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Fiodis wrote:If you want to add a second Conquest just to a single map (or a map pack), it might be possible to edit, say, hunt mode to seem like a second Conquest.

If you want to mod the entire game, then I suppose you could edit every single shipped map to have an extra mode, then modify that mode to resemble Conquest. That's the simplest way I can think of to do it.

Actually, that's the only way I can think of to do it. I'm sure there's a much more direct method that involves a lot of coding, but that's way outside my area of expertise.

Fiodis wrote:Not if you use a different mode instead of hunt. Only a few maps have hunt. For those, instead of reconfiguring the shipped hunt mode, you could add a Hero Assault mode and reconfigure that.

If you want to still have the original eras for the map your editing, and just want an extra era:
4) I'll explain this later, I need to actually look at the files I used to remember.

Skyhammer_216 wrote:

If you want to still have the original eras for the map your editing, and just want an extra era:
4) I'll explain this later, I need to actually look at the files I used to remember.

Commander_Fett wrote:Wait, did you add a new era or just replace an old one? 'Cause I'd really like to add a new era...

Skyhammer_216 wrote: Was actually aimed at Fett, not you...and I didn't read his post properly.
So, it works? And I'm assuming ya using this for your side mods?

How to change an era's/game mode's name - from the docs of Zerted's 1.3 patch:

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This tutorial will take you through the process changing the displayed label, icon, and description of a Conquest, G era map.

Backgound:
* The v1.3 patch supports over 38 game modes and 27 eras. If you want to add a new game mode or era, look at these predefined ones first. Checkout the change log for shell.lvl and common.lvl to see exactly what was added and is directly supported.
* This tutorial will assume you have created a basic LVLg_con map.

Basic Era Support
1) In addme/addme.lua, expand your sp_missionselect_listbox_contents table. Meaning, put each element on a line by itself so the table is easier to read, like this:

sp_missionselect_listbox_contents[sp_n+1] = {
isModLevel = 1,
mapluafile = "LVL%s_%s",
era_g = 1,
mode_con_g = 1,
}

2) Edit the table to add the 'change' table:

sp_missionselect_listbox_contents[sp_n+1] = {
isModLevel = 1,
mapluafile = "LVL%s_%s",
era_g = 1,
mode_con_g = 1,
change = {

},
}

3) We want to change the Conquest game mode, so add another table inside the new 'change' table. The name/index of the new table has to match the game mode key. For Conquest, the key is 'mode_con'. So:

sp_missionselect_listbox_contents[sp_n+1] = {
isModLevel = 1,
mapluafile = "LVL%s_%s",
era_g = 1,
mode_con_g = 1,
change = {
mode_con = { },
},
}

4) Add indexes for Conquest's new name ('name'), new icon ('icon'), and new description ('about'). You only need to add the indexes you want to change, but this tutorial changes all of them so:

sp_missionselect_listbox_contents[sp_n+1] = {
isModLevel = 1,
mapluafile = "LVL%s_%s",
era_g = 1,
mode_con_g = 1,
change = {
mode_con = { name="Candy Conquest", icon="mode_icon_holo", about="Drop off ten cubes of sugar at your ant hill (CP) to win. Watch out for human overlords, kids with magnifying glasses, other ant colonies, and sticky traps..." },
},
}

5) Munge your map. Since we only changed addme.lua, you don't need to check or select anything in VisualMunge. This will greatly decrease its munge time.
6) Start the game. In the map selection screens, your map's Conquest game mode checkbox will now be labeled 'Candy Conquest' and its icon and description will have changed too.
7) In addition to Conquest, we also wanted to chagne the era's name and icon (eras display no descriptions). The procedure is the same except we use the era's key instead of the game mode's key and an index of 'icon2' instead of 'icon'. Here is the completed example table:

sp_missionselect_listbox_contents[sp_n+1] = {
isModLevel = 1,
mapluafile = "LVL%s_%s",
era_g = 1,
mode_con_g = 1,
change = {
era_g = { name="Ant Wars", icon2="rvb_icon" },
mode_con = { name="Candy Conquest", icon="mode_icon_holo", about="Drop off ten cubes of sugar at your ant hill (CP) to win. Watch out for humans overlords, kids with magnifying glasses, other ant colonies, and sticky traps..." },
},
}

In your map's readme, make sure to list that the 'v1.3 patch r112+' is required to correctly view the game mode/era. If the player doesn't have the v1.3 patch, then the map's mission will still be displayed, but it will show the original values (i.e. 'Conquest' instead of 'Candy Conquest').
9) Thats it!

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bokkenblader56 wrote:I think that can be solved by backing up the original Jabba's Palace .lvl and replacing it with your modified JP .lvl.

Skyhammer_216 wrote:I'm not sure this will work, but try anyway!

Do that for Jabba's palace:

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AddNewGameModes( sp_missionselect_listbox_contents, "tat3%s_%s", {era_a = 1, era_b = 1, mode_con_a = 1, mode_con_b = 1, change = {era_a = { name="Clone Wars 2°", icon2="rvb_icon" },era_b = { name="Glactic Civil War 2°", icon2="rvb_icon" },},} )

I haven't tried this, so any problems let me know!