HIBAM Editor: Map & Historical Battle editor

[LEGIO_Desaix]

Since we're approaching release 2 of NTW3 I've decided to make my editor of map and historical order of battle available to everybody.
I have little time now to compile a tutorial for most of the functions, they will follow if people shows some interest. The pack has a tutorial included dealing with deployment zones and grassmap. Planting trees and setting buildings is enough intuitive.
Lots of buildings and trees preview don't work, just the ones I frequently use.

You need net 3.5 or above to make it work. Extract to any directory and run the exe.

CURRENT VERSION 3.8

http://www.mediafire.com/file/vlv91b...m_3_8.rar/file

[panzerschreck]

Since we're approaching release 2 of NTW3 I've decided to make my editor of map and historical order of battle available to everybody.
I have little time now to compile a tutorial for most of the functions, they will follow if people shows some interest. The pack has a tutorial included dealing with deployment zones and grassmap. Planting trees and setting buildings is enoufg intuitive.
Lots of buildings and trees preview don't work, just the ones I frequently use.

You need net 3.5 or above to make it work. Extract to any directory and run the exe.

http://www.gamefront.com/files/21015552/Hibam_v3.rar

that's nice, is it different from the version I have?

thanks

[Primergy]

You need net 3.5 or above to make it work. Extract to any directory and run the exe.

http://www.gamefront.com/files/21015552/Hibam_v3.rar

Nice! to bad that buildings are still "harcoded"

[LEGIO_Desaix]

Nice! to bad that buildings are still "harcoded"

I will work on that after the release of my HB pack. Promised

[LEGIO_Desaix]

New version 3.1 out for Primergy without buildings hardcoded (you were lucky it did not take long...).

If you want to add a new building just add a line in the Buildings.csv file. First the name, then width, height, occupable status and finally if center of rotation is not in the midlle (like bridge for example but usually value is 0) . However I guess Primergy will not make any new bridge for a while

Link updated in first post.

[Primergy]

New version 3.1 out for Primergy without buildings hardcoded (you were lucky it did not take long...).

If you want to add a new building just add a line in the Buildings.csv file. First the name, then width, height, occupable status and finally if center of rotation is not in the midlle (like bridge for example but usually value is 0) . However I guess Primergy will not make any new bridge for a while

Link updated in first post.

Oh great (and yes, i need a burnside bridge^^)

[wangrin]

Is this excellent tool compatible with ETW battle maps ?

[LEGIO_Desaix]

Is this excellent tool compatible with ETW battle maps ?

I think map changed slighlty from ETW to NTW. Primergy is the best to answer here because he owns both programs. There should be no trouble for deployment zones and histrocal battle script generation, but tree and buildings would need some fixes.

[wangrin]

Thanks for answer

I will ask Primergy about ETW compatibility.

[nigelnire]

This is excellent thank you Legio Desaix + Rep. I was able to change the deployment zones on maps to exactly how I wanted them using your tutorial. However the thing I really want to do is add some tents, wagons and other items to recreate a camp. I have tried in vain to figure out how to import a list of rigid models the best I could do was distribute your available trees and shrubs although I couldn’t get them into the map. I think I may have found out how to get the tent positions on the map but im stuck at what to do next.


prop_field_tent_large,-545,-152,0
prop_field_tent_large,-537,-106,0
prop_field_tent_large,-497,-103,0
prop_field_tent_large,-539,-81,0
prop_field_tent_large,-591,-94,0
prop_field_tent_large,-517,-74,0
prop_field_tent_large,-491,-47,0



I for one would be most grateful for a further tutorial on placing rigid models onto a map and even elevating and decreasing the terrain. Thank you.

[Hyzoran]

Now we need one for Shogun 2

[nigelnire]

I am trying to recreate the centre column camp at Isandlwana 1879 so I need to place wagons , tents , barrels , carts ,food supply’s onto the custom battle map for use with the wonderful Zulu/ Khartoum mod . Id be very grateful for even very basic instructions or even a few clues to get me started and I’m sure ill figure it out.

[LEGIO_Desaix]

I am trying to recreate the centre column camp at Isandlwana 1879 so I need to place wagons , tents , barrels , carts ,food supply’s onto the custom battle map for use with the wonderful Zulu/ Khartoum mod . Id be very grateful for even very basic instructions or even a few clues to get me started and I’m sure ill figure it out.

Better PM next time as I don't read often this forum.

Not all buildings and props show a preview, but you can plant them anyway.
Select the one you like then left click on main map. Change orientation if you like. Save building file to later modify it and save BMD file to import in custom map (bmd_near_buildings.building_list or something like that cannot recall exactly).
If you want to place several building on the same axis (X or Y) use the pattern, delta X and delta Y values in the building mask. For example pattern= 5 deltaX= 10 will place 6 buildings at a 5 metres distance on the X axis (that is horizontally).

Hope this help.
Cheers

P.S. After ver.2 release of NTW3 and of my included historical battles pack I hope to find time to write a tutorial on tree & building editing.

[nigelnire]

Thank you very much for your help Legio Desaix . I was able to place around 20 tents on the map and position them as required. I have been having problems however with the wagons and get a CTD when I add them. Anyway it’s a work in progress
prop_field_wagon_covered
prop_field_wagon_uncovered

[LEGIO_Desaix]

Thank you very much for your help Legio Desaix . I was able to place around 20 tents on the map and position them as required. I have been having problems however with the wagons and get a CTD when I add them. Anyway it’s a work in progress
prop_field_wagon_covered
prop_field_wagon_uncovered

Strange, let me know.

Btw you can change position of the selected building by right clicking on another map point.

[ASSASSIN1110]

the link is dead

[Primergy]

Works for me? (maybe again)

[Julio Maximus Germanico]

Hi LEGIO_Desaix.
I have a problem. I need your help for create the hills and elevations lines of the map.
First, I type all the value of elevation in a table of OpenOffice.org_cal . Then I try to save the file with extension cvs. The only options that show me when i want to save the file is: "Text CSV (.csv)". Then I save the file with this extension. Then I open the HIBAM and in the TOOLS tab press first, "ADD NON OUTLINE AREA" and then press the button "LOAD HEIGHT TABLE" and show me a message that says (I translated message from Spanish to English) "Unhandled exception in the application .. the value of the argument ... "Lenght" must be greater than or equal to zero. "Then I press "continuar" (in english:"continue") and doesn't happen nothing. What happens? What can I do to solve the problem? Please I need your help. Thanks
I attach the picture with the secuence of the process, that show the problem.
Best regards,

[LEGIO_Desaix]

As requested by Panzershreck, I updated Hibam with lc_sand_desert and lc_desert climate for trees.
Not sure they will work though. Please report if successfull.

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?siieglqup9qy7nu

[Bart07]

Link doesn't work