WZ don't use my unit

[D.Durand]

Ok,

In wait for understand how to make a mod file used, i changed directly the files of the game (no worrie : I use an unpacked file for that and always have the original warzone.wz renamed - in *.wz2).

The game not crash, but not use the unit. In fact, he don't even see the research.

The modificiation is the add of two bunkers : One with the Medium Cannon, the other with the Heavy Cannon (we can put a 375mm cannon on top of a wall or even on a tank, but not in a freackin' bunker ? That's weird !).

Added lines (at the end of the files) :

/stats/structurefunctions.txt


/*  Ajouts Vampiloup  */


Pillbox-medium-cannon,Basic Wall Function,86
Pillbox-heavy-cannon,Basic Wall Function,87

/stats/structures.txt

/*  Ajouts Vampiloup  */

Pillbox-medium-cannon,DEFENSE,Level All,BUNKER,0,1,1,Concrete,400,1,20,500,10,125,10,150,255,1,ZNULLECM,DefaultSensor1Mk1,1,Blcanpil.pie,0,1,1
Pillbox-heavy-cannon,DEFENSE,Level All,BUNKER,0,1,1,Concrete,400,1,20,500,10,125,10,150,255,1,ZNULLECM,DefaultSensor1Mk1,1,Blcanpil.pie,0,1,1

/stats/structureweapons.txt

/* Ajouts Vampiloup  */

Pillbox-medium-cannon,Cannon2A-TMk1,147
Pillbox-heavy-cannon,Cannon375mmMk1,148

/stats/research/multiplayer/prresearch.txt

/*  Ajouts Vampiloup  */

R-Defense-Pillbox-medium-cannon,R-Wpn-Cannon2Mk1,1000
R-Defense-Pillbox-medium-cannon,R-Defense-Pillbox04,1000

R-Defense-Pillbox-heavy-cannon,R-Wpn-Cannon3Mk1,1001
R-Defense-Pillbox-heavy-cannon,R-Defense-Pillbox-medium-cannon,1001


/stats/research/multiplayer/research.txt

/*  Ajouts Vampiloup  */

R-Defense-Pillbox-medium-cannon,Level One,0,0,IMAGE_RES_DEFENCE,0,0,RES_PB_MC,Pillbox-medium-cannon,0,0,1600,0,2,0,0,0,1,0,0
R-Defense-Pillbox-heavy-cannon,Level One,0,0,IMAGE_RES_DEFENCE,0,0,RES_PB_HC,Pillbox-heavy-cannon,0,0,1700,0,2,0,0,0,1,0,0

tried with RES_PB_LC, too.

/stats/research/multiplayer/resultstructure.txt

/*  Ajouts Vampiloup  */

R-Defense-Pillbox-medium-cannon,Pillbox-medium-cannon,0,299
R-Defense-Pillbox-heavy-cannon,Pillbox-heavy-cannon,0,300


As i say, no crash, no error message : The game just don't use them. I suppose it's an ID problem.

A hint, someone ?

[DevUrandom]

Did you add it to the files in mp.wz or in warzone.wz?
Because the multiplayer-mode-files in mp.wz override the singleplayer-mode-files in warzone.wz.

[D.Durand]

Wait a second !

I need to put my mod (or changes) in

/.local/share/warzone2100/ (/mods/global/)

or in

/.warzone2100/ (/mods/global/)

?

[DevUrandom]

There is not difference between those 2.
When Warzone searches for a file it will 1st look into ~/.warzone2100 and afterwards in several other locations, .eg the prefix where the exe is installed into: ~/.local/share/warzone2100.

So you can simply put your custom, usermade changes into .warzone2100, while you are not privileged to touch the Warzone installation in /opt or /usr.
Same applies for Windows of course. Warzone 1st searches in Documents and Settings\USER\My Documents\Warzone 2100 and afterwards in the folder it is installed to.

[D.Durand]

Ok. With the mod placed at the good place  ::) we have something.

but the error message is strange :

error:      loadStructureStats: should have a sensor attached to Sys-SensoTower0                                                      1!
error:      Assert in Warzone: structure.c:968 : loadStructureStats (psStructure                                                      ->pSensor != NULL)
Fatal signal: Segmentation Fault (SDL Parachute Deployed)



But the sensotower01 HAVE an attached sensor :

Sys-SensoTower01,DEFENSE,Level All,MEDIUM,0,1,1,Concrete,300,3,10,300,0,60,10,150,255,0,ZNULLECM,SensorTower1Mk1,0,BLGUARDM.PIE,0,0,0


I see if i don't have forgot something somewhere, but i'm sure i have not changed the standard lines, only add some at the end for the two new bunkers.

[D.Durand]

Don't laugh : The game need to have the "sensor.txt" also in the mod folder, even if i have changed nothing in  ???

And know, he don't find the "ressources" for the first added bunker. AARGGHH !

[Troman]

And know, he don't find the "ressources" for the first added bunker. AARGGHH !

You have to give in-game names to your new structures, they are defined in messages\strings\names.txt.

[D.Durand]

Yes, thank. Found that. But now he want, Tadaaaa : Unable to find string resource for RocketSuper

What the hell can be a RocketSuper ?! There is not a suche thing in all the game (this name is not found is all the files of the game !).



EDIT : Resolved by put the entire stats and strings folders inot the mod. What a shame.

