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)I plan to create new commanders and change the names of units to historical, but this applies to existing game contentColonelY wrote: ↑Mon Jun 15, 2020 11:52 am I'm not at all an expert about this, but I think it's perfectly possible to add some customized commanders and, later on, of course use them - but I'm almost sure that you need first to create a mod which would contain the "new info" you want to actually use.
Many thanks, it makes a lot easier.bebro wrote: ↑Mon Jun 15, 2020 12:15 pm Yeah, if it's about adding completely new custom commanders to the pool of commanders -- this is possible, with modded files tho. You need an entry in the commanders file in data, plus the pics needed for this.
If it's about adding a commander by trigger in the scn editor to AI and player units it depends:
- you can always add a commander to a preplaced AI or player unit in editor by trigger
- you can also add commanders to spawned units by trigger, AI or player
- adding a commander to a unit in the player's core/deployment pool may be impossible as you don't know what players purchase (in this case the commander should just be unlocked by trigger like normal, so that the player can assign him as he wishes)
Yeah you need a name string for him.
don't use 109, but you never know what will be used at some pt. down the road ... Thanks for hints and suggestionbebro wrote: ↑Tue Jun 16, 2020 5:08 pmYeah you need a name string for him.
Go into the language folder, there you have the files for localized text strings in english, french etc.
In there are name strings for commanders, units etc. (in various of them, as each new DLC adds more)
For Red Steel we added english_16, starting with:
commander_125 = Vasily Chuikov
(then the rest of Sov cmdrs so far)
If you only use the game in english, open it and add (best below the last Soviet guy)
commander_109 = yournewguysname
The ID musn't be in use already and if you or other players want to have the name in other languages too add similar entries to the other language files (so then at the same position in german_16, french_16 etc.).
You may only have to watch out if new content is released if the IDs collide. My own new commanders for the next #cough *censored*
I added new commanders pics and info in data and languages folders inside BoB Mod and everything works (by Mod's editor) but when added this content inside main game folder and tried to work by game's editor, editor doesn't see this new commanders...
