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:



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:

[Btothexicus Maximus]

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