Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2011 4:27 pm Post subject:
Editing probs: changes not occuring
Subject description: Help Noobie McStupid out
Hi,
I'm new here and I'm beginner at modding. I have tried searching solution to this but couldn't find anything.
So here's the deal: I'm trying to edit Ra2YR that all countries can build Spysat, Nuclear reactor, Nighthawk and spies. I edited rulesmd file, here's for example Spysat:
Code:
; Allied SpySat
[GASPYSAT]
UIName=Name:GASPYSAT
Name=Allied SpySat Uplink
Image=GASPST
BuildCat=Combat
Prerequisite=TECH,CNST
Strength=1000
Radar=yes
SpySat=yes
Armor=wood
TechLevel=9
Adjacent=2
Sight=5
Owner=British,French,Germans,Americans,Alliance,Russians,Confederation,Africans,Arabs,YuriCountry
AIBasePlanningSide=0 ;gs 0 for Good, 1 for Evil
Cost=1500
Points=0
Power=-100
Powered=true
Capturable=true
Crewed=yes
;Upgrades=2 ;GEF
Explosion=TWLT070,S_BANG48,S_BRNL58,S_CLSN58,S_TUMU60
DebrisAnims=DBRIS1LG,DBRIS1SM,DBRIS2LG,DBRIS4LG,DBRIS4SM,DBRIS5LG,DBRIS5SM,DBRIS6SM,DBRIS7LG
MaxDebris=8
MinDebris=4
ThreatPosed=0 ; This value MUST be 0 for all building addons
;DamageParticleSystems=SparkSys,SmallGreySSys,BigGreySmokeSys
DamageSmokeOffset=800, 550, 400
AIBuildThis=no ;taken out to remove usless things from AI list - DB
SpecialThreatValue=1
;IsPlug=true ;GEF
What I did here is I changed Prerequisite=GATECH, GACNST to just TECH, CNST. I read that this should allow every country to build it.
I save this and but when I play, nothing has changed. Can't build Spysat or anything else I tried to add. Is there something wrong with the code or what is it?
Never heard of CNST... change it to just Prerequisite=TECH and try. Not as though you'll be able to build it without a construction yard anyway. Last edited by Bugsey827 on Thu Apr 21, 2011 10:48 pm; edited 2 times in total QUICK_EDIT
were do you place rulesmd.ini when testing? Put it in a mix or simply the RA2 directory _________________ "I'll be staying strapped cuse my mac-eleven make my nuts bigger" QUICK_EDIT
Not only do I doubt that flag's existence, but it would be completely and utterly redundant and pointless if it did. _________________ Dawn of the Tiberium Age staff member QUICK_EDIT
Yeah, you were right. Just add TECH in prerequisite is enough.
It seems that if a stated prerequisite doesn't exist, all countries can build it. QUICK_EDIT
The general prerequisite for conyards is CONST instead of CNST. However if you use CNST it'll simply be ignored and doesn't affect anything. _________________ Fusion Reactor upgrade is complete.
Still no luck. But I found out that when I run rulesmd.bat as adminsitator, it says:
FATAL ERROR
'RA2MD.EXE' not found! You must have this file and all the files it requires!
If Yuri's Revenge is not installed, please re-install first.
Re-installed and it still keeps saying that. And I do have RA2MD.exe in same directory. Might have something to do with the fact that the game is torrent download... _________________ ☭ QUICK_EDIT
More than likely your problem is caused by the Illegal copy of YR your using. Ares requires upgrade to ver 1.001 to run. Majority of the Illegal copies wont allow the patch to install. So either get a legal copy or deal with the consequences. _________________
The enemy shall be injected with toxic poison - Venom QUICK_EDIT
More than likely your problem is caused by the Illegal copy of YR your using. Ares requires upgrade to ver 1.001 to run. Majority of the Illegal copies wont allow the patch to install. So either get a legal copy or deal with the consequences.
That is incorrect. _________________ "I'll be staying strapped cuse my mac-eleven make my nuts bigger" QUICK_EDIT
Really? I thought all the Illegal copies were unable to be upgraded to 1.001? _________________
The enemy shall be injected with toxic poison - Venom QUICK_EDIT
If the version of the game is 1.000 and cracked it can't update. If the game's a install directory of YR and has been updated then cracked, then you have 1.001. You still can't use Ares though. (unless you're using disc images) QUICK_EDIT
The game isn't very expensive, and people shouldn't get to play if there not willing to pay the very tiny amount to get it. I have 5 copies right now,"and have owned many more copies", and I acquired 2 month or so ago for very cheap, the thought people are still using illegal versions both saddens me and astounds me.
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Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2011 8:16 am Post subject:
My 2 cents worth.
Cranium wrote:
More than likely your problem is caused by the Illegal copy of YR your using. Ares requires upgrade to ver 1.001 to run. Majority of the Illegal copies wont allow the patch to install. So either get a legal copy or deal with the consequences.
I can believe this statement too. My nephew had a similar issue a few years ago with RA2 and running NPatch & Rock Patch. Then I found out he was using a cracked version of the game. So to avoid any further problems I bought him the game. It's cheap enough where you get several gams for a good price. Is it worth the hassle and feds? or better to buy th game. _________________ I am authorized to send out the TMP Studio, PM ME IF YOU WANT IT And check this out, these were sent to me for help with terrain and zdata help along with TMP Studio/Builder
I used to own the game back in when it was published (2001?) but I don't have the game anymore, can't really remember what happened to it...
Now I wanted to play the game again so I downloaded it. None of my local stores sell it and not even online stores, so only way for me to get it would be ordering it from foreign countries, and that would further increase the cost of getting the game. You might think I live under a rock, but meh, in the end, this is all about editing just few minor things.
The best way to sum up this is to recite a very famous quote from William Shakespeare...
If the version of the game is 1.000 and cracked it can't update. If the game's a install directory of YR and has been updated then cracked, then you have 1.001. You still can't use Ares though. (unless you're using disc images)
Ares doesn't check the CRC of gamemd.exe, thus works on cracked exes. _________________ Fusion Reactor upgrade is complete.
Now I wanted to play the game again so I downloaded it. None of my local stores sell it and not even online stores, so only way for me to get it would be ordering it from foreign countries, and that would further increase the cost of getting the game.
Ares doesn't check the CRC of gamemd.exe, thus works on cracked exes.
It dosent, but it still checks to see if it's ver 1.001. So even though illegal games are some what frowned upon, I guess if you were to get ahold of a cracked ver1.001 it should work o.k. _________________
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Editing probs: changes not occuring
