Chimas Posted May 14, 2013 Author Share Posted May 14, 2013 Hi Lightning, Keep taking notes. I am understanding better now how SVN/Assembla works as a management tool and expect to make some changes soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightning Hunter Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 As for your remarks there, if the Buildlevels in old missions don't match the actual missions they replace, it means they're meant to have the Buildlevels of what they replace. A lot of mission files started from a copy of an existing mission to have the basic sections all there, and a lot of authors just didn't bother adjusting the buildlevel setting, since they knew it didn't work anyway. Of course, it's very possible some people made and tested their missions on Covert Ops, and then distributed them replacing the first campaign missions so they'd "play as a campaign", without actually testing that, and without ever realizing it messed up the buildlevel. You can usually spot this by looking at the overall tech level in the mission though, and the teamtypes built by the enemy. Thanks for the reply. My question was about how the old C&C handled the buildlevels before your patch (which you answered in the 2nd part of your response). Sorry for not clarifying. So basically, I should disregard the buildlevel in the original .ini and instead go by the name? For example, if the old file was SCG09EA.ini, then the buildlevel should be 9, since it previously replaced mission 9. And of course, I should look at the readme file to clarify that this was the intention of the author. If it was a cover operations mission, then I should use the actual buildlevel included in the .ini file. Correct me if I'm wrong on any point! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyerguds Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 Thanks for the reply. My question was about how the old C&C handled the buildlevels before your patch (which you answered in the 2nd part of your response). Actually, the answer to that is the very first line of my post Originally, the game ignored the Buildlevel setting in the campaign missions (1-20) and always used it outside that. For the rest, yep, that seems like the right way to handle it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightning Hunter Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 Actually, the answer to that is the very first line of my post Whoops, I had to go back and read it again. you are right. Hey Solo, why was scg095 taken out of the compilation? Also, please ignore my earlier list on this thread for corrected buildlevels. I'm updating them again based on the info Nyerguds gave me. The next list will be complete, and have accurate buildlevels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chimas Posted May 16, 2013 Author Share Posted May 16, 2013 It's there, just not properly explained: - Missions below SC#100 are campaigns; - Missions from SC#100 to SC#899 are single player missions; - Missions above SC#900 are mini-campaigns. I'll put this in the cover Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightning Hunter Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 Solo, I'm confused about something. When I download all the individual .zip files, such as scg100.zip, scg120.zip, etc. - they come with individual maps. However, I've found that some of them do not appear in the list in the game. For example, "SCB164 - Assault - Campaign A - Skibinski and English" does not appear in the New Missions list. Instead, I see "The Framing". Are the .zip files up to date? I was using them as a reference, but now I'm not sure they are the correct missions... I can't give you a list of missions to fix unless I know the proper order. Are the .ini files contained in the individual .zip files up to date? For example, if I open "SCB102 - The Steps - Gary Bryson", I find "SCB102EA.ini". Is this the latest file contained in the compilation? Can I use this as a reference? Or should I go through and extract all the .ini files from the .mix files? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chimas Posted May 17, 2013 Author Share Posted May 17, 2013 Well, I have to ask if your files are up to date, because SCB164 is "The Framming" everywhere I access(both links, MIX file, Excel file and ZIP files). In the past, SCB164 could have been "Assault A", but the mini-campaigns were reorganized to be placed above 900 now. Some missions were forced to move due to limitations in the coding system. Start your tasks from the catalog page and choose one of the links alone to work(Link1 or Link2). After any change is submitted, I'll check and replace in both links. About SCB102, I didn't catch what's the problem? Also, Mission.Index.xls is incomplete, but not wrong (afaik). One last comment is: you have multiple sources and registers. If you have the same info in 5 places and only 1 is different from the rest, you can assume I made a mistake and decide in behalf of the 5 observations that are most likely to be right. Many of these things were done over night. If you want to clear out better what you need I'll be around during this weekend. Greetings! