Swapping one building for another one (both vanilla)

[Teleklos Archelaou]

I'd just like to swap some buildings around. I don't want to edit the actual cas files or anything like that, but I need to know how one would (for example) make egypt culture (vanilla terms), or specifically the egypt faction I should say, have a barbarian building instead of an egyptian one. Let's just take a barracks for example.

I don't want to change what the barracks does, or what the icons even look like on the strat map, when you highlight the city. I just want to "redirect" it, so that instead of throwing the battlemap egyptian barracks into the town, it throws the battlemap barbarian barracks in there instead.

I would think that maybe a text file can be altered to "redirect" appropriate cas files, but I have never altered these before.

Any tutorials or anything that could help me achieve this? Any help would be much appreciated.

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edit: my example was just one building, but I'd like to make (for example) all egyptian variants of buildings use barbarian variants instead.

[Epistolary Richard]

Requests for tutorials should be posted in Modding Questions. Moved.

[Dol Guldur]

Teleklos, Adherbal (or others who have looked into this more than I!)

Were you able to resolve this? I have not had a problem with it (though somewhat by virtue of it not being necessary) but A:TW are having a problem with their Gaelic culture (Eastern) not converting to Eastern architecture re edb (i.e. non-ambient) buildings. Settlement plans are fine - I've had a look through their code and nothing looks wrong as far as I can see.

Any ideas?

[Lusted]

Have they edited the relevant dbb files?

[cunctator]

It works in Eb 0.8 without problems. As long as you don't want to add new 3D buildings dbb files don't have to be edited.

For changing non ambient buildings:

-Open "descr_settlement_plan.txt"

-search for barracks entries

-add egyptian cultures to culture list for barbarian buildings, remove egyptian culture from culture list for egyptian buildings.

-if you don't want to have barbarian slot filler buildings, if the barracks buildings to small for the slot you have to create a new entry with the right egyptian slot_filler group defined.

slot slot_112x64_barracks
	{
		default
		{
			slot_112x64_empty_group_roman,	0,	0,	0,	0
		}

		variant
		{
			cultures any
			status construction
			buildings
			{
				barracks muster_field
			}
			slot_112x64_construction_site,	0,	0,	0,	0
		}
	
		variant
		{
			cultures
			{
				greek
			}
			buildings
			{
				none
			}	
			slot_112x64_empty_group_greek,	0,	0,	0,	0	
		}

		variant
		{
			cultures
			{
				egyptian (only if there should be barbarian buildings too without a barrack in this ettlement.)
			}
			buildings
			{
				none
			}	
			slot_112x64_empty_group_egyptian,	0,	0,	0,	0	
		}

		variant
		{
			cultures
			{
				eastern
			}
			buildings
			{
				none
			}	
			slot_112x64_empty_group_eastern,	0,	0,	0,	0	
		}

		variant
		{
			cultures
			{
				carthaginian
			}
			buildings
			{
				none
			}	
			slot_112x64_empty_group_carthaginian,	0,	0,	0,	0	
		}

		variant
		{
			cultures
			{	
				barbarian
				nomad
				egyptian (only if there should be barbarian buildings too without a barrack in this ettlement.)
			}
			buildings
			{
				none
			}	
			slot_112x64_empty_group_barbarian,	0,	0,	0,	0	
		}

		variant
		{
			cultures
			{
				roman
				greek
			}
			buildings
			{
				barracks royal_barracks
			}
			floor none overlay_urban_barracks_roman.cas
			urban_barracks_roman, 		0, 	0, 	0, 	0
		}

		variant
		{
			cultures
			{
				roman
			}
			buildings
			{
				barracks army_barracks
				barracks city_barracks
			}
			floor none overlay_city_barracks_roman.cas
			city_barracks_roman, 		0, 	0, 	0, 	0
		}
		variant
		{
			cultures
			{
				greek
			}
			buildings
			{
				barracks army_barracks
				barracks city_barracks
			}
			floor none overlay_city_barracks_roman.cas
			city_barracks_greek, 		0, 	0, 	0, 	0
		}

		variant
		{
			cultures
			{
				egyptian
			}
			buildings
			{
				barracks army_barracks
				barracks city_barracks
			}
			floor none overlay_city_barracks_egyptian.cas
			city_barracks_egyptian, 		0, 	0, 	0, 	0
		}
		variant
		{
			cultures
			{
				eastern
				carthaginian
			}
			buildings
			{
				barracks army_barracks
				barracks city_barracks
			}
			floor none overlay_city_barracks_egyptian.cas
			city_barracks_eastern, 		0, 	0, 	0, 	0
		}

		variant
		{
			cultures
			{
				barbarian
				nomad
				egyptian
			}
			buildings
			{
				barracks city_barracks
			}
			floor none overlay_hall_of_heroes.cas
			hall_of_heroes, 		0, 	0, 	0, 	0
		}

		variant
		{
			cultures
			{
				barbarian
				egyptian
			}
			buildings
			{
				barracks militia_barracks
			}
			floor none overlay_mead_hall.cas
			slot_upgrade_48x32_112x64_barbarian,	0,	0,	0,	0
			mead_hall, 		0, 	0, 	0, 	0
			tree_E,					19,	11,	0,	0
			tree_A,					16,	-7,	0,	0
		}

