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I read the 1.3 patch's doc on changing an era or game mode's name. I did what it said, but when I played the map, my new eras dissapeared! I don't know if it is different in the shipped maps or what, but this is my addme.lua: [I only changed it on Coruscant, but it completely disappeared from all maps!]
Obviously I screwed it up somewhere, but I don't know where!

Why are you trying to assign a new localization to the stock GCW era (era_g)?

Maveritchell wrote:Why are you trying to assign a new localization to the stock GCW era (era_g)?

Whoops. Better check into that.
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I re-did the addme.lua. I got the eras back, but the new names didn't work.

And here it is:

Your code is wrong on multiple levels (your first version was better). For example, this line wipes out every map from the SP selection screen loaded before your map: Anyway, you don't need any sp_missionselect_listbox_contents or mp_missionselect_listbox_contents lines for any pre-existing map. Instead, put the their change = {...}, section in their AddNewGameModes lines. An example:Do this for one map, then test it for that map. Don't add the eras or change the name for all the other maps until you get it working on one first. This will cut down on all that extra typing each time you do something wrong.

Also, you can use variables to cut down on the code. Another example:

[RDH]Zerted wrote:

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Your code is wrong on multiple levels (your first version was better). For example, this line wipes out every map from the SP selection screen loaded before your map: [code]sp_missionselect_listbox_contents = {[/code]Anyway, you don't need any sp_missionselect_listbox_contents or mp_missionselect_listbox_contents lines for any pre-existing map. Instead, put the their change = {...}, section in their AddNewGameModes lines. An example:[code]AddNewGameModes(
sp_missionselect_listbox_contents,
"cor1%s_%s",
{
era_x= 1,
mode_con_x = 1,
era_z = 1,
mode_con_z = 1,
change = {
era_x = { name="BF2 Conversion CW" },
era_z = { name="BF2 Conversion GCW" },
},
}
)[/code]Do this for one map, then test it for that map. Don't add the eras or change the name for all the other maps until you get it working on one first. This will cut down on all that extra typing each time you do something wrong.

Also, you can use variables to cut down on the code. Another example:[code]commonNewStuff= {
era_x= 1,
mode_con_x = 1,
era_z = 1,
mode_con_z = 1,
change = {
era_x = { name="BF2 Conversion CW" },
era_z = { name="BF2 Conversion GCW" },
},
}

AddNewGameModes( sp_missionselect_listbox_contents, "cor1%s_%s", commonNewStuff )
AddNewGameModes( mp_missionselect_listbox_contents, "cor1%s_%s", commonNewStuff )
AddNewGameModes( sp_missionselect_listbox_contents, "dag1%s_%s", commonNewStuff )
AddNewGameModes( mp_missionselect_listbox_contents, "dag1%s_%s", commonNewStuff )
etc...[/code]

Okay, I get it. I just forgot the "AddNewGameModes" line. Lol.

EDIT: I got it working. STAFF: this topic can be locked now.