Ares Map

PePsiCola · Posted: Fri May 06, 2011 9:24 pm Post subject: Ares Map

How can I make FinalAlert read my Ares mod? Simple question, right?

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FurryQueen · General **Also Known As**: Fen **Joined**: 24 Jul 2010

Put the mix files in the directory, derp.

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PePsiCola · Posted: Sat May 07, 2011 11:17 pm Post subject:

Derp. *sighs*

Hey I'm not playing dumb when I say this but what mix files? I don't get it at all.

Put the mod files in the FinalAlert directory? I don't know.
Explain.

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wardeathfun · Posted: Sat May 07, 2011 11:54 pm Post subject:

everything for mod goes in Ra2 folder. There should be an option in final alert to allow mod files (its on by defualt though)

OmegaBolt · Posted: Sun May 08, 2011 11:15 am Post subject:

FA2 doesn't seem to read mod files properly however. What I did was hex edit FinalAlert2YR.exe to read fa2mix01.mix and put copies of all mod files in there so it actually works... still need ini files in the RA2 directory though.

Judging from what I saw in the executable it's hardcoded to read only ecache01.mix (besides the fixed RA2/YR mixes as well).

Cranium · Defense Minister **Joined**: 05 Dec 2009 **Location**: USA

From what I see, it reads any and all .mix files

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Starkku · Posted: Sun May 08, 2011 1:11 pm Post subject:

It does read expand and ecache files. There's a small difference between versions 1.01 and 1.02 related to the handling of ecachemd files, which v.1.01 does not recognize at all. FA2 however, unlike the game itself, does not take just any string of characters as a suffix for ecache(md) file, it requires similar suffix as expand(md) files do.

Altough it does read ecache/expand mixes, it does not necessarily read everything they contain, such as:

- Any terrain tiles apart from ones belonging to temperate theatre.
- INI files.
- Any palette files.

First two do not apply if it can't find the said files from anywhere inside ra2(md).mix. If it does not find them, it reads them from expandmdNN mixes just fine. For palettes, it looks only and only from ra2(md).mix -> cache(md).mix.

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