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Mod id question

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Hi,

i remember when doing my RC mod, there was a problem with the mod idea. It need to have a special name, to get it working on every stock map.
Does anyone know what i mean and can point it out to me, how to name a era mod, so that it is available on every map??

An other question is about the era code. there is c for clone wars, g for gcw, i choose r for republic commando,...
Can we only take letters, or can we use numbers as well. Let's say 3??
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Anakin wrote:An other question is about the era code. there is c for clone wars, g for gcw, i choose r for republic commando,...
Can we only take letters, or can we use numbers as well. Let's say 3??
From what I knew about adding custom eras:
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[quote="changelog - shell.lvl.txt"]Added support for era: a
Added support for era: b
Added support for era: d
Added support for era: e
Added support for era: f
Added support for era: h
Added support for era: i
Added support for era: j
Added support for era: k
Added support for era: l
Added support for era: m
Added support for era: n
Added support for era: o
Added support for era: p
Added support for era: q
Added support for era: r
Added support for era: s
Added support for era: t
Added support for era: u
Added support for era: v
Added support for era: w
Added support for era: x
Added support for era: y
Added support for era: z
Added support for era: 1
Added support for era: 2[/quote]
Technically it should be possible to have era 3, if the shell.lvl gets rewritten.
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Re: Mod id question

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Ok, so 1 and 2 would be fine.

Is there a list of known used era codes??

Added support for era: a
Added support for era: b
Added support for era: d
Added support for era: e
Added support for era: f
Added support for era: h
Added support for era: i
Added support for era: j
Added support for era: k
Added support for era: l
Added support for era: m
Added support for era: n
Added support for era: o
Added support for era: p
Added support for era: q
Added support for era: r - republic commando side mod
Added support for era: s
Added support for era: t
Added support for era: u
Added support for era: v
Added support for era: w
Added support for era: x
Added support for era: y
Added support for era: z
Added support for era: 1
Added support for era: 2

what about Kotor, MEU, BFX, DT, DT2??
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Anakin wrote:Ok, so 1 and 2 would be fine.

Is there a list of known used era codes??

Added support for era: a
Added support for era: b
Added support for era: d
Added support for era: e
Added support for era: f
Added support for era: h
Added support for era: i
Added support for era: j
Added support for era: k
Added support for era: l
Added support for era: m
Added support for era: n
Added support for era: o
Added support for era: p
Added support for era: q
Added support for era: r - republic commando side mod
Added support for era: s
Added support for era: t
Added support for era: u
Added support for era: v
Added support for era: w
Added support for era: x
Added support for era: y
Added support for era: z
Added support for era: 1
Added support for era: 2

what about Kotor, MEU, BFX, DT, DT2??
DT use 1
Devis(me lol) use X (i will upload my mod soon i promise)
kotor use K
BFX use a ??
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As far as I remember BFX uses a and b.
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n is used by ME:U I think, but the name shows up as New Jedi Order (at least for me).
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jedimoose32 wrote:n is used by ME:U I think, but the name shows up as New Jedi Order (at least for me).
Yep, MEU uses n (for N7, lolz). If the name shows up as New Jedi Order, that means another era mod you have installed has an addme that doesn't use Zerted's fixed addme code: http://www.gametoast.com/viewtopic.php?p=350615#p350615

Anywho, I think DT2 uses 1.
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Ok so

Added support for era: a - BFX
Added support for era: b - BFX
Added support for era: d
Added support for era: e
Added support for era: f - TFA
Added support for era: h
Added support for era: i - reserved
Added support for era: j - reserved
Added support for era: k - kotor
Added support for era: l
Added support for era: m
Added support for era: n - MEU
Added support for era: o
Added support for era: p
Added support for era: q
Added support for era: r - republic commando side mod
Added support for era: s
Added support for era: t - old republic
Added support for era: u - ultimate republic
Added support for era: v
Added support for era: w
Added support for era: x - Deviss
Added support for era: y
Added support for era: z
Added support for era: 1 - DT 2
Added support for era: 2 - beach trooper


OK that known i reserve i and j for me :D


What about the mod ID. Does anyone know something about a problem that a side mod is not added to all maps if the 3 letter does not start with a special letter??
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Re: Mod id question

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I can agree to Marth. DT2 uses 1. I also checked for Delta's TFA Mod. He uses the letter of "F" as his era.
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Re: Mod id question

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what era code is for DT1??
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I remember seeing a list with the used and unused eras at one point. I'll have a little dig through my archive later at home.
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Yes, I'm using the letter "f" for the GCW II era and, if you are interested, I used the letter "t" for my old republic era.
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Anakin wrote:what era code is for DT1??
They're the same thing. I've never logically split Dark Times versions; DT2 is just an "upgrade" to DT1. They use the same nomenclature. (Sidebar: the "2" era is Beach Troopers.)
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Anakin wrote:Ok so

Added support for era: a - BFX
Added support for era: b - BFX
Added support for era: d
Added support for era: e
Added support for era: f - TFA
Added support for era: h
Added support for era: i - reserved
Added support for era: j - reserved
Added support for era: k - kotor
Added support for era: l
Added support for era: m
Added support for era: n - MEU
Added support for era: o
Added support for era: p
Added support for era: q
Added support for era: r - republic commando side mod
Added support for era: s
Added support for era: t - old republic
Added support for era: u
Added support for era: v
Added support for era: w
Added support for era: x - Deviss
Added support for era: y
Added support for era: z
Added support for era: 1 - DT 2
Added support for era: 2 - beach trooper


OK that known i reserve i and j for me :D


What about the mod ID. Does anyone know something about a problem that a side mod is not added to all maps if the 3 letter does not start with a special letter??
Sorry for the bump, just want to say that I'm using u for Ultimate Republic :D
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Added it to the list
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