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[chaosislife]

Haven't seen anything about it so I figured I'd ask where to find the files relating to the units stats similar to how AOM used the proto(x)?

[Mythos_Ruler]

binaries\data\mods\public\simulation\templates

[chaosislife]

Thanks, now how much trouble would I get into if i simply ignored the inheritance hierarchy and put all of a units data in one file? The inheritance is neat, efficient and bloody annoying.

[Mythos_Ruler]

Well, with inheritance, you only have to add the items in the unit entity that are different from the parent entities, which overwrites those things only. It means you don't have to have all 100 different tags in each entity.

[chaosislife]

Eh, I like simplicity, if i want to change a value I don't want to have to open five files trying to hunt down which file has the value I need. I think this works best for entire classes of units rather than unique units.Of course the great thing I'm seeing here is that if I want all my tags in one file, that should work just as well. Flexibility is good.

Edited by chaosislife, 07 June 2011 - 11:22 PM.

[Mythos_Ruler]

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if i want to change a value I don't want to have to open five files trying to hunt down which file has the value I need.

You don't have to. Just put that tag (and new value) in your unit entity and it will overwrite the inherited value.

[chaosislife]

Heh, I usually don't know how to type out the exact tag so I'd have to copy paste it anyhow.

[fcxSanya]

Some day we will have an entity editor, which should be handy for people, who don't like to edit xml files manually.

[Mythos_Ruler]

I actually have a pretty cool mockup for just such an editor. It's outdated--the tags have all been reorganized since I made the mockup--it would still be a good basis for the layout. All the editor would have to do is spit out XML files based on the values we put in the fields.

It should probably ask you a few questions before you get started, like "Is this a Unit or a Building?" and give you options based on these answers.