Trying to put age of tribes engine on alexander 350 world map

Ted Self

@rogercooper Mr. Cooper, I have been stumped on this latest error message when I try to launch the game for almost 2 days now.

XML Copy editor is no help because it claims the xml is well formed. Please have a look at the AgeWorld.xml at https://github.com/tedrockets/triplea/tree/main Thanks in advance.

wc_sumpton

@ted-self

Notepad++ is just a text editor, and cannot merge xml's. The section not wanted are deleted. The section that are wanted are copied and pasted. What I did was probably the same thing that you did, documenting the steps I preformed at the top of the xml.

Cheers...

Ted Self

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Ted Self

@ted-self Above is the image I meant to upload.

TheDog

@Ted-Self
I too use Notepad++
you can do this

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Meaning you can copy and paste from one xml (left) into another (right).

Also you can have many files open at the same time. (see the tabs)

XML Copy Editor probably can do the same.

RogerCooper

@ted-self said in Trying to put age of tribes engine on alexander 350 world map:

@ted-self

It means exactly what it says, there is reference to a resource called "Tech" but "Tech" is not on the resource list. Remove the references or add the resource. This could also be a capitalization issue or a name issue, maybe techToken was meant.

RogerCooper

@rogercooper @rogercooper I looked the XML and confirmed that the issue is the resource is called "techToken " but is referenced as "Tech".

Ted Self

@rogercooper Yes, you got me going again chasing down errors when trying to launch. Now I am trying to change the name of every country and sea zone so the nukes can go off in each one of them. It looks like it will take many hours and even days to get that done, But I don't see any reason to be discouraged. I was thinking there for a while that maybe the project was too ambitious.

RogerCooper

@ted-self You may want to use a program that allows you to replace text in multiple files like File Monk.

Why do you need to change area names to set off nukes?

My experience with Age of Tribes is that it is somewhat dull. Units may have interesting names, but they tend to be the same old units with somewhat better stats. You may want to increase unit differentiation especially with higher movement allowances.

What makes A&A/TripleA interesting is the unbalanced starting positions and things like delayed entry. The combat model lacks sufficient detail to be interesting in and off itself.

Ted Self

@rogercooper Well, here is a sample
<attachment name="conditionAttachment-Atomic-Corsica" attachTo="AI" javaClass="games.strategy.triplea.attachments.RulesAttachment" type="player">
<option name="directPresenceTerritories" value="Corsica" count="1"/>
<option name="unitPresence" value="Nuke-Explosion" count="1"/>

So I have to change Corsica to a name that is on the Alexander350 world map like Turkmenistan etc otherwise an error is produced when I try to start the game.

Ted Self

@ted-self To all map makers and potential map makers, hours of confusion and learning combined with hours of tedium.

RogerCooper

@ted-self If you are changing a territory name you need to change in the following files.

<game>.xml
centers.txt
polygons.txt

There can be other txt files associated with the mod, they should all be checked and changed. Use File Monk are a similar program.

If you need to check every territory on the map, use a forEach loop.

Ted Self

@rogercooper Thank you, I need all the help I can get. Basically trying to put age of tribes units and techs on alexander350 world map. It sounded so simple when I first thought of it, lol! As far as I know age of tribes has never been put on any map other than the original.

Ted Self

@ted-self Can someone tell me what to do about this error I'm getting from xml copy editor "unable to open DTD file"

RogerCooper

@ted-self said in Trying to put age of tribes engine on alexander 350 world map:

@ted-self Can someone tell me what to do about this error I'm getting from xml copy editor "unable to open DTD file"

The game.dtd file gives details on the structure of the xml file.game.txt . I have uploaded as a txt file, you will need to change the file type. Put in the games folder and you can use it to validate the XML code. I am not sure if it is up to date.

Ted Self

@rogercooper It plays, it still needs changes and fine tuning but the monster does play. Thanks for the help, I'm sure I will need more.

Ted Self

@ted-self I am having fun play testing, my cousin Patricia is amazed at my prowess and determination, but I am a bit tired of tech stuff at the moment. If anyone wants to help with the finishing touches just tell me where to upload it. Here are some things that need to be done. 1. Add camps at the start, (I used edit mode) add more nature units, caves and barbarians here and there. 2. Change the PUs of various territories as they are all set to 2 (5 for the 8 starting points). Change the names of the tribes to 1 Baltic=Aztec 2 Brittonic=India 3 Germanic= Europe 4 Hattic=China 5 Hellenic=Africa 6 Romantic=Middle East 7 Slavic=Slavic 8 Celtic=Inca. 3. When gunpowder comes along the price of everything will double? for Africa, Aztec and Inca. LOL Also those 3 should have no horse units until then. 5. Change the relationships to Europe and India allied, Inca and Iraq allied, China and Aztec allied, Africa and Slavic allied. Everyone else at war. This is so you can play as any 2 allied players against the world. 6. Add capitals to the 8 starting points. They don't mean much but still. 7. Change the splash screen and pop ups and intro to reflect the new realities.

RogerCooper

@ted-self Don't burn yourself out by trying to do it all at once. Fix one thing a day and will get finished.

TheDog

@Ted-Self
Personally I would save it to Google Drive/One Drive as its so quick and easy to save many versions in the cloud.

No sooner have you uploaded it and you will see a mistake.

Then when it stabilisers, then upload it to GitHub.

Ted Self

@thedog But I thought github had file size limits. ??