How do I link to C3C units in own scns?

[BeBro]

Already posted this on the CDG, but it is driving me mad, so I post it here too: Let´s assume I want to make an own scn that uses eg. the WWII Para or the Allied Carrier. I can´t distribute those unit anims with the scn, Firaxis would kill me. However, under PTW you could easily link to units in Civ3/art/units or PTW/art/units by setting the correct search path under "Scenario Properties" in the editor and editing the pediaicons.txt.

But how on earth can I link to unit anims of the different conquests?

Does it play a role if my own scn is under PTW/scenarios or Conquests/scenarios?

Any help would be great.

 

[zulu9812]

I assume it's:

..\Conquests\World War II in the Pacific\Art\Units

 

[BeBro]

It doesn´t seem to work or I´m making something horribly wrong

I tried now several methods, several paths - one time in the pediaicons.txt, then also in the unit .ini file - no success

Is there anybody who actually uses Conquests units (means: not those from Civ3/Conquests/art/units, but from one of the sub-folders for the various conquests) in an own scn? Or is it simply not possible?

The last possible solution I see in case nothing else works is to make installation instructions for own scns that say the user should copy unit anim folder "xy" from conquest A into the "units" folder of the dl-ed scn. However, this is stupid, imagine ten scns are using the same unit - then you have to copy it ten times, wasting ten times of the hd space you´d need if the linking would work.

 

[thestonesfan]

Well, I THINK you don't need to do anything, provided the user puts the scenario in the right folder. I could be terribly wrong, though.

 

[BeBro]

Well, I have to use an own sub folder for my own scn files, and the biq file can be placed IMO only in either PTW/scenarios, Conquests/scenarios or Conquests/conquests - but in any case I can´t get it to work

Is there anyone at Firaxis I could mail about it? I mean on the official Civ3 page there are a lot of links or mail adresses for support, but they lead to Ingogrames or Atari, but I don´t think they are the best way to discuss customization aspects. I´d rather ask a Firaxian directly....

 

[BeBro]

Oh, and just found out that the WWII para anims are also under conquests/art /units, so I guess one can use them from there. However, the problems with anims only in conquests subfolders (pacific war, napoleonic etc.) remain....

 

[embryodead]

It's pretty easy, just do it the other way. Don't put anything in scenario search folders. Create "Longship" (example) folder in your mod's Art/Units folder. Copy Longship.INI into that folder. Then edit it with notepad: put the relative path before all .flc and sound files so that it looks like that:

DEFAULT=..\..\..\..\..\Conquests\Middle Ages\Art\Units\Longship\Longship_default.flc

I guarantee it works, it's in WH-Mod 1.1.

 

[BeBro]

Cool, will try that out.

Thanks