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LoveMan · Soldier **Joined**: 27 Feb 2009

Hello , I want to start modding Smile

and i need to know how to create Ini file , I mean what program I need to create the Ini file .
Thenks and have a nice day Smile

Boogiewoo0 · Missile Trooper **Joined**: 24 Dec 2008

You don't create them, you edit them. You can edit them with just about any text editor.

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http://www.ppmsite.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=20064

Lin Kuei Ominae · Seth **Joined**: 16 Aug 2006 **Location**: Germany

You can find a lot of tutorials in the Tutorial forum.

there you can also find the newbie guide in modding

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LoveMan · Soldier **Joined**: 27 Feb 2009

Thnaks Alot i will Edit the ini file ! , but when i add it do i have to call it Rules.ini ?

2)ini file will be empty and i need add new units in my own ?

3)where i can finde the Text Editor ?
i can see NotTab , somthing like that in your modding tools
can u give me direct link to the text edior ?

Lt Albrecht · Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2009 5:56 pm Post subject:

1) You extract it from the game.
2) It already has all the stuff in it.
3) Notepad comes as standard with Windows.

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LoveMan · Soldier **Joined**: 27 Feb 2009

I cant find the ini file Sad

Lt Albrecht · Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2009 6:07 pm Post subject:

It's in SUN.mix/LOCAL.mix (I think, I mod RA2/YR)

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LoveMan · Soldier **Joined**: 27 Feb 2009

I have a Rules.Ini from TS Retro Mod is it work if i will delete the mod and keep the Rules.ini

2)please give me direct link to Text Editor ...PLease , Westwood is not working Sad

Orac · Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2009 6:27 pm Post subject:

Lt Albrecht wrote:

3) Notepad comes as standard with Windows.

Go to the button marked Start

Click it.

Now go to Programs.

The text editor is under one of the tabs in the programs list. Once you've found it, click on it.

Lin Kuei Ominae wrote:

You can find a lot of tutorials in the Tutorial forum.

there you can also find the newbie guide in modding

Tore · Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2009 6:31 pm Post subject:

"Westwood is not working?" What the hell is that supposed to mean? Westwood was the developers of this game.....

Windows already have text editing programs, notepad and wordpad.

and click this link and read everything in it.

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LoveMan · Soldier **Joined**: 27 Feb 2009

Oh i Forgot use my Brain and Google NotPad XD . Thanks

Orac · Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2009 6:52 pm Post subject:

Quote:

Forgot use my Brain

very common.

Crash · Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2009 8:31 pm Post subject:

Please stop copying Icy and DCoder on their witty comments, it's annoying, find your own way to be witty.

To thread starter:
I suggest you mess around in the rules.ini. Just have some goals, try out tutorials etc. For a start, just try to make units cheaper, weaker or maybe change their graphics? Later, you could try changing units' weapons. When you start getting a basic grip, try adding custom units, for instance try adding a naval factory.

LoveMan · Soldier **Joined**: 27 Feb 2009

ok i will do this . ^

Crash · Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2009 10:42 pm Post subject:

Basically, start at a low level and process to different levels.

Aro · Alcohol Fueled **Joined**: 10 Sep 2006

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Please stop copying Icy and DCoder on their witty comments, it's annoying, find your own way to be witty.

LoveMan · Soldier **Joined**: 27 Feb 2009

Ok , i dont know if post here or open a new topic .. i tryed to chnge color mission and when i entered the game i had error

Lin Kuei Ominae · Seth **Joined**: 16 Aug 2006 **Location**: Germany

keep posting in this topic as these are all beginner questions.

what do you mean with "color mission"? Confused

from where do you got your rules.ini? Do you really extracted it from the games mix file? If you use a rules.ini from a mod, it's no wonder that the game crashes, because the mod definitely has new units, which needs their respective additional graphic files (which you don't have). So make sure you use an original rules.ini and not one which someone else modified before.

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LoveMan · Soldier **Joined**: 27 Feb 2009

Well I visited the "newbie Guide forum" and u said that the Ini file can be found in the Tibsun so i opened "Tibsun" with NotPad++ and I tryed to beggin modding somthing Easy like This : http://www.ppmsite.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12172

and I to do this and my game crashed Sad

, maybe this Guide is not working....

Tore · Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2009 11:41 am Post subject:

You don't open tibsun.mix with Notepad++ you open it with XCC Mixer....

