9 replies to this topic

[Phoenix4646]

Hi there,

I've been trying to mod the game by creating a new folder in the mods folder (where you find the 'public' folder as well) and calling it gen. In that folder I put the audio/music folder and changed the main menu and hellenic peace tracks, then I created a new shortcut from pyrogenenis.exe and added -mod=gen. But when I start it, nothing has changed, all the tracks are the same. What did I do wrong? Do I have to change anything else?

[historic_bruno]

Did you rename the sounds or were they exactly the same?

[Phoenix4646]

They are exactly the same, to test it I put all the files from the game into that new folder and renamed it to public (calling it 'internal' also worked), and then it worked. I could hear all the tracks I changed. But why does it only work when I replace the files?

03/02/2012 : Does no-one have an idea?

Edited by Phoenix4646, 02 March 2012 - 07:17 PM.

[Phoenix4646]

I'm still looking for the problem, I can't seem to find it. Can nobody help me?

[Pureon]

I thought I'd reply to your question even though I don't really have an answer for you. The changes you are making will not change the music - I have replicated what you are doing and I can confirm it does not work.

What you could try instead, is change the MAIN_MENU_TRACK in the music.js file which is here:
binaries/data/mods/public/gui/common/music.js

So place a duplicate of that file (and folder structure) into your mod folder, and change the track references there.

[Phoenix4646]

Okay, I've tried out what you told me, but it didn't work. However, creating a new civ and using added tracks for them is no problem. Replacing files that are already in the game (e.g. music files or scripts, like music.js) doesn't seem to work.

[Mythos_Ruler]

Hmmm, looks like additive mods work right now then, and not mods that replace anything. Sorry for the confusion.

[quantumstate]

If only additive mods are working that it sounds like the load order is wrong. I don't think we have any way of defining it yet though.

[Phoenix4646]

Hm, whatever, I'm sure you guys get to 'fix' this anytime
But while I'm at it, where are the unit files located at?

EDIT:: @Quantumstate: Yeah, I thought the same. Yet it is still odd that it even didn't work when I renamed the folder ^^

Edited by Phoenix4646, 20 March 2012 - 12:28 AM.

[quantumstate]

Phoenix4646, on 20 March 2012 - 12:26 AM, said:

Hm, whatever, I'm sure you guys get to 'fix' this anytime
But while I'm at it, where are the unit files located at?

EDIT:: @Quantumstate: Yeah, I thought the same. Yet it is still odd that it even didn't work when I renamed the folder ^^

The data files describing the units are in simulation/templates, they use an inheritance system. There are also data files which describe the 3D models in art/actors/.