Mod for randomizing creatures for hire

[zubovsergei]

Originally Posted by Direwolf

i gotta agree with all the other sentiments expressed here.

In fact...having other units available in the beginning might be really cool, because then i might use units that i otherwise never do.

You know what would be really cool...a mod that allows you to pick your race at the beginning of the game and that races units are what are populated at Debir.

DW

Yea that would be even better but probably too hard to make as a mod. Yea basically, by the time you get any elves or orcs, you have better units so you never play an elf or orc army. Lizardman, forget it. This way you could actually have some fun on replays.

[blacklegionary]

If you guys want to edit the unit avaiable in shop you need a tool called KB database editor. It decode the game files databases, namely *. act, *. chat, *. hero, *. loc, *. lu and *. qst. To edit the shop you need to edit the file *.embryos.loc for each region, ie: debir.embryos.loc, shatterra.embryos.loc. After the file has been decoded to text file, open it and search for the phrase "{A}{class} = {castle}" and look up, it's the key word to end a shop data. I'm sure from now you will figure how to do it because it's quite simple. If you have any trouble just ask here, i may help but don't expect much because i'm also new to it . I have uploaded the mod i made as an example, I also reup the tool or you can find it in this link http://translate.google.ru/translate...istory_state0=

[rancor26]

Originally Posted by blacklegionary

If you guys want to edit the unit avaiable in shop you need a tool called KB database editor. It decode the game files databases, namely *. act, *. chat, *. hero, *. loc, *. lu and *. qst. To edit the shop you need to edit the file *.embryos.loc for each region, ie: debir.embryos.loc, shatterra.embryos.loc. After the file has been decoded to text file, open it and search for the phrase "{A}{class} = {castle}" and look up, it's the key word to end a shop data. I'm sure from now you will figure how to do it because it's quite simple. If you have any trouble just ask here, i may help but don't expect much because i'm also new to it . I have uploaded the mod i made as an example, I also reup the tool or you can find it in this link http://translate.google.ru/translate...istory_state0=

Well i would like to have some explanation because when i open kb edit it shows this screen:
EDIT: nvm i found out how to use it but i didn't quite get what to mod to change chances and all that (prob? percentage?) i'm sure someone will figure it out but just to let everyone know it'll take awhile to mod all those shops to be able to get all units randomly.

[zubovsergei]

Originally Posted by rancor26

Well i would like to have some explanation because when i open kb edit it shows this screen:
EDIT: nvm i found out how to use it but i didn't quite get what to mod to change chances and all that (prob? percentage?) i'm sure someone will figure it out but just to let everyone know it'll take awhile to mod all those shops to be able to get all units randomly.

I try to run the editor but it doesn't want to run for me. I don't think you need to edit everything just certain locations would be enough. I will try the editor again later on my laptop maybe I can figure some stuff out.

[RYTEDR]

Alright, this may be an obvious question, but I've just tried this program and I have a little bit of a problem. I've changed the values to what I want, but it seems like KB doesn't register the "decoded" file I used to replace the old file. Everything simply isn't there in the game (As in, the buildings, chests, and enemies in the "embryos" file do not appear). What am I doing wrong and, if possible, how do you "undecode" it back after you're finished?

Thanks.

[rancor26]

Originally Posted by RYTEDR

Alright, this may be an obvious question, but I've just tried this program and I have a little bit of a problem. I've changed the values to what I want, but it seems like KB doesn't register the "decoded" file I used to replace the old file. Everything simply isn't there in the game (As in, the buildings, chests, and enemies in the "embryos" file do not appear). What am I doing wrong and, if possible, how do you "undecode" it back after you're finished?

Thanks.

Well you don't have to replace anything just make a folder called "mods" to the data folder and put your mods there.

[RYTEDR]

Originally Posted by rancor26

Well you don't have to replace anything just make a folder called "mods" to the data folder and put your mods there.

Thanks. I tried that instead but still nothing comes up. Everything involved in that file doesn't appear when you run it through the program.

I did a little test and made a whole new embryos file with the program without changing any values, put it in the mods folder, and started the game. Still, even without editing anything, the game won't show any of the structures/units/chests.

So it definiately needs to be "re-decoded" back to normal for it to function right. At least...I think? Am I totally off here? Any ideas?