[Ares] Proper ThirdSide / YuriCountry Tutorial

m7 · Commander **Joined**: 17 Apr 2009

This is a small tutorial aimed to give ThirdSide and Yuri their appropriate, Ares-powered side/country coding.

[ThirdSide]
UIName=Name:ThirdSide
Name=Yuri Country
Suffix=Yuri
Prefix=Y
Color=Purple
Multiplay=yes
Side=ThirdSide
SmartAI=yes
DefaultDisguise=INIT ;the default disguise for this side's spies
Crew=INIT ;the crewman to come out of destroyed/sold buildings
SurvivorDivisor=750 ;this is what the sell cost is divided by to yield survivors
AI.BaseDefenses=YAGGUN,YAPSYT,NATBNK ;these are his base defense structures
AI.BaseDefenseCounts=25,22,6 ;this is the base defense formula used to calculate how many defenses the AI will build based on base size.
LoadScreenText.Color=0,235,255 ;this is his regular red loading screen color.
ParaDrop.Types=INIT ;the infantry the paradrop will bring in. This supports vehicles, but in regular YR he only gets infantry
ParaDrop.Num=6 ;this is the number of the infantry paradropping in.
Sidebar.MixFileIndex=2 ; this is used to tell the game to load up the soviet mix file
Sidebar.YuriFileNames=yes ;this tells the game to use the special .mix files
;EVA.Tag= currently commented out due to non-functionality. You have to find this on your own.

[YuriCountry]
UIName=Name:YuriCountry
Name=YuriCountry
Suffix=Yuri
Prefix=Y
Color=Purple
Multiplay=yes
Side=ThirdSide
SmartAI=yes
File.Flag= yrii.pcx
File.LoadScreen=ls%syuri.shp
File.LoadScreenPAL=mpyls.pal
File.Taunt=tauyu%02i.wav ;the taunts used by this country. the %02i tells the game to load all 8 taunts.
LoadScreenText.Name=Name:YuriCountry ;this is the name of the country seen near the map preview box, normally on the country map
LoadScreenText.SpecialName=Name:YURI ;this is the name of the special object seen in the upper left of the screen
LoadScreenText.Brief=LoadBrief:YuriCountry ;this is the skirmish screen loading text
MenuText.Status=STT:playersideyuricountry ;this is the text on the bottom of the skirmish screen, seen when selecting a country
AI.PowerPlant=YAPOWR ;this is the building the AI will use to construct additional powerplants.
RandomSelectionWeight=1 ;this is the weight the country has when chosen in the random country option. It can be any value, with 0 turning it off from being chosen.

Key Words: #Tutorials #Modding #RedAlert2 #YurisRevenge #Ares #Rules.INI

High Templar X · Cyborg Firebomber **Joined**: 26 Apr 2010

If you want a new sidebar, you have to use Sidebar.MixFileIndex=3, rather than 2. You won't need Sidebar.YuriFileNames if you have a new sidebar.

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4StarGeneral · General **Joined**: 14 Sep 2006 **Location**: Limbo

Nice tutorial, don't you need to add ThirdSide to countries too, or is that just a given? #Tongue

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High Templar X · Cyborg Firebomber **Joined**: 26 Apr 2010

That's a given, but you can simply append it to the end of the list. I didn't move GDI, Nod, Neutral or Special around at all. I just threw it at the end with no errors. #Tongue

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Mig Eater · Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2010 8:32 am Post subject:

"ThirdSide" is a side tho & not a country, it doesn't need to be in the [Countries] list o.0

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m7 · Commander **Joined**: 17 Apr 2009

Well, GDI and Nod are in the countries list. I don't know how important it is to list it there.

High Templar X · Cyborg Firebomber **Joined**: 26 Apr 2010

Mig Eater wrote:

"ThirdSide" is a side tho & not a country, it doesn't need to be in the [Countries] list o.0

They still count as nations so it's a good idea to add them to the list, as they are already.

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Mig Eater · Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2010 8:51 pm Post subject:

There is both a side & a country called GDI/NOD

ThirdSide is the side tho & YuriCountry is the country, just as the Neutral country is part of the Civilian side.

So by using your logic you should also add Civilian & Mutant to the country list as well...

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m7 · Commander **Joined**: 17 Apr 2009

Probably wouldn't be a bad idea to add them to be honest. I mean, after all, WW isn't known for their awesome coding skills.

Renegade · Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2010 4:47 am Post subject:

Yeah, what's the worst thing that could happen?

I mean, if you add a VehicleType to VeteranAircraft=, that works fine, too, right?

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Devastator!! · Civilian **Joined**: 21 Jun 2010

Hey m7 thanks for tutorial. But I somewhat had a problem with "LoadScreenText.Color=". Doesn't seem to work for me... Every time i change the color to purple it keep showing the loadtext color red.. Am I missing something?

Allied General · Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2010 11:14 pm Post subject:

are you using the correct RGB (I assume) values for Purple?

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Renegade · Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2010 4:19 am Post subject:

Checking the known issues helps.

Issue #802, duplicate of issue #613.

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Devastator!! · Civilian **Joined**: 21 Jun 2010

Allied General wrote:

are you using the correct RGB (I assume) values for Purple?

I did.. All I do was copy the RGB from the [Colors] section.

Renegade wrote:

Checking the known issues helps.

Issue #802, duplicate of issue #613.

Owh so its a bug. Well I hope Ares team will fix this in Ares 0.2. Smile

Also is the EVA.Tag= broken? According to the ares manual..

Quote:

Name of the INI tag to load from evamd.ini for this side's EVA (vocal interface assistant – e.g. Eva for Allied, Sofia for Soviet and Some Guy for Yuri).

Which means I should put..

Code:

EVA.Tag=Some Guy

But what I get was Sofia's voice... Even when I tried Eva I still gets Sofia's voice..

High Templar X · Cyborg Firebomber **Joined**: 26 Apr 2010

That's still not rigged up yet.

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OmegaBolt · Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2010 5:15 pm Post subject:

Devastator!! wrote:

I did.. All I do was copy the RGB from the [Colors] section.

The colour section uses HSV values.

Devastator!! · Civilian **Joined**: 21 Jun 2010

OmegaBolt wrote:

Devastator!! wrote:

I did.. All I do was copy the RGB from the [Colors] section.

The colour section uses HSV values.

HSV?

High Templar X · Cyborg Firebomber **Joined**: 26 Apr 2010

Hue, Saturation, Value.

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Darkstorm · Commander **Joined**: 20 Jan 2008 **Location**: Texas

All I get is "Unable to read scenario." with Yuri. On Alamo.

EDIT: Add ThirdSide like GDI & Nod, same basic tags with the added extras, and added ThirdSide as number 14 in the country list.

Darkstorm · Commander **Joined**: 20 Jan 2008 **Location**: Texas

No one? I've tried all sorts of things.

EDIT: Figured it out, Launch Base issue.

noki · Posted: Sat Aug 21, 2010 10:52 pm Post subject:

Sorry for bumping this, but i got this same error when I play with yuri:

"Unable to read scenario."

PS: The Code is the same, but i changed Sidebar.MixFileIndex=2 to Sidebar.MixFileIndex=3, and i have a file "Sidec03"

I really need this for my mod Sad