Tutorial for adding new wall level?

[PROMETHEUS]

Ho to add a new wall level to a barbarian city?

[Seasoned Alcoholic]

Do you mean adding the small / standard stone walls to the Barbarian culture? If so, you need to change the entries for both the strategy / campaign map, and also for the building rosters.

In descr_sm_settlements, this is how the Barb wall levels are displayed in vanilla:


barbarian
{
village
{
normal data/models_strat/residences/barb_village.CAS
card data/ui/barbarian/cities/barbarian_village.tga
}
town
{
normal data/models_strat/residences/barb_town_buildings.CAS
wall data/models_strat/residences/barb_town_wall_1.CAS
wall data/models_strat/residences/barb_town_wall_2.CAS
card data/ui/barbarian/cities/barbarian_town.tga
}
large_town
{
normal data/models_strat/residences/barb_large_town_buildings.CAS
wall data/models_strat/residences/barb_large_town_wall_1.CAS
wall data/models_strat/residences/barb_large_town_wall_2.CAS
card data/ui/barbarian/cities/barbarian_large_town.tga
}
city
{
normal data/models_strat/residences/barb_city_buildings.CAS
wall data/models_strat/residences/barb_city_wall_1.CAS
wall data/models_strat/residences/barb_city_wall_2.CAS
card data/ui/barbarian/cities/barbarian_city.tga
}
}
Simply copy & paste in some Roman stone wall entries (highlighted in bold), and you should now look as below:


barbarian
{
village
{
normal data/models_strat/residences/barb_village.CAS
card data/ui/barbarian/cities/barbarian_village.tga
}
town
{
normal data/models_strat/residences/barb_town_buildings.CAS
wall data/models_strat/residences/barb_town_wall_1.CAS
wall data/models_strat/residences/barb_town_wall_2.CAS
wall data/models_strat/residences/roman_town_wall_3.CAS
card data/ui/barbarian/cities/barbarian_town.tga
}
large_town
{
normal data/models_strat/residences/barb_large_town_buildings.CAS
wall data/models_strat/residences/barb_large_town_wall_1.CAS
wall data/models_strat/residences/barb_large_town_wall_2.CAS
wall data/models_strat/residences/roman_large_town_wall_3.CAS
card data/ui/barbarian/cities/barbarian_large_town.tga
}
city
{
normal data/models_strat/residences/barb_city_buildings.CAS
wall data/models_strat/residences/barb_city_wall_1.CAS
wall data/models_strat/residences/barb_city_wall_2.CAS
wall data/models_strat/residences/roman_city_wall_3.CAS
card data/ui/barbarian/cities/barbarian_city.tga
}
}
This should sort the graphics that are displayed on the strat / campaign map, as illustrated below:

https://img363.imageshack.us/img363/3937/ddd7jm.th.jpg (https://img363.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ddd7jm.jpg)

To ensure the Barbs can construct stone walls in their building rosters, simply modify this entry in export_descr_buildings:


stone_wall requires factions { carthaginian, eastern, egyptian, greek, roman, }
{
capability
{
wall_level 2
tower_level 1
gate_defences 1
gate_strength 1
}
construction 3
cost 1600
settlement_min city
upgrades
{
large_stone_wall
}
}
Change the entry so it looks like the following (changes in bold):


stone_wall requires factions { barbarian, carthaginian, eastern, egyptian, greek, roman, }
{
capability
{
wall_level 2
tower_level 1
gate_defences 1
gate_strength 1
}
construction 3
cost 1600
settlement_min city
upgrades
{
large_stone_wall
}
}
All that should be left to do is the UI cards for the building rosters; simply copy the Roman ones (located in the unpacked packs\data directory, after using Vercingetorix's x-pak extractor tool). Now paste them into a Barbarian directory (create a new one if you haven't already done so, EG data\UI...), using exactly the same structure as the Roman UI cards do.

Note that there should be 3 TGA images in total, 2 that go in the BUILDINGS sub-directory, and 1 that goes in the CONSTRUCTION sub-directory.

Don't forget to rename them, otherwise the game will default to the Roman Army Barracks as the UI cards.

Test out your stone walls in custom battles - the Barbarians should now be able to choose stone walls from the Settlement Defences drop-down box. This is how the stone walls should appear on the battlefield:

https://img27.imageshack.us/img27/3005/stonewalls16ix.th.jpg (https://img27.imageshack.us/my.php?image=stonewalls16ix.jpg)

[Btothexicus Maximus]

Brilliant tutorial. I just used it to change RTR's ridiculous circular barbarian stone walls into the Roman ones.