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightning Hunter Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 I didn't realize you did any updates. I just now downloaded them all again. Hopefully my buildlevel changes still apply. Why is there no download link to SCG95 on the first page? Also, I don't see "Assault A" or "Assault B" anywhere in the new compilation. Were they taken out completely? All I was asking was if the .ini files inside all the zip files are the same as the ones in the .mix compilation. If I open SCB100.zip for example, it contains 20 .zip files, each containing two .ini files (the original, and the new one created by you). I just want to make sure the one created by you is the correct version. I am basing all my work off these zip files. What I do is open each zip file, compare the two .ini files, read the readme file, and give you the correct buildlevel off that. If the .ini files are out of date, then I will waste hours of my time, so I'm just double checking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chimas Posted May 18, 2013 Author Share Posted May 18, 2013 Why is there no download link to SCG95 on the first page? It's how things are structured. From SCG100 to SCG119 you get 20 missions. SCG95 alone gives you 15 missions. Below 100 and above 900, things are presented in a different way. I started with a list for scg95 to scg99, then we will have later another list for scg90, another for scg85 and so on. All I was asking was if the .ini files inside all the zip files are the same as the ones in the .mix compilation. Yes, the bin/ini pair inside the ZIP files should have the same content of the bin/ini pair inside the MIX file. You can base your work on the former. Also you can read the comments inside mission.index.xls, about buildlevels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightning Hunter Posted May 18, 2013 Share Posted May 18, 2013 It's how things are structured. From SCG100 to SCG119 you get 20 missions. SCG95 alone gives you 15 missions. Below 100 and above 900, things are presented in a different way. I started with a list for scg95 to scg99, then we will have later another list for scg90, another for scg85 and so on. I understand that, but I still don't see Wounded Eagle, Assault A, or Assault B anywhere in the downloads (I was going to check the buildlevels for you). I have downloaded every file, and they don't exist anymore. All I'm asking is if they were removed. Are you in the process of adding them back or something? Edit: Hey Solo, I have another question for you. Why did you sometimes change the buildlevel to 13 in missions that should be 15? For example, in mission.index, you say this for scb181: "recovered mission / Build Level was 15, now is 13". However, the mission is supposed to replace the final NOD level, which is buildlevel 15. If you open the original scb13EA.ini in General.mix, the buildlevel is 15, not 13. There are quite a few missions that I've come across that should be 15 instead of 13. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chimas Posted May 18, 2013 Author Share Posted May 18, 2013 NOD's last level is 13. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightning Hunter Posted May 18, 2013 Share Posted May 18, 2013 NOD's last level is 13. Yes, but the BuildLevel for NOD mission 13 is 15. Take a look at scb13.ini in general.mix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightning Hunter Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 Solo, I was trying to give you the correct buildlevels for Wounded Eagle today, but I can't without knowing which missions you replaced with what. I noticed there are around 27 missions in "levels.zip", yet only 15 missions in SCG95.zip. There is no way for me to know which missions you replaced with what. You have to tell me what they are, if you know. For example, SCG01EA = SCG95EA, SCG02EA = SCG95EB, etc. Otherwise, I can't accurately read the buildlevels. Thanks, Solo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chimas Posted May 20, 2013 Author Share Posted May 20, 2013 Level.zip - 15 missions from scg01 to scg15. Disregard the variations like SCG01EB and etc. Scg95.zip - scg95ea - M1, scg95eb - M2 ... scg95ee then W series e by last X