New Weapons
However, the Obelisks were using too much power. They were still Obelisks after all and even though I had made them build up with the other structure, still maintained all the attributes of a normal Obelisk (of course).
Here's the thing: I thought it would be better to make a new Obelisk and name it NODTechObelisk. This way I could change the amount of power the spawned objects needed while keeping the normal Obelisk intact. I did so by copying the Obelisk xml and putting it into the folder with rest of my NOD structures in my mod directories after naming it 'NODTechObelisk'. I changed the things in the new xml to 'NODTechObelisk' instead of 'NODObelisk, except for things that could be the same or needed to be the same (eg. models, animation). I didn't, and still haven't, added a str file because I can deal with the MISSING: text for now which I, strangely, haven't encountered as yet).
While I was doing that stuff, I wanted to change the weapon of the Tech-spawned Obelisk to one that coud engage air targets as well as ground targets. So I did... I changed other things as well but I kept with the conventions and named it 'NODTechObeliskLaserl' and saved it inside my 'NewWeaponTemplates.xml'. This new weapon name is reflected in my NODTechObelisk.xml file and I should maybe note that the weapon template xml is in the MyMod\data\GlobalData directory as I have kept to the directory structure of the game completely.
When I compile, it loads the file (..\NODTechObelisk), and says:
Warning: Unknown asset 'WeaponTemplate:NODTechObeliskLaser' referenced from 'GameObject:NODTechObelisk
When I attempt to use it in game it doesn't find or engage any targets (obviously, because it doesn't have a weapon; the compiler couldn't find it I guess, right?) I have an altered orca weapon in the same xml as the new Obelisk weapon and it comes up with no errors when compiling and seems to work fine in game.
What can anyone tell me I may have done wrong?
If you've helped me before (thanks) you've noticed my initial post can be kind of lengthy. For this I apologize. I merely hope to thoroughly convey all necessary information to obtain proper aid. Plus, if anyone reads my posts down the road then all possible avenues of the topic can be discussed. I feel this is ideal.
Anyways, as usual thanks in advance for any help.
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