[DevUrandom]

Greping for RocketSuper gave me this:

./data/mp/messages/strings/names.txt:RocketSuper                                        "*Rocket Bastion Weapon*"
./data/mp/stats/weaponsounds.txt:RocketSuper,rocket.ogg,LrgExpl.ogg,286
./data/mp/stats/structureweapons.txt:X-Super-Rocket,RocketSuper,161
./data/mp/stats/weapons.txt:RocketSuper,Level All,1200,1250,150000,1,10,5,GNWPFRKT.PIE,TRWPFRKT.PIE,FXMRocAt.PIE,FXMflare.PIE,FXGRDexl.PIE,FXGRDexl.PIE,FXSSplsh.PIE,0,512,2048,70,80,5,2,2,150,400,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,1200,20,YES,KINETIC,ROCKET,DIRECT,ANTI TANK,180,20,-60,YES,NO,0,128,YES,100,100,0,0

Are you sure you modified the mp files and not the singleplayer files?

[D.Durand]

Wait... You mean i need to use the mp.wz ?

...

I want to die.

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Ok. Used MP files.


But he continue to say to me

error:      Unable to find string resource for


/*  Ajouts Vampiloup  */

Pillbox-medium-cannon


even if in the names.txt i have

/*  Ajouts Vampiloup */

Pillbox-medium-cannon "Bunker Canon 75mm"
R-Defense-Pillbox-medium-cannon "Bunker Canon 75mm"
Pillbox-heavy-cannon "Bunker Canon 105mm"
R-Defense-Pillbox-heavy-cannon "Bunker Canon 105mm"

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Ok, seem the research name is too long (grr). But now i have :

error:      STRRES file parse error:
syntax error at line 2437
Text: '*'


Mmh... yes. Line 2437... of what file ? Grr !

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Ok.

First one first : Stats files don't seem to like commentaries.

Deleted commentaries.

Changed names of my objects for have a lenght less than 20 character.

Now, the Medium cannon bunker don't seem to make cry WZ.
But the Heavy one do ! DO ! They are the same, in Anubis name !


Look at what he say to me, the ugly thing :

error:      Unable to find stats for structure Pill-hv-can

And in the vampiloup.wz/stats/structures.txt file, what do you think we find at the last line ?

Pill-hv-can,DEFENSE,Level All,BUNKER,0,1,1,Concrete,400,1,20,500,10,125,10,150,255,1,ZNULLECM,DefaultSensor1Mk1,1,Blcanpil.pie,0,1,1



Edit : Added the two in structurefunctions.txt, but that change nothing.
:'(

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Funny. If in structures.txt i change the place of Pill-md-can and Pill-hv-can, it's "md" he can't find, now...


OH MY ! 

If i put the two BEFORE X-Super (the fortress, i imagine), the error message is that :

error:      Unable to find stats for structure X-Super-Rocket

He refuse to find the LAST of the file.

The file has 152 lines.

[DevUrandom]

Did you try to make the file and in a newline?
Means: An empty line at the end.

[D.Durand]

Just picked the original file and put my lines at the end.

If i put one empty line at the end, i have that :

error:      Unable to find stats for structure


And if i put two or more empty lines, i have that :

error:      Unable to find string resource for

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Strangely enough, if i put the two same line at the end, as this :

X-Super-Rocket,DOOR,Level All,HARD,0,2,2,Concrete,1600,1,15,1200,10,1250,10,100,255,1,ZNULLECM,DefaultSensor1Mk1,1,STWPFCAN.PIE,0,0,1
Pill-md-can,DEFENSE,Level All,BUNKER,0,1,1,Concrete,400,1,20,500,10,125,10,150,255,1,ZNULLECM,DefaultSensor1Mk1,1,Blcanpil.pie,0,1,1
Pill-hv-can,DEFENSE,Level All,BUNKER,0,1,1,Concrete,400,1,20,500,10,125,10,150,255,1,ZNULLECM,DefaultSensor1Mk1,1,Blcanpil.pie,0,1,1
Pill-hv-can,DEFENSE,Level All,BUNKER,0,1,1,Concrete,400,1,20,500,10,125,10,150,255,1,ZNULLECM,DefaultSensor1Mk1,1,Blcanpil.pie,0,1,1

The message error say also :

error:      Unable to find stats for structure

But at the last line, i put just the structure name, as that :

X-Super-Rocket,DOOR,Level All,HARD,0,2,2,Concrete,1600,1,15,1200,10,1250,10,100,255,1,ZNULLECM,DefaultSensor1Mk1,1,STWPFCAN.PIE,0,0,1
Pill-md-can,DEFENSE,Level All,BUNKER,0,1,1,Concrete,400,1,20,500,10,125,10,150,255,1,ZNULLECM,DefaultSensor1Mk1,1,Blcanpil.pie,0,1,1
Pill-hv-can

I have the same

error:      Unable to find stats for structure Pill-hv-can

with or without the stats, as if the game, for the last line, stop to read after the last name but BEFORE the stats.

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Surprisingly, if i delete the last empty line in the three structure stats of the mod (structurefunctions, structures, structureweapons), i don't have theses error message anymore, but this one :

error:      Unable to find viewdata for message RES_PB_MC

That's a problem with the research messages of the medium bunker. I go for it.

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FOUND !  ;D

The LC was in the resmessage1

Now, eh say that :

error:      Unable to find Research R-Def-Pill-hv-can


Nooooooooo !

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Added an empty line at the end of the file.

New error message :

error:      Cannot find the structure Stat for Research Bunker Canon 105mm


wu ?

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In Anubis name : That's WORK !

Just added - again - an empty line at the end of the Structures.txt

I have my bunkers. At least (and they pack a lot).

[DevUrandom]

There is also an EDIT function...

[D.Durand]

Sorry. Don't think at that  :-[


Damn, the Heavy Cannon Bunker research is not possible. No crash, no error message. Only, the HCB is not shown is the research panel, even if the prequisite are known... I understand nothing, there.

[Troman]

Does MC Bunker research work?