Modding Question TS & RA2

[DarkVen9109]

In RA1 and Tiberian Dawn, you can only replace a units, sounds, or musics right? Can I add certain things in Tiberian Sun and in RA2?

[Nyerguds]

If you use C&C95 v1.06c r3, you can add music by extracting themes.ini from updatec.mix and editing it.

 

 

I haven't gotten around to implementing the rest of the ini modding system yet though; the music was more or less a proof of concept, which was quite easy to implement since I had been rewriting practically all of the internal music entry handling anyway.

 

The inis containing all extracted hardcoded data from the game are already available here:

http://nyerguds.arsaneus-design.com/cnc95upd/inirules/

But as I said, only the music one is actually read by the game at this moment.

 

rules.ini (which isn't in that folder, but can also be extracted from updatec.mix) has settings determining which special scenes (main menu, score, map selection) use which themes from themes.ini

 

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As far as I know, you can add anything you want in RA2 and TS, but there are internal limits to how many you can add. For example, the TS AI starts acting odd if you expand the units list to exceed 100 entries.

[Allen262]

With TS and RA2 you can add more unit and building then stock. Sounds and musics as well. TS don't support a infantry transport helicopter and ships (There are work around for both but no RA1 style transport ships)

 

With RA2 the rules get a little hard to do but it dose use ships like RA1. Attack helicopter logic dosn't seem to work for the Soviets.

[DarkVen9109]

So I can also import Tiberian Sun maps over Red Alert 2 and vice versa? Uhh but what about the Dawn of Tiberium Age? How was it supported with ships?

[Allen262]

TS and RA2 maps are not interchangeable.

 

With TS the infantry transport helicopter fix was done by Carryall=yes but this make the transport drop a infantry than it will take off and land to drop another. This repeats tell all infantry are dropped.

 

Ships are done by sea based a Weapons Fractory.  This work around breaks some of the stock Single Player missons but since Dawn of Tiberium Age dosn't use them it is no big deal. PPM has the details.

 

Naval Yard / Alternate Factories.

http://www.ppmsite.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7918

Naval Yard / Alternate Factories V2.0

http://www.ppmsite.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=15319

[DarkVen9109]

Ahh no wonder why it's no big deal. Btw if I were to add a file here, what would be the filename?

[Allen262]

Add a file? What kind of file?

[DarkVen9109]

Umm, custom units or any RA2 .vxl files

[Allen262]

Go to The Construction Yard » Graphics and post. Than use the attachment options below the "Notify me of replies" "Return to this topic." and "Don't use smileys." Put your files into one of "Allowed file types: gif, jpg, mpg, pdf, png, zip, rar, mix, 7z" I use Zip my self since just about evey one has it. than attach if to your post.

[DarkVen9109]

I was hopin I could ask help for any competent Modders of TS and RA2 but I don't see them going active here anymore

[Nyerguds]

No, for TS and RA2 you're probably better off checking the PPM forum.

[Allen262]

I know a good bit about TS but PPM is a good place too.

[Kilkakon]

I know a ton about RA2 having made like a total conversation 4 times over that nobody liked for 3 years.

 

Lessons learnt though.

[DarkVen9109]

Ahh, will do check PPM. Gotta procrastinate on modding for TD and Ra1 for a while.