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[shevchenko]

hi,

im new here but have been modding for years, but currently ive been having lots of problems adding shp's into the game, i managed to add one with the help of an experienced modder, but 2 others i have attempted have come out with bad results, these are the cobra one which can be seen at this link: www.tiberiumweb.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=1838 and the GDI fortress tower found here: www.tiberiumweb.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=1806.

The main problem caused is after adding the GDI fortress tower the game crashes at the loading game screen, the cobra one had no problems except for the fact it wouldnt show ingame.
I believe it is something to do with my rules.ini and art.ini files.
The shp files i downloaded are in the file ecache04.mix

Here is my rules.ini and art.ini files so you will be ablke to see the problem:

ive added all the files including both the ecache files for the cobra and the fortress, any help will be greatly appreciated, thxs

ive now edited the except.txt file

This post has been edited by shevchenko: Nov 23 2007, 05:18 PM

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[SeekSomethingNew]

Upload the Except.txt that you get.

[shevchenko]

ive updated post with the except file now

[Lin Kuei Ominae]

i can't find the cobra in rules and art?
the shp name is cobra so there must be an entry [COBRA] in both inis

And for the Fortress Tower, you should download the newer version 1.1
The old version you use should work too, but has the secondary upgrade pod that doesn't work. That's why the newer versions ini codes are also much better. There is no needless stuff for the secondary pod anymore.

The reason why the FTWR crashes your game could be, that you don't have the weapons that each tower uses. replace the weapons with some original/existing.

Another reason is that you forgot to add all animations from firestrm.ini into your rules.ini
To add new animations is only possible if after 707=INVISO come first the firestorm anims and then your own. For that you also have to copy the anims from fsart.ini to your art.ini. (just copy the list from firestrm.ini to rules.ini and add it after 707; then give the new added firestorm entrys new numbers after 707)
The best is to copy everything from the firestorm inis (units, buildings, additional tags) to your rules.ini and art.ini. Then you can even use firestorm units in the normal TS game and you're free to add additional stuff.

This post has been edited by Lin Kuei Ominae: Nov 23 2007, 06:55 PM

[SeekSomethingNew]

Wow, What the hell are you doing? This is crazy... RulesClass_TypeData... Building Pointer? What the hell have you done...

Wrong ID possibly on the building, wrong ID on a unit Preq... anything, i have no clue

[shevchenko]

where do i get these firestorm ini files?

[Creagor]

I had a chat over MSN, get rid of the invalid Primary= and Secondary= tags,that did nothing new. I also looked at the except.txt, got the same as Hyper, it just points to the BuildingClass, nothing specific.

If you have firestorm extract the files from expand01.mix

This post has been edited by Creagor: Nov 23 2007, 07:16 PM

[Lin Kuei Ominae]

Since this isn't the first time this problem occured and it is for sure not the last time, i've made a new tutorial.
(*) before starting a mod