwavemod.com and there will be a readme file on where to go to change things in the mod. I have shockwave and it is the best mod ever! Better than Zero hour that EA games made. [/quote]
ZERO HOUR is NOT a mod. It is a expansion pack for Generals , and it is offical , so it is not free.
And didn't you knew that shockwawe is a mod running on ZH , every time you run shockwave you run ZH in the same time. The name only doesn't contain "Zero Hour" in.
Posted by: U-W-SAtomicarmy - Monday, January 21, 2008 9:21:08 AM
I know that Zero hour is not a mod, I was just saying that the mod shockwave is a lot better than Generals Zero hour.