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LoveMan · Soldier **Joined**: 27 Feb 2009

Tore wrote:

You don't open tibsun.mix with Notepad++ you open it with XCC Mixer....

Oh and than i edit the Ini File With the XCC MIxer ?

Tore · Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2009 2:35 pm Post subject:

No....

You use XCC Mixer to open .MIX files and extract files contanined in them, all the game files are storied in .MIX files including ALL the .INI files you must extract .INI files from the .MIX files of Tiberian Sun, the RULES.INI file is stored in TIBSUN.MIX and it's the RULES.INI file you are looking for, to edit the RULES.INI you must use a test editing program....

You may also edit other .INI files BUT it's the RULES.INI file that has all the unit settings.

hope this made sense to you....

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LoveMan · Soldier **Joined**: 27 Feb 2009

I think I understood : I need to download XCC Mixer to Extract Tiberian sun.Exe than i will have all the Ini Files and than i open Rules.Ini with NotPad++ . Am I Write ?

Tore · Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2009 2:55 pm Post subject:

No....

You don't open ANY .exe files. OPEN TIBSUN.MIX (located in the folder you installed Tiberian Sun) with XCC Mixer then open LOCAL.MIX (which is inside TIBSUN.MIX) and extract the RULES.INI from it..........

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LoveMan · Soldier **Joined**: 27 Feb 2009

Oh Thanks man its all clear now Smile

. 1 More think

Where i can find the XCC Mixer ?
can u give me Direct Link ?

Tore · Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2009 3:13 pm Post subject:

http://xhp.xwis.net/utilities/XCC_Utilities.exe

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LoveMan · Soldier **Joined**: 27 Feb 2009

So here the thing that i need to do : download XCC Mixer , Extract Tibsun.Mix and Local.Mix and than i will have The Ini Files from the Extract and Than Edit Rules.Ini with notpePad++ if i want to add unit or change ..etc

MT · Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2009 5:28 pm Post subject:

LoveMan wrote:

Extract Tibsun.Mix and Local.Mix

No no no! Go into tibsun.mix, then Go into local.mix, and then extract the INIs!

IceDragon200 · Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2009 6:33 pm Post subject:

Neba faba trinket bull F***ing crack cocaine madness.
Here take this. Mad

Ini's.zip

Description:

Rules,Art,Temperat,Battle and some other
INI

Download

Filename:

Ini's.zip

Filesize:

86.64 KB

Downloaded:

92 Time(s)

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LoveMan · Soldier **Joined**: 27 Feb 2009

IceDragon200 wrote:

Neba faba trinket bull F***ing crack cocaine madness.
Here take this. Mad

Thanks but Tore allready explained me everything so i can xetract the tibsun.mix and local.mix

MT · Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2009 7:43 pm Post subject:

LoveMan wrote:

so i can xetract the tibsun.mix and local.mix

I wrote:

LoveMan wrote:

Extract Tibsun.Mix and Local.Mix

No no no! Go into tibsun.mix, then Go into local.mix, and then extract the INIs!

IceDragon200 · Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2009 7:54 pm Post subject:

He explained everything but yet you make the same mistake AGAIN!
Let me see.....
1.Open XCC mixer
2.Use XCC mixer to open TIBSUN.MIX
3.Inside and let me repeat INSIDE open LOCAL.MIX
4.Scroll down until you see the .INI's

Or just download those INI's up there PLEASEeeee....
Another thing is SPELLING what are Spanish,French,Portuguese,Dutch,Japanese?
What are you?
I think I'm gonna log out and go and play Luminous Arc 2.

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LoveMan · Soldier **Joined**: 27 Feb 2009

IceDragon200 wrote:

He explained everything but yet you make the same mistake AGAIN!
Let me see.....
1.Open XCC mixer
2.Use XCC mixer to open TIBSUN.MIX
3.Inside and let me repeat INSIDE open LOCAL.MIX
4.Scroll down until you see the .INI's

Or just download those INI's up there PLEASEeeee....
Another thing is SPELLING what are Spanish,French,Portuguese,Dutch,Japanese?
What are you?
I think I'm gonna log out and go and play Luminous Arc 2.

I already Did the progress and i succed Smile

i want to add somthing small maybe 3
1)sandbag
2)LightPost
3)Gurd tower

please i wanna try to see if it works

Tore · Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2009 12:12 pm Post subject:

He is from Israel, and he didn't understand what I said. :/

You don't have to extract local.mix just open it...

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