series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightning Hunter Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 Level.zip - 15 missions from scg01 to scg15. Disregard the variations like SCG01EB and etc. Scg95.zip - scg95ea - M1, scg95eb - M2 ... scg95ee then W series e by last X series. Not sure what you mean by "then W series e by last X series." But as far as I can tell, the buildlevels should just go like this? SCG95EA Buildlevel=01 SCG95EB Buildlevel=02 SCG95EC Buildlevel=03 SCG95ED Buildlevel=04 ..And so on, all the way to 15. All the buildlevels will be wrong if you skipped any missions though. Like if you replaced SCG95I with SCG11 or something (instead of SCG9) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iran Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 Solo I recommend you use Git as version control system. You can get a free account at github.com and manage everything nicely. Here's a nice book on git: http://git-scm.com/book Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chimas Posted May 20, 2013 Author Share Posted May 20, 2013 Lightning, EA,EB,EC,ED,EE - E series then WA,WB,WC,WD,WE - W series then XA,XB,XC,XD,XE- X series then goes to the next number at EA suggest a read at Nyerguds page, because you'll have more questions and it's all there. Iran, I've tried git, but have found SVN more user friendly, thanks. I'm not an IT guy ... : ( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightning Hunter Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 Lightning, EA,EB,EC,ED,EE - E series then WA,WB,WC,WD,WE - W series then XA,XB,XC,XD,XE- X series then goes to the next number at EA suggest a read at Nyerguds page, because you'll have more questions and it's all there. Ok, I get it now. But you still didn't answer my question. Did you skip any missions in Wounded Eagle, or did you make them all in order? I can't guess what the buildlevels should be until I know what you replaced with what. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chimas Posted May 21, 2013 Author Share Posted May 21, 2013 No, didn't skip any, they are all there, from EA to XE in SCG095... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightning Hunter Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 Ok Solo, after many hours of reading all the readme files and carefully studying the names of the original .ini files, I believe these are all the mistakes. about half of these mistakes have to do with BuildLevel 13 of NOD that should be 15. SCB102 BuildLevel=13 SCB106 BuildLevel=1 SCB108 BuildLevel=1 SCB113 BuildLevel=11 SCB115 BuildLevel=15 SCB117 BuildLevel=15 SCB119 BuildLevel=15 SCB120 BuildLevel=15 SCB121 BuildLevel=15 SCB122 BuildLevel=15 SCB123 BuildLevel=15 SCB124 BuildLevel=15 SCB126 BuildLevel=15 SCB131 BuildLevel=15 SCB132 BuildLevel=15 SCB133 BuildLevel=15 SCB134 BuildLevel=15 SCB135 BuildLevel=15 SCB139 BuildLevel=15 SCB140 BuildLevel=2 SCB141 BuildLevel=6 SCB159 BuildLevel=7 SCB160 BuildLevel=15 SCB161 BuildLevel=15 SCB162 BuildLevel=15 SCB164 BuildLevel=15 SCB181 BuildLevel=15 SCB185 BuildLevel=15 SCB188 BuildLevel=12 SCB191 BuildLevel=15 SCB217 BuildLevel=15 SCB901EA BuildLevel=15 SCB901EB BuildLevel=15 SCB903EA BuildLevel=15 SCB904EA BuildLevel=15 SCB904EA BuildLevel=15 SCB904EB BuildLevel=12 SCB904EC BuildLevel=15 SCG109 BuildLevel=15 SCG140 BuildLevel=1 SCG165 BuildLevel=15 SCG173 BuildLevel=12 SCG182 BuildLevel=15 SCG208 This Level should be for NOD, not GDI BuildLevel=15 SCG211 BuildLevel=15 SCG219 BuildLevel=15 SCG217 BuildLevel=15 SCG219 BuildLevel=15 SCG226 BuildLevel=15 SCG227 BuildLevel=13 SCG231 BuildLevel=14 SCG232 BuildLevel=8 SCG233 BuildLevel=11 SCG237 BuildLevel=10 SCG238 BuildLevel=10 SCG258 BuildLevel=15 SCG259 BuildLevel=7 SCG263 BuildLevel=15 SCG264 BuildLevel=15 SCG276 BuildLevel=15 SCG319 BuildLevel=1 SCG900EC BuildLevel=14 SCG901EB BuildLevel=2 SCG903EA BuildLevel=1 SCG903EB BuildLevel=2 As for Wounded Eagle (SCG95), I believe the BuildLevels just need to be in numerical order. For example: SCG95EA BuildLevel=1 SCG95EB BuildLevel=2 SCG95EC BuildLevel=3 SCG95ED BuildLevel=4 SCG95EE BuildLevel=5 SCG95WA BuildLevel=6 SCG95WB BuildLevel=7 SCG95WC BuildLevel=8 SCG95WD BuildLevel=9 SCG95WE BuildLevel=10 SCG95XA BuildLevel=11 SCG95XB BuildLevel=12 SCG95XC BuildLevel=13 SCG95XD BuildLevel=14 SCG95XE BuildLevel=15 The only thing left to mention is that the Assault missions seem to be lost. They were in the original pack of yours, but are no longer there. I'm not sure what you did with them. Also, are you going to add the latest missions created and released on this forum? