Warhammer: Total War - A Call To Arms Release!

[comrade_general]

But what differences does that make on the campaign map? 

[Seduce]

Lol

[uzgobdamighty23]

heya, so i was really impressed with the ancilliaries that youve made specific to factions e.g. ghal maraz!!
so i tried to introduce an acilliary known as fellblade to the briton faction (skaven) using the sword of might as a template. Needless to say CTD.
i noticed two things:
1). sword of might is linked to Description sword_of_might_desc which i cant find anywhere. im probably using this incorrectly for my creation fellblade of ancilliary...
2). you mention to try and use the spreadsheet over the export but where do i find this? and which software do i need to edit it? (please tell me im not dumb and its excel...... )

i think that the trigger is fine:
;------------------------------------------
Trigger trigger_fellblade
WhenToTest CharacterTurnEnd
Condition IsFactionLeader
and Factiontype britons

AcquireAncillary fellblade chance 100

Many thanks for your time!!!    

[Jubal]

The mention of spreadsheets isn't me, that's from the original RTW dev team who probably had much easier tools for all this!

There should be a file giving all the descriptions somewhere in the data/text folder, if that helps. Could you post the entry for the fell blade itself as well as the trigger so I can take a look at that?

[uzgobdamighty23]

yep give me a few mins!

thanks for the quick reply!

[Jubal]

No problem Just checked, and the text file you want is called export_ancillaries.

[uzgobdamighty23]

renamed sword of might


Ancillary fellblade
    Image sword_ancillary.tga
    ExcludeCultures barbarian, egyptian, carthaginian, greek
    Description sword_of_might_desc
    EffectsDescription sword_of_might_effects_desc
    Effect Hitpoints -2
    Effect Attack +5

[Jubal]

Given the Skaven are most definitely in the barbarian culture, that might be a problem! Replace "barbarian" with "roman" and see if that helps

[uzgobdamighty23]

so wait would I have to modify the effect description (aka place a new entry with fellblade details) to prevent the CTD?

when i remove the fellblade entry the game runs smoothly so its the problem.
Just wondering which bit is incorrect :s

any ideas?

cheers for the input!!

[uzgobdamighty23]

ah I will try what you said first!!

jumped the gun did I.

[Jubal]

Testing suggests that HitPoints seems to require the P being capitalised, and you definitely do need there to be a description line in export_ancillaries. The name of the item isn't "linked" except by the item's name itself, so you need that at minimum.

I scribbled down the following as a placeholder, seems to work:

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{fellblade} Fell Blade

{fellblade_desc}
This magic dagger found by Clan Eshin in Cathay is poor for guarding against blows, but allows the wielder to cut any enemy's armour.

{fellblade_effects_desc}
+5 attack, -2 to hitpoints

[uzgobdamighty23]

Thanks for the suggestion.

Will try it now

kinda hyped not going to lie

[uzgobdamighty23]

SuccESSSSSSSSSSSS! 

big thanks to Jubal for his help!

[Jubal]

No problem Let me know what else you manage to add in!