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Map.ini Tutorial

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Rob38
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Created: Friday August 17, 2007 - 12:31
Updated: Sunday March 20, 2011 - 13:22
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The following section below will give a brief tutorial that will explain some basic things about units and hordes and how to edit them. For this I will be using the Gondor soldier as my reference. First, I will explain the three different types of modules used. You will understand this more when you read the tutorial.

Modules

A map.ini file uses three different modules to edit the files. Here are three empty tepmlates for them.               
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ReplaceModule ModuleTag_MakeNameUnique
Body = Goes Here
End ;this ends the BODY
End ;this ends replacemodule
              
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AddModule
Body = Goes Here ModuleTag_MakeNameUnique
End ;this ends the BODY
End ;this ends addmodule
              
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RemoveModule ModuleTag_WhichOneYouAreRemoving
;no end is needed for removemodule

Whenever you want to change an existing behavior or body, you use something called ReplaceModule. To add a new behavior to an object, use AddModule. And to remove a behavior from an object, use RemoveModule.

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Rob38 (Team Chamber Member) - Saturday June 5, 2010 - 14:44

Not sure about Inheritable Modules. It's worth a try.

Masterini - Saturday June 5, 2010 - 6:27

I have a question : How to Change the Inheritable Modules ? Is it possible ?
I would like to change the OCL of the Morgul Blade who summon a BarrowWight.
And when i tried to change totally the Barrowwight i bugged :/

Rob38 (Team Chamber Member) - Sunday January 13, 2008 - 21:17

Probably want to post your question in the forums as you'll get more help there ;)

ILUTAVAR - Sunday January 13, 2008 - 13:59

how do i add more powers to a hero?

Sulherokhh (Team Chamber Member) - Saturday October 6, 2007 - 1:33

I knew some of that already, but it is a very helpful reference. I bet that it is even better for starting map.ini coders.
Very good. :P

Bart (Administrator) - Saturday August 18, 2007 - 17:36

              
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Hold on 2play... It seems you are talking about the game being modded. I'm talking about just a stand alone map with a map.ini file included.

nope, map.ini. i've gotten quite some experience with it when making my helms deep map
              
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What isn't true? I was refering to trying to change an upgrade already in the game ;)

what isn't true, is that you can't edit existing upgrades. only, removing things from existing upgrades isn't possible. if you need a better explanation, contact me on msn
              
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Does that work in a map.ini file? Can you put the mappedimage code in it?

haven't tested it, but someone posted it a while ago and i can't see why it wouldn't work (but then again, many things don't work that should :-/)
              
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Again, I'm confused. I'm almost positive you have to change the name of it no matter what.

if your set is
              
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1 = Button1
2 = Button2
3 = Button3

then overriding it with
              
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1 = Button5
2 = Button12
3 = Button6
will work, but
              
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1 = Button5
2 = Button7

will leave the 3rd button in too
              
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Again, I'm talking about a stand alone map. You may be right though with creating a new object. I'll test that out.

of course, but only the map maker has to do this mini-mod. an object in worldbuilder is just a reference to an object name, and this mini mod tells WB that it exists

Rob38 (Team Chamber Member) - Saturday August 18, 2007 - 14:08

Hold on 2play... It seems you are talking about the game being modded. I'm talking about just a stand alone map with a map.ini file included.

              
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As far as I know, this isn't true. It doesn't work however to copy an upgrade from the original ini (the literal text, so without changing the name) and removing a line, because it's already there when the game is loaded. In this case you would need to add a new upgrade indeed.
What isn't true? I was refering to trying to change an upgrade already in the game ;)
              
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You can also find a button with a completely unused image, and then edit that mappedimage to the actual texture you want on your button
Does that work in a map.ini file? Can you put the mappedimage code in it?               
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Not if you can override every slot
Again, I'm confused. I'm almost positive you have to change the name of it no matter what.               
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Yes you can, but you can't use them in WB. That can be fixed with a simple ini file in the game dir when editing your map (see my -mod tutorial)
Again, I'm talking about a stand alone map. You may be right though with creating a new object. I'll test that out.

Bart (Administrator) - Saturday August 18, 2007 - 6:30

Good tutorial, some comments:

              
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I found out that if you want to change anything in an existing upgrade, you must make a new one and name it something else. This can be a real pain for big map.ini files since you have to change all the units affected by the upgrade also :( I did find, however, that you do not need to change the names of special abilities for the game to read the changes made in it.

As far as I know, this isn't true. It doesn't work however to copy an upgrade from the original ini (the literal text, so without changing the name) and removing a line, because it's already there when the game is loaded. In this case you would need to add a new upgrade indeed.
              
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You can't change the name of commandbuttons. If you try to make your own with a unique name, the button images will not show in-game no matter what. So what you have to do is go through the commandbutton.ini, find one with the button image you want, and change everything else (except the name) for it. This can be annoying at times.

You can also find a button with a completely unused image, and then edit that mappedimage to the actual texture you want on your button
              
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To change a commandset, you must make a new one and name it something different.

Not if you can override every slot
              
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You can't create new objects. You must use an existing object from the game. You can, however, change almost everything with the object and give it a new model, etc...

Yes you can, but you can't use them in WB. That can be fixed with a simple ini file in the game dir when editing your map (see my -mod tutorial)

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