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chimas Posted May 28, 2013 Author Share Posted May 28, 2013 Ok, Some thoughts and answers before anything The only thing left to mention is that the Assault missions seem to be lost. They were in the original pack of yours, but are no longer there. I'm not sure what you did with them... I might had took them out, I'll check where they are. They are not lost, perhaps I took it out for later re-release. Also, are you going to add the latest missions created and released on this forum? Yes, I'm already doing that, check the last "alone-missions" numbers in both sides. Some of Matt Attack's missions are there, for example. But newer, from the last 12 months are not. I have to ask a last task before performing the changes: can you pick randomly 2 or 3 missions and play it to see if the build level makes sense with the Briefing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyerguds Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 Ok Solo, after many hours of reading all the readme files and carefully studying the names of the original .ini files, I believe these are all the mistakes. about half of these mistakes have to do with BuildLevel 13 of NOD that should be 15. This is wrong. Nod's last build level IS 13. The game has a bunch of internal exceptions to upgrade Nod's tech levels, to let them build stuff which is tecnically, internally, several levels higher. So please, do NOT change stuff like that! It will not react like the internal game stats. For example, in GDI mission 2, you can not train engineers with your Barracks, nor can you build the Refinery. However, once you capture the Nod construction Yard, you can build the Refinery, and if you build a Hand of Nod you can also train Engineers. This is because for Nod, the buildlevel prerequisites of individual units and structures are tweaked to act differently; I've seen this code in the exe. This applies to many other things, including advanced power plants, which are buildlevel 13 and would thus normally only be buildable for Nod in the very last mission. In reality, I believe they can build them at level 11. So don't change that, because even for missions launched through the Covert Ops menu, these buildlevel exceptions apply. Yes, but the BuildLevel for NOD mission 13 is 15. Take a look at scb13.ini in general.mix. You seem to forget that the campaign originally ignored that setting. I made that buildlevel change myself. Its only purpose is to allow you to build MCVs in the final mission. I thought it would only be fair, since GDI gets to do that. Since this is the final mission anyway, and with the buildlevel tweaks for Nod, this is literally the only difference between buildlevels 13 and 15, for Nod. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chimas Posted May 29, 2013 Author Share Posted May 29, 2013 Hi Lightning, I was hoping that Nyerguds would have looked your findings and, since it was taking time, I've sent him a message to notice it. I'd have commented that myself, but since there's an year that I don't make any substantial maintenance, I had to ask for help to Nyerguds on this, to avoid compromising accuracy and validity of the information. Yet, tomorrow is a holiday here, so I think I'll be able to look item by item and make other corrections that I might agree with you. What I can tell is, even before your corrections I have done changes in Buildlevels, but since I had to make so many changes, I focused more on maps, triggers and teamtypes and I was really hoping that someone eventually would come along and verify these buildlevels, so I believe the effort will not be lost and some things must be discussed. After that, editing is easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightning Hunter Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 This is wrong. Nod's last build level IS 13. The game has a bunch of internal exceptions to upgrade Nod's tech levels, to let them build stuff which is tecnically, internally, several levels higher. So please, do NOT change stuff like that! It will not react like the internal game stats. I wish someone had told me this when I posted the questions months ago (and again recently) before I looked through hundreds of .ini files... Anyway, Solo, the rest of the corrections I've made should still hold true. The only ones that no longer apply are the changes with the NOD missions that go from buildleve 13 to 15. So a majority of the work is still done for you. You only have to go through and double check the accuracy of the rest of my list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightning Hunter Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 Hey Solo, have you managed to update the pack yet with the new BuildLevels? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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