[REL] Cruise Missile/Flying Bomb

Can someone link me to the stuff I need to read to make that happen?

I plan to remix existing game assets, so I don't need blender etc type info. Just how to get a new unit to show up in with the other t1 air craft. (gw and skirmish)

Thank you for your time

Update: Download link: https://copy.com/dz8I4yoiF3UBVAIu/com.pa.Innomen.CruiseMissile.zip

Well if you just want to add a new unit, you just need to edit the unit_list.json and the build.js

Then you can adjust the tech and how the unit is built in it's own .json and the factory .json.

Thank you very much, that should be enough to get me started. I'll come back with more specific questions when and if I have them

See also: http://pawiki.net/wiki/Units_(Modding)

Ok, so first things first I'm trying to make a clone of the fighter that uses the missile model.

https://copy.com/dz8I4yoiF3UBVAIu/com.pa.Innomen.CruiseMissile.zip

Where did I screw up?

Again, thank you for your time

I've only briefly looked, one thing I noticed is you can't put comments in json files.

Derp

Thanks.

Ok! Progress! Removing the comments helped.

Now I have a broken image "unit" if I attempt to build the unit the server crashes.

My ultimate goals are as follows. Is cloning the fighter the best way to go about this?

I assume it needs to be server mod to apply to both GW and skirmish? Or will I need to make two mods like I did with logical changes?

Concept: A cruise missile/kamikaze aircraft.

I want it to have the model of the catapult's missile or some other obvious missile shape.
I'd like it to be somewhat larger.
I want its blast effect to be the equivalent of a t1 arty hit.
I want it to make it cost twice as much as a bomber and have the same hit points.
I want it to prioritize static defense structures when set to area attack.
I want it buildable by basic air.

What should I do?

Thanks once again for your help trialq

The first time a unit is made, the engine will load the json file for that unit. If the game crashes it usually means that one of the paths where you link to another file is broken. Try checking all the paths in your json file.

I know at least the path to the build icon is broken. But I don't see how. All the paths look right to me, but I have no idea what I'm doing. The only difference between the fighter and the clone is this:

Original fighter.json

Code:

   "model":{
      "filename":"/pa/units/air/fighter/fighter.papa",
      "arrows":5

air_cruise.json

Code:

   "model":{
      "filename":"/pa/units/air/air_cruise/missile_tactical.papa",
      "arrows":5

I tried linking to that papa file directly and then I tried putting it in the root folder of the cloned unit.

I guess it just doesn't like that file/model?

Have you checked the crashlog?

%localappdata%\uber entertainment\planetary annihilation\log

Good idea.

Ok first I got this...

Code:

[20:49:35.251] ERROR /pa/units/air/air_cruise/missile_tactical_diffuse.papa: open failed
[20:49:35.251] ERROR Failed to load texture resource /pa/units/air/air_cruise/missile_tactical_diffuse.papa
[20:49:35.251] ERROR /pa/units/air/air_cruise/missile_tactical_material.papa: open failed
[20:49:35.251] ERROR Failed to load texture resource /pa/units/air/air_cruise/missile_tactical_material.papa
[20:49:35.251] ERROR /pa/units/air/air_cruise/missile_tactical_mask.papa: open failed
[20:49:35.251] ERROR Failed to load texture resource /pa/units/air/air_cruise/missile_tactical_mask.papa

So I copied those files to the cruise root, now I get this:

I don't know what to do about that.

Still no build icon.

Build icon has to have the exact same name as the model file.

Where is that referenced? What do I change to make that happen?

I lied, it's not the model file, I'm being a derp, it's the unit.json file.

So if your unit.json is called asdfhg.json then your image file has to be called asdfhg.png.

I don't even have an image file, right now I'm just cloning the fighter and attempting to give it the tactical missile model.

https://copy.com/NdDIeUAihKwyM9aF/com.pa.Innomen.CruiseMissile.zip

Take a look please, I've updated that archive.

I don't know what you are telling me to do.

Literally the only thing that affects the model is the filename inside the .json. If that path is correct and the model is in the mod directory NOT the vanilla directory, it'll work.

Then I don't know what I did wrong.

This is kind of a crappy "is it plugged in" suggestion, but have you tried adding your unit in a "clean" install with no other mods? A clean folder, then carefully putting my stuff back in, double checking as I go has worked for me many times.

It is a very good suggestion. It's easy enough it disable everything and test it. I'll edit this post with the result.

Edit: Nope, exact same behavior.

Wait so you're not crashing anymore?

If you want to add new icons you'll need to make one in photoshop and place it inside a UI folder in your mod.

"\ui\main\game\live_game\img\build_bar\units" should be where you place the icon. It needs to be named the exact same thing as the unit. Eg., the inferno's build bar icon name is "tank_armor.png"