Adding New Buildings

[ccllnply]

Can someone please point me in the direction of a tutorial or give me a guide on how to add new buildings to the game. I'm not talking about battlefield models.

[Aradan]

I think there isn't any guide exactly on "adding new buildings". But what you need is:

• a new tech-tree entry (with at least one level) in export_descr_buildings
• new entries (name, descr and short descr) for the tree and the level(s) in text/export_buildings
• UI cards (regular, construction and building-browser) in UI/culture_name/buildings[/construction]

If you follow the example of how things are coded already in those files/structured in those folders, you'll have no problem.

[Hannibal Smith]

This might help

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=13734

[ccllnply]

Thank you both

Here's my progress



I can't get the pictures to work, no matter what I do. Also, how can I make it non-buildable and indestructible?

[Red Knight Alex]

Thank you both
I can't get the pictures to work, no matter what I do. Also, how can I make it non-buildable and indestructible?

The only way I could get those pictures to show up was to repack the .pak files in data/packs, with the new files included in the packs, of course. I know there are easier ways to do it, like using the UI folder in data but they were stubborn. Probably just an operator error on my part.

[Aradan]

Non-buildable: Make it available to no factions in EDB. ( requires factions { , } )
Indestructible: Use the prefix "hinterland_" for the building-tree.
UI: Have you followed the naming conversions, eg: "#culture-name_level-name(_constructed)" ?

[ccllnply]

Ok, I got the UI to work, thanks Aradan. However, when I add hinterland_ the game kicks me back to the menu with no error message. Also, when I put in requires factions { , } the game CTDs when I click on Bree again with no error message, my guess is something to do with the UI?

Here's the EDU entery that works:

building prancing_pony
{
levels prancing_pony
{
prancing_pony requires factions { barbarian }
{
capability
{
happiness_bonus bonus 1
}
construction 2
cost 800
settlement_min large_town
upgrades
{
}
}
}
plugins
{
}
}

[Aradan]

building hinterland_prancing_pony
{
levels prancing_pony
{
prancing_pony requires factions { barbarian, } and hidden_resource not_here
{
capability
{
happiness_bonus bonus 1
}
construction 2 
cost 800 
settlement_min large_town
upgrades
{
}
}
}
plugins 
{
}
}

If you add "hinterland_" in the tree name, you must also add it in the export_buildings tag, like this: "{hinterland_prancing_pony_name}".
Another way to make a building unavailable is to make it require a hidden resource which has been defined at the top of EDB, but has not been added to any region in descr_regions. I've used "not_here" as an example, I can't remember which non-existant resource Wles has used in LotRTW.
You were also missing a comma in the faction list, be very careful with those.

[ccllnply]

{hinterland_prancing_pony_name}
An inn at the centre of the village of Bree.

I put that in Export_buildings but it still KTM when I click start campaign.

[Aradan]

Might sound silly, but you have updated your descr_strat with the new building name, right?

[ccllnply]

Might sound silly, but you have updated your descr_strat with the new building name, right?

Yeah, I did but, here's the stupid part, I forgot to save the file . I saved it and it worked the first time but now whenever I click on Bree it CTDs again

[CaesarVincens]

Do you have a UI icon for it?
If not, in descr_ui_buildings add this line at the end:

prancing_pony    tavern

(Or whatever building you want it to look like.)

[ccllnply]

Do you have a UI icon for it?
If not, in descr_ui_buildings add this line at the end:

prancing_pony    tavern

(Or whatever building you want it to look like.)

Thanks! Although, I got it to work.