hello,

I have a quick question:

With the Starbase modules section, there is the StarBaseAbilityValue and a set of Def and Att values that all give a value for the funtion of the module.

In the case of weapons for the starbase (or ship assist), do the Att and Def strings overwrite the StarBaseAbilityValue?

Ive noticed in the Starbas modules file, that there is only one instance where There is a StarBaseAbilityValue along with an Att or Def value, the Electro-Magnetic Surge.
Here:

!-- <starbasemodule internalname="ElectromagneticSurge">
<name>Electro-Magnetic Surge</name>
<model>Starbase01</model>
<tech_requirement>Aereon Missile Defense</tech_requirement>
<module_requirement>BattleStations</module_requirement>
<description>Your best line of defense against an Overlord-class Missile attack.</description>
<modulesize>2</modulesize>
<starbaseability>StarbaseDefense</starbaseability>
<defpointdefense>16</defpointdefense>
<starbaseabilityvalue>30</starbaseabilityvalue>
<type>Defense</type>
</starbasemodule>
--
So what does the value of 30 actually do?

how do you modify the screens or the game in general? what programs are there ??

Dudes, I was wondering there was a way i could replace the music for this game, i only like the war music- and only slightly then-. However i would like to replace all the music with Holsts' planet suite. Do i just paste the mp3 and rename them to the old musics one, and if so which peice of musice is placed where- for example when is war 00 played differing from war 01. Anywho if you could help this noob I'd be very gratefull

hmm I've tried adding a ship model to the game with no success..

I have the model in .x format, named it S4_example for the .x file and placed it in the models folder. I placed all necessary textures in there, and I entered the info in ship components. However, when i go into the game and look at the ships for i see the thumbnail named correctly as my ship, but the thumbnail is black and my ship doesn't show up at all in the viewer either. What have I done wrong?

@ Rusty gamer: I didn't tried it yet, but when, it should be changeable in the screen file of the techtree, maybe it's called techtree.dxpack or something like this, it should contain all color versions of the technology image, and you could swap it.
If it's just a white png picture the colorising may be hardcoded.
but swapping the design of the tech should be 100% possible by this way.

sincerly,

Stefan

it seems that your shipmodel was converted wrong, please list all steps you made while exporting to x-format, so I can see what you probably made wrong.

How many textures did you used?

did you used multimaterial?

which exporter did you used?

thanks =O)

-Stefan

What are the limitations on which techs you can mod a civilization to start off with? I have been able to do pretty-much everything I have wanted mod-wise for this game except for adding starting techs to certain civilizations, for some reason, simply using the given format for racial mods and putting in the name of techs I want to be added is not working out for me...

Thanks for the info...

So is there a way to modify that 250 number?

Kay, here's a dot!?!

How, strange... does this mean a brand spanking new *MODDING* guide for TotA (even backward compatible with DA stuff, btw) is in the works?

The Editors are really fun to have. Some kinda help (documentation) for these may be needed, though.

It means I did in fact bump the thread

As the editors are just a GUI for the XML editing, the modding guide is still (mostly) valid and useful documentation for modding.

I have a question for you Kryo, though I have this in another thread too..perhaps you or some others may have some insights into what Im doing wrong. BAsically, Im trying to change the events and add new ones! Ive been succesfful in the changes and additions, but.....you knew there had to be a but didnt you? All my values, when playing, come up as +- the value..so lets say I want to give 1000 bc...then it shows +-1000 bc(and it subtracts it by the way). Does this for every value, whether PQ, Research, etc. Ive read over and over the event section in the moding guide and have everything labeled correct that I can tell. Ill post an example below and plz tell me where i went wrong:



Due to our eco friendly landing and environment friendly farming, we have a massive increase in the planet quality. A farmer released some of his "bionic" worms into the soil, and they have completly refreshed the dirt and made it many time more productive! Good think we cared enough about safe farming like this...I hear evil empires didnt want to waste money on this!?
Gfx\Spaceworms01.png
0
Planning ahead and taking care of the environment always pays off! (+[GOODVALUE]% Planet Quality bonus)
While we didnt invest as much into this as some, but we did have had a bit of an increase. (+[NEUTRALVALUE]% Planet Quality bonus)
BIONIC WORMS!!! What? Did they like cost 6 BILLION Credits...dont tell me they are better than they were before...better, stronger, and faster?? Disgusting! Anyone who invested in this should be shot!
4 GoodATT
4 NeuATT
0 EvilATT
40 GoodV
20 NeuV
0 EviVa
0 GPC
0 NPC
0 EPC
3 MW


(Edit) I added the category names as it wont show them how I copied them over. I dont have them like this in my XML files...its just to show you what the values go with) So when i do this event, it will come up as +-40 PQ?? Im at a complete loss as to what Im doing wrong...any constructive help(note the constructive I put in there) is very welcome.

Since by convention only negative numbers are signed, it looks like the devs just put a + in the description as you see above (+[NEUTRALVALUE]%). You can take it out, but then bonuses for that event (if any) will not have a sign on them at all.