Changing stuff in Emperor

[Emperor Harkonnen]

I want to change the techlevel in Skirmish, or decide which units is to be built(like the rules file in ra).

Does such file exist for Emperor??

[vidiware]

yes but it goes under the group modding...so it will be a small mod

download duneEx from dune editing... then i one of the model folders. you will find a rules.txt and artini.txt.. with this you can make basic mods with no new graphics

Techlevel do exist but arent used...

but you can make the units you build subhouse specific:

if u not are allied with guild... the rocket launcher or some think could not be buildable

[nemafakei]

To make it clear, use DuneEx to extract he rules.txt and ArtIni.txt from emperorDATAmodel0001.rfh (and 0002.rfh etc - the highest number is the most recent patch). Alter them as you will (see http://editing.dune2k.com/docs/ to find out how some things work) and save the file in EmperorDATAmodel (nb you will need to create the model folder yourself)

[Emperor Harkonnen]

Thanks guys. But I found an easier way: Tibed

[Frodo]

ah, mod makers are unreliable. Hasn't Aplphabeta4000 tought you anything? Always use a text editor.

[Emperor Harkonnen]

But there was someything strange about tibed, you couldn't make a unit/building be assigned to more than one house. and it was not possible to make scientists and civilians buildable >:(

[Frodo]

that's one reason why you use a text editor. I believe Jacob Douds was modding Note Tab Lite, I wonder if he still is.

[Emperor Harkonnen]

But is the rules.txt just as easy to use as the rules.ini in red alert???

[Frodo]

even easier.

[Emperor Harkonnen]

Well, I tried to make it so that I could build the Ix Slave, but guess what? It didn't work >:(

I wrote in the file:

House: Ix,Atreides

just like I used to in the ra rules file, but I wasn't able to build it.

do you know what went wrong, Frodo or anyone else?

[Frodo]

you put

house = ix

primarybuilding = ixrescenter

[Emperor Harkonnen]

Thanks I'll try that

[Emperor Harkonnen]

Nah, didn't work >:(

DO you have any idea what's wrong?

[Frodo]

paste this over the slave...

[iXSlave]

House = Ix

StormDamage=10 //only damages is never picked up

UnitGroup = FromIXResCentre

Terrain = Rock, Sand, NBRock, InfRock, Ramp

PrimaryBuilding = IXResCentre

Cost = 40

Size = 1

Speed = 2.0 //game coord per update

TurnRate = 0.2  //radians per tick

Armour = None, 50, InfRock

Health = 300

Infantry = true

CanBeSuppressed = TRUE

//SoundSelected = Selected

//SoundOrdered = Ordered

ViewRange = 7

AiSpecial = TRUE

TechLevel = 1

Crushable = TRUE

ChaosEffect = SmallChaosFX

HawkEffect = SmallHawkFX

TastyToWorms = False

WormAttraction = 3

TurretAttach = IXSlaveKnife

CanMoveAnyDirection = TRUE

GetsHeightAdvantage = FALSE

CanBeDeviated = FALSE

CanBeRepaired = FALSE

Score = 2

AIThreat = 40

Then in the Artini.txt put this over the Slave...

 [iXSlave]

 Icon = "iconsFR_ADVFremen.tga"  

 IconGrey  = "iconsgrey_FR_ADVFremen.tga"

 Xaf = "IX_Slave"

 SideBarType = "Infantry"

That should do the trick.

[Emperor Harkonnen]

Thanks, I'll try that too.

[jacobdouds]

bah, it takes longer then all the mods here put together to get anywhere, program modding isn't as easy, so i gave that up, ill see waht other progs there are.

And this calls for a change of sig

[alphabeta4000]

riper had an old but useful program but he had to kill it

[Emperor Harkonnen]

What Frodo told me worked, so now I'll just put that in the other units I want too