What Filetype do MOD's use
This might sound dumb, but what do I need to make a MOD into. Previously, I would play on my own, so it wouldn't matter just slapping the Raw files (Rules.INI) into the directory of my game. I know ...
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@Nyerguds
Well, it's a start, I appreciate your swift response.
It looked like my OSBig Editor was out-of-date, so thanks for leaving a link to the updated version.
I would just have one quick question, what is the Cameo Size these Days?
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As I'm only making a simple Cameo addon, would I really need to go to the extent of making a DLL file (since the units themselves already exist, just need Cameo's).
I would just have one quick question, what is the Cameo Size these Days?
No idea. Look up the ones in the game with OS Big Editor and find out?
As I'm only making a simple Cameo addon, would I really need to go to the extent of making a DLL file (since the units themselves already exist, just need Cameo's).
No, as I said, that's all defined in those xml files.
- @Nyerguds
I haven't actually found the Cameos in the MEG files yet, any idea where they would be. Anyone found them yet, I haven't (got a little lost looking for them).
So you're saying I need make a DLL file even though the only bit of code that might need looking at is Cameo/Image listed under units ANT1/ANT2/ANT3.
I don't know, but maybe I'm looking in the wrong place, but the MEG files I've looked at have not mentioned ANT1/ANT2/ANT3, only the ANT Missions.
@GENERALZOOL wrote:
So you're saying I need make a DLL file even though the only bit of code that might need looking at is Cameo/Image listed under units ANT1/ANT2/ANT3.What part of "no" don't you understand? I said the exact opposite! All you need are the xml files for that stuff!
As for the MEG files, I'm not sure tbh. Just look around a bit?
Once opened, right click in the tree and select "collapse all", so you can more easily browse the folders inside without getting overwhelmed.
- @Nyerguds
I miss-read the context of that prior post back there, my bad, LOL.
@GENERALZOOL wrote:
I haven't actually found the Cameos in the MEG files yet, any idea where they would be. Anyone found them yet, I haven't (got a little lost looking for them).
I don't know, but maybe I'm looking in the wrong place, but the MEG files I've looked at have not mentioned ANT1/ANT2/ANT3, only the ANT Missions.Uh. I thought the whole issue was that ants don't have them in the first place... so looking for the ant cameos seems rather useless 🤨
Anyway, seems cameos in the original remaster archives are not separate files; they're inside a megatexture TGA file inside "TEXTURES_SRGB.MEG".
The file inside is DATA\ART\TEXTURES\SRGB\MT_COMMANDBAR_COMMON.TGA
The actual cameo images in there seem to be 343x258 in size.
But there are already examples out there of how to mod in your own cameos; check out the example nuke tank mod or the Funpark mod for TD.
- @Nyerguds
I was actually looking for the other Cameos so that I know where the game expects to see Cameos, so when I do add the ANT Cameo Files, I know where to put them.
Thank you for telling me where to find them, and what size they are.
