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Custom Ship Styles Problem

May 16, 2008 11:53:40 AM from GalCiv II ForumsGalCiv II Forums
Ok now what am I doing wrong here?  I make a custom ship style for Klingon ships I made and when I use them as an AI opponent the ships I choose, for example, the survey ship is a ship looking very much like a Klingon Bird of Prey.  Yeah me, it worked.

But if I load that very same race to be the one I play as it gives me Drengin start up ships.  The templates I made for the Klingon ships are there but I would have prefered to start the game with them on screen like the AI does.
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Reply #1 May 16, 2008 2:19:39 PM
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Are you doing this for TA?
I'm doing a shipstyle at this very moment.
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Reply #2 May 16, 2008 2:30:06 PM
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Reply #3 May 16, 2008 2:54:05 PM
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Did you alter the the Hull ID's? eg Tiny Hull I instead of TinyHull0
I have the same problem.
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Reply #4 May 16, 2008 5:45:22 PM
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I solved it, by making a new module style, eg S6_Tiny1.X
It seems, one cannot create new colonyships, surveyships, and spaceminers, if choosing a different name attribute other than the original one in shipdefs.
It needs to be the same, for the three mentioned ships.
If it applies generally for all ships, I have not tested enough yet.
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Reply #5 May 16, 2008 6:29:04 PM
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Ok my brain must not be working but what file am I messing with? I'm looking at my template folder, my shipstyle folder, my brain not in my skull folder. I'm lost.

There has to be an easier way if the game is suppose to let us have a custom ship style then it would be nice if the game would start with the set up we designed. That is what its suppose to do right?
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Reply #6 May 16, 2008 7:18:35 PM
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Well, my mod is completely replacing the custom default race, so you need to place a customized RaceConfig.xml into the ModName\Data folder.
I don't know, if you already defined the ships in ModName\Data\ShipDefs?
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Reply #7 May 16, 2008 7:39:58 PM
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yep got that. I don't know, maybe I'll walk away from it and take a look at it tomorrow.
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Reply #8 May 17, 2008 3:47:11 AM
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Just create,copy&paste this into ..\ModName\my.bat and edit of your likening.
Run the script, set the ModuleStyle to eg. 6 in Shipstyle and raceconfig

[/Code]

echo Copying DA models...

echo DA-Cargo ...

copy ..\..\..\DarkAvatar\Gfx\Models\S2_Cargo_3.x Gfx\Models\S6_Cargo_3.x

echo DA-Tiny ...

copy ..\..\..\DarkAvatar\Gfx\Models\S2_Tiny_3.x Gfx\Models\S6_Tiny_3.x

echo DA-Small ...

copy ..\..\..\DarkAvatar\Gfx\Models\S2_Small_3.x Gfx\Models\S6_Small_3.x

echo DA-Medium ...

copy ..\..\..\DarkAvatar\Gfx\Models\S2_Medium_3.x Gfx\Models\S6_Medium_3.x

echo DA-Large ...

copy ..\..\..\DarkAvatar\Gfx\Models\S2_Large_3.x Gfx\Models\S6_Large_3.x

echo DA-Huge ...

copy ..\..\..\DarkAvatar\Gfx\Models\S2_Huge_3.x Gfx\Models\S6_Huge_3.x

copy ..\..\..\DarkAvatar\Gfx\Models\S2_Brick_6.x Gfx\Models\S6_Brick_6.x

echo Copying TA models...

echo TA-Cargo ...

copy ..\..\..\Twilight\Gfx\Models\S2_Cargo_0.x Gfx\Models\S6_Cargo_0.x
copy ..\..\..\Twilight\Gfx\Models\S2_Cargo_1.x Gfx\Models\S6_Cargo_1.x

echo TA-Tiny ...

copy ..\..\..\Twilight\Gfx\Models\S2_Tiny_0.x Gfx\Models\S6_Tiny_0.x
copy ..\..\..\Twilight\Gfx\Models\S2_Tiny_1.x Gfx\Models\S6_Tiny_1.x
copy ..\..\..\Twilight\Gfx\Models\S2_Tiny_2.x Gfx\Models\S6_Tiny_2.x

echo TA-Small ...

copy ..\..\..\Twilight\Gfx\Models\S2_Small_0.x Gfx\Models\S6_Small_0.x
copy ..\..\..\Twilight\Gfx\Models\S2_Small_1.x Gfx\Models\S6_Small_1.x
copy ..\..\..\Twilight\Gfx\Models\S2_Small_2.x Gfx\Models\S6_Small_2.x

echo TA-Medium ...

copy ..\..\..\Twilight\Gfx\Models\S2_Medium_0.x Gfx\Models\S6_Medium_0.x
copy ..\..\..\Twilight\Gfx\Models\S2_Medium_1.x Gfx\Models\S6_Medium_1.x
copy ..\..\..\Twilight\Gfx\Models\S2_Medium_2.x Gfx\Models\S6_Medium_2.x

echo TA-Large ...

copy ..\..\..\Twilight\Gfx\Models\S2_Large_0.x Gfx\Models\S6_Large_0.x
copy ..\..\..\Twilight\Gfx\Models\S2_Large_1.x Gfx\Models\S6_Large_1.x

echo TA-Huge ...

copy ..\..\..\Twilight\Gfx\Models\S2_Huge_0.x Gfx\Models\S6_Huge_0.x
copy ..\..\..\Twilight\Gfx\Models\S2_Huge_1.x Gfx\Models\S6_Huge_1.x
copy ..\..\..\Twilight\Gfx\Models\S2_Huge_2.x Gfx\Models\S6_Huge_2.x

echo Done copying models!

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Reply #9 May 17, 2008 9:42:37 AM
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I got it, thanks.
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Reply #10 May 17, 2008 8:29:34 PM
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I downloaded the Star Trek Ships from the library and put them in my documents in twilight amour where they seem to belong. Now where is it I paste this stuff or find something to make these ships work. I am a novice modding this game so any help is appreciated.
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Reply #11 May 18, 2008 7:41:35 AM
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I should have made a shipstyle file for the Federation ships before I posted it. I have one but it was made after I posted it and so its the one I use. This fact was reminded to me after I posted the Klingon ones. I have decided to make a Version 2 of the Federation Ships that will include 3 new classes and a shipstyle folder.

But anway to make sure you can use them at this moment. Unzip the files and put the ships in the Ships Folder in to:

C:\Documents and Settings\My Documents\My Games\GC2TwilightArnor\ships

If you then play as the Terrans or a Custom Terran Race they will appear as you resarch them.
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Reply #12 May 21, 2008 10:03:30 PM
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So I am confused, what is the solution. I created custom ship styles too and they started off before using my custom ships at the colony, explorer and miner no problem then the final TA come out and it stopped working, there still available in the ship creator just not the starting ships?

What needs editing? Also how can we change the names of the ships from like the ranger, and so on without making it a universal change, but rather race specific or can that not be done?
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