Question: DLC, Gempei and Boshin units - What exactly keeps them exclusive? (2)

[rob-a-dogg]

**After discussing this with Ishan via PM I have permission to remake this thread**

I wish to release mods here on the TWC using DLC and the two expansions exclusive content for the original vanilla Shogun 2 campaign. What I want to know is how the mechanics of making a unit exclusive to only those who actually have the relevant DLC or expansion work.

For example I wish to create a new custom unit using the Sengoku Jidai DLC long yari ashugaru weapon. I want for my modified .pack file to only work for those who have the Sengoku Jidai DLC i.e. people who could legitimately recruit those units from the Shogun 2 campaign.

I dont wish to know how to create a unit, i dont wish to know how to make exclusive DLC units available to those who do not have the DLC activated. I want to know how to make my own units to be exclusive in the exact same way that DLC units are exclusive. Thus i could create custom units of my own that only people have the Sengoku Jidai DLC (or either of the two extra campaigns) can use (depending on the content of the unit, i.e. RotS access would not grant FotS access).

If you have knowledge on how to do this, that would be greatly appreciated so that I can release the mods i have created for myself to the public using resources from all 3 campaigns and the unit DLC to the public in a way that will not allow people who dont have legitimate access to the relevant resources of certain parts of the mods.

I have tried to be as explicit as possible here, but English is not my first language. I hope I have been clear. Please ask for clarification if my wording was...murky.


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**Ishan** - I can remove the below link if you wish. Just for completions sake I add it to my post.
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Original/Previous thread:
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=537735

[IGdood]

I'm sure you weren't around when I made a mod that basically made ROTS units available in the Shogun 2 campaign.

I thought that it was exclusive for people who bought the DLC, but apparently it wasn't. The thread was suddenly deleted, so something wasn't right. I dare not ask more about it.

[zowrath]

The short answer is, you can not. The reason is the locking mechanism is references both in what you have bought on Steam but also in the .exe file itself. So to be able to replicate the exact same thing, you'd have to modify the .exe and that again is not allowed.

If you want to make a new unit with a weapon used in the other packs playable with the other campaigns best bet would be to ask permission from CA to do so. Don't hold your breath though, but still it might be possible.

[rob-a-dogg]

I suppose I will PM the CA guys on here and ask them what they think/if they have any ideas. Thanks for your replys!

[Livebyte]

Please let us know what you hear back from them!

[IGdood]

I did PM Craig before I released that mod. He said that it's okay to do stuff like this as long as the units are "significantly different" from the originals.

What that means is up to you.

[rob-a-dogg]

I did PM Craig before I released that mod. He said that it's okay to do stuff like this as long as the units are "significantly different" from the originals.

What that means is up to you.

This fills me with a bit of hope. Not ideal but that does free us up a little bit. I suspect this will mean the likes of officer model swaps and perhaps some limited soldier model porting will be ok.

Im doubting that Heavy Gun, Long Yari or Mounted Gunner units of any kind will be legit unless we can lock them up. Officers using these weapons however....

Anyhow I will try to frame up what I have mod wise and filter out anything I think will be off limits to distribute and see what Craig thinks of whats left. Will post what he says here.