		variant
		{
			cultures
			{
				barbarian
				nomad
				egyptian
			}
			buildings
			{
				barracks muster_field
			}
			floor none overlay_drinking_hall.cas
			slot_upgrade_48x32_112x64_barbarian,	0,	0,	0,	0
			drinking_hall, 		0, 	0, 	0, 	0
		}

		variant
		{
			cultures
			{
				roman
			}
			buildings
			{
				barracks militia_barracks
				barracks muster_field
			}
			floor none overlay_militia_barracks_roman.cas
			slot_upgrade_48x32_112x64_roman,	0,	0,	0,	0
			militia_barracks_roman, 		0, 	0, 	0, 	0
		}

		variant
		{
			cultures
			{
				greek
			}
			buildings
			{
				barracks muster_field
				barracks militia_barracks
			}
			floor none overlay_militia_barracks_roman.cas
			slot_upgrade_48x32_112x64_greek,	0,	0,	0,	0
			militia_barracks_greek, 		0, 	0, 	0, 	0
		}

		variant
		{
			cultures
			{
				egyptian
			}
			buildings
			{
				barracks muster_field
				barracks militia_barracks
			}
			floor none overlay_militia_barracks_egyptian.cas
			slot_upgrade_48x32_112x64_egyptian,	0,	0,	0,	0
			militia_barracks_egyptian,		0,	0,	0,	0
		}
		variant
		{
			cultures
			{
				eastern
			}
			buildings
			{
				barracks muster_field
				barracks militia_barracks
			}
			floor none overlay_militia_barracks_egyptian.cas
			slot_upgrade_48x32_112x64_eastern,	0,	0,	0,	0
			militia_barracks_eastern,		0,	0,	0,	0
		}

		variant
		{
			cultures
			{
				carthaginian
			}
			buildings
			{
				barracks muster_field
				barracks militia_barracks
			}
			floor none overlay_militia_barracks_egyptian.cas
			slot_upgrade_48x32_112x64_carthaginian,	0,	0,	0,	0
			militia_barracks_eastern,		0,	0,	0,	0
		}
	}


	slot slot_48x32_barracks
	{
		default
		{
			slot_48x32_empty_group_roman,	0,	0,	0,	0
		}

		variant
		{
			cultures any
			status construction
			buildings
			{
				barracks muster_field
			}
			slot_48x32_construction_site,	0,	0,	0,	0
		}

		variant
		{
			cultures
			{
				greek
			}
			buildings
			{
				none
			}	
			slot_48x32_empty_group_greek,	0,	0,	0,	0	
		}

		variant
		{
			cultures
			{
				egyptian
			}
			buildings
			{
				none
			}	
			slot_48x32_empty_group_egyptian,	0,	0,	0,	0	
		}

		variant
		{
			cultures
			{
				eastern
			}
			buildings
			{
				none
			}	
			slot_48x32_empty_group_eastern,	0,	0,	0,	0	
		}

		variant
		{
			cultures
			{
				carthaginian
			}
			buildings
			{
				none
			}	
			slot_48x32_empty_group_carthaginian,	0,	0,	0,	0	
		}

		variant
		{
			cultures
			{
				barbarian
				nomad
				egyptian
			}
			buildings
			{
				none
			}	
			slot_48x32_empty_group_barbarian,	0,	0,	0,	0	
		}

		variant
		{
			cultures 
			{
				roman
			}
			buildings
			{
				barracks militia_barracks
				barracks muster_field
			}
			floor none overlay_militia_barracks_roman.cas
			militia_barracks_roman, 		0, 	0, 	0, 	0
		}

		variant
		{
			cultures 
			{
				greek
			}
			buildings
			{
				barracks muster_field
				barracks militia_barracks
			}
			floor none overlay_militia_barracks_roman.cas
			militia_barracks_greek, 		0, 	0, 	0, 	0
		}

		variant
		{
			cultures
			{
				egyptian
			}
			buildings
			{
				barracks muster_field
				barracks militia_barracks
			}
			floor none overlay_militia_barracks_egyptian.cas
			militia_barracks_egyptian,		0,	0,	0,	0
		}
		variant
		{
			cultures
			{
				eastern
				carthaginian
			}
			buildings
			{
				barracks muster_field
				barracks militia_barracks
			}
			floor none overlay_militia_barracks_egyptian.cas
			militia_barracks_eastern,		0,	0,	0,	0
		}

		variant
		{
			cultures
			{
				barbarian
				nomad
				egyptian
			}
			buildings
			{
				barracks militia_barracks
			}
			floor none overlay_mead_hall.cas
			mead_hall, 		0, 	0, 	0, 	0
			tree_E,					19,	11,	0,	0
			tree_A,					16,	-7,	0,	0
		}

		variant
		{
			cultures
			{
				barbarian
				nomad
				egyptian
			}
			buildings
			{
				barracks muster_field
			}
			floor none overlay_drinking_hall.cas
			drinking_hall, 		0, 	0, 	0, 	0
		}

		
	}

[Agraes]

It works

Thanks for your help!

[Myrddraal]

cunctator would you mind if I copied your post to make a guide for the scriptorium?

[cunctator]

No problem for me.

[Agraes]

I bump this thread because we still got an issue with the "Gaelic" walls. They still have the aspect of eastern walls, where they should look like roman/barbarian walls.