Rusty and generally unskilled in XML

[ante185]

so i got this little snippet of code here, and something is wrong as the changes do not occur, i think it's in the <where> tag i fail

<GameData>
	<Units>
		<Update>
			<Where>
				<UnitType>UNIT_EXPLORER</UnitType>
			</Where>
			<Set>
				<Combat>5</Combat>
			</Set>
		</Update>
		<Update>
			<Where>
				<UnitClass>UNITCLASS_MARINE</UnitClass>
			</Where>
			<Set>
				<PrereqTech>TECH_CHEMISTRY</PrereqTech>
			</Set>
		</Update>
	</Units>
</GameData>

 

[miguelferreira]

I don't know if Where and Set can have childs. Normally their "arguments" are set as attributes of the xml node

Could you test it like this?

<GameData> 
    <Units> 
        <Update> 
            <Set Combat="5" /> 
	    <Where UnitType="UNIT_EXPLORER"/> 
            </Set> 
        </Update> 
	<Update> 
            <Set PrereqTech="TECH_CHEMISTRY" />
            <Where UnitClass="UNITCLASS_MARINE"/> 
            </Set> 
        </Update> 
    </Units> 
</GameData>

Also make sure to update the corresponding databases

 

[ante185]

Tried that, no change, i did remove the excess </set> tags you left there tho.
I've attached it here

 

[Nutty]

In the attachment, you changed it to the alternate syntax correctly (miguelferreira had it wrong), but your first one would have worked too. However, the Units table doesn't have a "UnitType" column; it's "Type."

	<Units>
		<Update>
			<Set Combat="5" />
			<Where Type="UNIT_EXPLORER"/>
		</Update>
		<Update>
			<Set PrereqTech="TECH_CHEMISTRY" />
			<Where Type="UNIT_MARINE"/>
		</Update>
	</Units>

Note I changed the second Where to reference Type rather than Class. That would have worked, but then it would have applied to the Alien Wolf Beetle too, which you don't want.

 

[ante185]

Thanks Nutty!
Edit: while we're on it where do i find the subtechs/leafs for the techs/branches?

 

[_insertnamehere]

They are just regular techs with the LeafTech boolean set to true; that is, they include

<LeafTech>True</LeafTech>

in the XML.

You'll also want to set up a TechnologyConnections table like so:

<Technology_Connections>
  <Row>
    <FirstTech>YOUR_LEAF_TECH</FirstTech>
    <SecondTech>YOUR_MAJOR_TECH</SecondTech>
  </Row>
</Technology_Connections>

So that the player has to research the major tech your leaf tech is attached to first.