New Custom Race Debugging/Creation

Homeworld Remastered Collection Homeworld Mods and Modding
#29

Why ants why!
:wink:

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#30

@Faction_Red029 I see you use notepad ā€¦ Use notepad++ to make code, itā€™s simple and more useful than this stupid Notepad ā€¦ And itā€™s free ā€¦

Links :
https://notepad-plus-plus.org/download/v6.8.3.html

I suppose all modders use this ā€¦

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#31

ā€¦urrr idk why Notepad++ is any better then regular notepad :neutral_face:

i have both on my Pc and in my opinion for HW modding both work fine

#32

You have lot of functionality on Notepad ++ than Notepad doesnā€™t have ā€¦

Ex : Auto-Completion ; Compare (plugin can be add to ā€˜compareā€™ two file and you see your error) ; Lines (the most important in programming / scripting etc ā€¦ You canā€™t work in the programming if you donā€™t have this line, because, log return the line of the problem, and notepad doesnā€™t have the number of line on the left ā€¦) ; lua is actually support by N++ etcā€¦

We have lot of example, but Notepad is for the beginner, and, after you use N++, you canā€™t return to notepad ā€¦

Personally, when i discovered N++, itā€™s change my life ā€¦ You can work in the good condition, and when i used Microsoft Visual Studio, itā€™s the same, for c / c++,i used it.

But itā€™s my opinion, and for work itā€™s the best ā€¦

#33

I use that as well

#34

The biggest immediate benefit of any upgrade from notepad(Iā€™ve used Notepad++, Programmerā€™s Notepad 2, and Sublime text and different points in time) is being able to show line numbers. If youā€™ve flubbed in lua scripting the message will often tell you where in a file it broke, and finding that place without line numbers can be a challenge. Powerful search tools can be handy too, especially if youā€™re digging through someone elseā€™s scripts(such as relic or gearbox) trying to find where something is done.

#35

Do you mean build.lua because I do not know where the ā€œButtonā€ is?

#36

yup, the build lua. Deines which thing is built as a result of clicking it, and what the name and description will be on the build menu.

#37

Where is the code that tells you where the button is

#38

data:\scripts\races[race]\scripts\def_build.lua

{
	Type = 					Ship, 
	ThingToBuild = 			"[ship_name]",
	RequiredResearch =		"",
	RequiredShipSubSystems =	"",
	DisplayPriority =		18, --                <-This number needs to be unique
	DisplayedName =			"[Displayname]",
	Description =			"[Description]" 
},

And when I say unique, I mean unique as compared to all other ships in the same display family. You can do fighters with 0, 1, 2, 3 and frigates with 0, 1, 2, 3, just donā€™t let there be two ā€˜3sā€™ in any one category. You can play it safe if you want though by making every single ship be completely unique so itā€™d fit no matter what family itā€™s in.

#39

Thanks :wink:

Also, @Faction_Red029 did you fix your problems yet?

#40

Kindaā€¦kinda not

#41

Question for those that are smarter than me, how do you get a race added to the remastered death match? I already got the progenitor ready to go cept for research and some dockpath issues.

#42

Donā€™t ask me I want to know this as well

#43

Just make sure it has the right tags on it :wink:

#44

Has been offline for quite awhile because of College and internet problemsā€¦I will be working on a mod laterā€¦but for now its just college and finding a job

#45

Well, that is more important than modding.
Good luck :dukeaffirmative:

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#46

How are you doing College/Modding at the moment?

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#47

wellā€¦iv almost finished college!

i may have flunked in the education half but i did enjoy trying :smiley:

i shall be going to work on a Diploma of Interactive Media and Games next year and hopefully i have time to work on HWR mods while i learn to make top quality games

speaking of games here is once i made yesterdayā€¦nothing much just a basic game
LINK: https://www.dropbox.com/s/dt38766jdh6m0td/BasicPlatformer.unity3d?dl=0

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#48

Give people free copies! :wink:

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