Adding (historical) Events? Is it possible?

**Makanyane** · 06-05-2007, 19:01

DP as new info. No it isn't the .exe, think you must have had something wrong.

{MAK_EVENT_TITLE} its a Mak event!
{MAK_EVENT_BODY} if this turns up it worked.....

in historic_events.txt

event historic mak_event
date 2 summer

in descr_events.txt
nothing done to strat txt
using RTW disc and .exe (but under mod-folder, can't see why that would make a difference but might be worth trying if you aren't already in one)

I'd screenied message turning up but can't get image shack to work - you'll have to trust me!

**Teleklos Archelaou** · 06-05-2007, 23:43

Will definitely have to try this tonight. I did it twice on my own though, so I am not sure what the mistake.... oh. Wait. date 2? Hmmm. I went to the bottom of the list and saw all these dates like: date 270 date 268 and such, and I was using the year, not the years from start! Gah. Probably why my "date 271" wasn't working then.

edit: yay!!! It works. We owe Makanyane one for testing it and showing it works, and I saw the error from the post Mak made detailing the information.

**Dol Guldur** · 06-05-2007, 23:54

Now, that would be it...

Any more discoveries on getting disasters to behave themselves yet, Mak? It's the floods at sea that just break the spell of believability...

**Teleklos Archelaou** · 06-06-2007, 00:07

Seems like I've seen reference to some RTR guys getting them to work. Kull's been trying to get someone to fix the problem for us, but I don't think we will arrive at an answer independently. Probably need to shoot them a PM when I get this stuff under control.

edit: yay!! Thanks Mak! It works. We owe you one for that.

**Makanyane** · 06-06-2007, 00:12

Probably why my "date 271" wasn't working then.

not unless you were going to be very patient clicking through campaign! That was one thing it hadn't occurred to me to say...

and no I haven't tried fiddling with disasters, was sort of on "to do list" but never got round to, I hadn't noticed problem on Eod, that might just be lack of concentration, but then map is still Europe shaped except extension east so co-ordinates would still behave logically.

EDIT: see you fixed it, good news - now all you have to do is write them all... :) ( and as small tip, initially set them all to go off in first few go's to check they work - misaligning spelling of event name CTD's without message, which is remarkably annoying half way through long campaign!)