Guess what? A Question!

[yatta77]

Hi. I feel a little stupid for posting this and I'm not sure it is the right place. Anyway...

I'm working on updating my mod, I'm doing things well enough with .xml and .dds, but I'd like to be able to personalize more the graphics and soundtrack/bg.

So I have some questions, if anybody can help it is truly appreciated:

1. About new units. I'm not into 3d design but that's not a big problem since there's already some new units from other mods I'd like to add to mine (if the authors gives me the permission).

If I change a unit with a UU which looks completly different, and I guess it has a different animation, how can I explain in the .xml "this is going to be the animation of that unit"?

I noticed that if I create in .xml a UU from a Great Engineer (whitout changing his graphic) which allow the GE to create Academy, it keeps his (hurry production) animation also doing that, which is ok in my mod.

But how he knows that? What If I change his graphic? Like if I link that unit to the warrior graphic? The warrior doesn't have a hurry production animation I guess...

Why unpacking the .fpk and opening a folder there's so many files with the same extension? And why so many different file extensions? The only thing I understand is that the .dds file are for skin the unit (which is easy, also if I don't understand why there's 2 .dds file of the same skin) but everything else is darkness...

I'm not asking how to build up a new unit, I know it's far away from my knowlange. I just wish to know how to add someone else work into my Mod.

What if I make a new folder, put in only one .nif file of a new unit I take from another mod and link my new UU to this .nif file. It's going to work? What will happen trying to create an Academy? Which animations this unit will have?

2. About soundtrack/bg. There's a way to specify a new soundtrack/bg for a new civilization? Do you know where it is possible to download not copirighted music to use as soundtrack/bg?

I'm not a programmer and english isn't my first language. Guides are not always understandable for me. Please be patient... Thank You.

 

[yatta77]

One more question. Is there a netiquette about messaging someone. I never used the message tool, and I wanted to now if I should have some kind of permission before sending a message to someone.
Example: If someone enter a post in my thread, and I want to message him about it?

 

[Red Door]

Okay, to answer your questions more on the CFC guidelines. You can use any posted units without asking as long as you give them credits, in the read-me or the thread.

And messaging, feel free to use PM's. They can be very valueable.

A lot of Civ 3 modders use MSN Messenger to talk instantaneously, it'd be good to see the Civ 4 community doing that a little more.

 

[yatta77]

Okay, to answer your questions more on the CFC guidelines.

sorry, what's a CFC guideline?

You can use any posted units without asking as long as you give them credits, in the read-me or the thread.

it would be done anyway

And messaging, feel free to use PM's. They can be very valueable.

A lot of Civ 3 modders use MSN Messenger to talk instantaneously, it'd be good to see the Civ 4 community doing that a little more.

Non MSN, sorry.

Thanks for aswering!

 

[Red Door]

sorry, what's a CFC guideline?

Sorry for the confusion, the questions I answered were more things about the forums than modding, so I called it CFC Guidelines.

 

[yatta77]

Sorry for the confusion, the questions I answered were more things about the forums than modding, so I called it CFC Guidelines.

ok. thanks anyway, useful advices

 

[yatta77]

never mind. I could reskin a regular unit which looks a lot better than what would be aceptable for me and that has animations doing things wasn't supposed to do in the origin. Still don't understand anything about it, neither how I did and neither why it works, but I don't care. As long as it works, it looks nice, and I can play with it Someday maybe the best music I ever heard will automatically join my mod and play in background