Tutorial:Custom Campaign Settlement Skins - Revision history

ChaosRobie: /* Warhammer III guide by ChaosRobie */

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Warhammer III guide by ChaosRobie

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	[[File:Example mod nonchang settlement ingame.png\|thumb\|center\|upright=2\|The example mod in-game!]]		[[File:Example mod nonchang settlement ingame.png\|thumb\|center\|upright=2\|The example mod in-game!]]

			== Bonus ==
			=== Import vanilla .bmd into Terry ===
			You can't directly load a vanilla prefab .bmd into Terry, but you can run a python script ([https://github.com/robert-d-schultz/Total-War-Modding-Scripts/blob/main/Prefab%20bmd%20file%20to%20Terry%20layer%20file.py this one]) and convert the .bmd into a Terry .layer file. Place that new .layer file in the same directory as an already-created Terry project (.terry file). Then open the .terry file in a text editor and you'll see something like this:
			<pc type="QTU::Scene">
			<data version="41">
			<entity id="188fd378e03f00b" name="Default">
			<ECFileLayer export="true" bmd_export_type=""/>
			</entity>
			</data>
			</pc>
			Adjust it, adding your new layer as a new "entity":
			<pc type="QTU::Scene">
			<data version="41">
			<entity id="188fd378e03f00b" name="Default">
			<ECFileLayer export="true" bmd_export_type=""/>
			</entity>
			<entity id="the_id_string_that_is_in_the_.layer_name" name="new_layer">
			<ECFileLayer export="true" bmd_export_type=""/>
			</entity>
			</data>
			</pc>

	= Warhammer II guide by Maruka =		= Warhammer II guide by Maruka =

ChaosRobie: /* Before we begin */

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Before we begin

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	This guide explains how you can make custom settlement models for the campaign. It will guide you through Terry, the database setup, and some scripting.		This guide explains how you can make custom settlement models for the campaign. It will guide you through Terry, the database setup, and some scripting.

	You will need the Warhammer III Assembly Kit ~~and~~ [https://github.com/Frodo45127/rpfm/releases Rusted Pack File Manager].		You will need the Warhammer III Assembly Kit (download through Steam, under the Tools category) as well as [https://github.com/Frodo45127/rpfm/releases Rusted Pack File Manager].

	== The campaign prefab ==		== The campaign prefab ==

ChaosRobie: /* Final words */

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Final words

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	== Final words ==		== Final words ==

	That's it! Open up the game and check out your new settlement. I ~~reccomend~~ using the [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2791241084&searchtext=console Console Commands mod] to make testing easy, use <code>fow off</code> to disable the fog of war.		That's it! Open up the game and check out your new settlement. I recommend using the [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2791241084&searchtext=console Console Commands mod] to make testing easy, use <code>fow off</code> to disable the fog of war.

	Download the Nonchang mod here: [[:File:Example nonchang campaign settlement.pack]].		Download the Nonchang mod here: [[:File:Example nonchang campaign settlement.pack]].

ChaosRobie: /* Final words */

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Final words

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	== Final words ==		== Final words ==

	That's it! Open up the game and check out your new settlement. I ~~recomend~~ using the [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2791241084&searchtext=console Console Commands mod] to make testing easy, use <code>fow off</code> to disable the fog of war.		That's it! Open up the game and check out your new settlement. I reccomend using the [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2791241084&searchtext=console Console Commands mod] to make testing easy, use <code>fow off</code> to disable the fog of war.

			Download the Nonchang mod here: [[:File:Example nonchang campaign settlement.pack]].

			And get the Terry project used to create the mod here: [[:File:Cth nongchang 01 terry project.zip]]

	[[File:Example mod nonchang settlement ingame.png\|thumb\|center\|upright=2\|The example mod in-game!]]		[[File:Example mod nonchang settlement ingame.png\|thumb\|center\|upright=2\|The example mod in-game!]]

ChaosRobie: /* Campaign settlement display */

2023-07-07T00:49:15Z

Campaign settlement display

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	==== Campaign settlement display ====		==== Campaign settlement display ====
	This is the part where you connect your building_chain to the .bmd files you created earlier in Terry. These three are the minimum:		This is the part where you connect your building_chain to the .bmd files you created earlier in Terry. These three are the minimum:
	campaign_settlement_display_building_model_ids		# <code>campaign_settlement_display_building_model_ids</code>
	campaign_settlement_display_building_ids		# <code>campaign_settlement_display_building_ids</code>
	campaign_settlement_display_buildings		# <code>campaign_settlement_display_buildings</code>

	<code>campaign_settlement_display_building_model_ids</code> is just a list of "building model keys". Create some new ones, you'll want one for each of your new building chain's levels. You can skip the "ruin" building level.		<code>campaign_settlement_display_building_model_ids</code> is just a list of "building model keys". Create some new ones, you'll want one for each of your new building chain's levels. You can skip the "ruin" building level.

ChaosRobie: /* Dummy building chain */

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Dummy building chain

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	==== Dummy building chain ====		==== Dummy building chain ====
	The dummy building chain only needs these two tables:		The dummy building chain only needs these two tables:
	building_chains		# <code>building_chains</code>
	building_levels		# <code>building_levels</code>

	Copy-over some vanilla entries and change the keys to something else.		Copy-over some vanilla entries and change the keys to something else.

ChaosRobie: /* Motivation from scripting */

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Motivation from scripting

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	We will start with a brief explanation of the scripting, then do the database stuff, and then do the scripting for real. It will make more sense that way.		We will start with a brief explanation of the scripting, then do the database stuff, and then do the scripting for real. It will make more sense that way.
	=== Motivation from scripting ===		=== Motivation from scripting ===
	Don't worry about writing the script itself yet, but know that to change a settlement's skin, you use this lua function ([https://chadvandy.github.io/tw_modding_resources/WH3/campaign/episodic_scripting.html#function:episodic_scripting:override_building_chain_display see the full documentation here].		Don't worry about writing the script itself yet, but know that to change a settlement's skin, you use this lua function ([https://chadvandy.github.io/tw_modding_resources/WH3/campaign/episodic_scripting.html#function:episodic_scripting:override_building_chain_display see the full documentation here]).
	cm:override_building_chain_display(		cm:override_building_chain_display(
	string vanilla_building_chain_key,		string vanilla_building_chain_key,

ChaosRobie at 00:44, 7 July 2023

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	The script will run at the beginning of a campaign and swap out the building chain displays. You will need to adjust the three strings I mention above to fit your mod.		The script will run at the beginning of a campaign and swap out the building chain displays. You will need to adjust the three strings I mention above to fit your mod.

			== Final words ==

			That's it! Open up the game and check out your new settlement. I recomend using the [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2791241084&searchtext=console Console Commands mod] to make testing easy, use <code>fow off</code> to disable the fog of war.

			[[File:Example mod nonchang settlement ingame.png\|thumb\|center\|upright=2\|The example mod in-game!]]

	= Warhammer II guide by Maruka =		= Warhammer II guide by Maruka =

ChaosRobie: /* Database stuff */

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Database stuff

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	=== Database stuff ===		=== Database stuff ===
	[[File:Example nonchang complete mod.png\|thumb\|A complete look at a mod that changes a settlement's campaign display.]]		[[File:Example nonchang complete mod.png\|thumb\|upright=0.7\|A complete look at a mod that changes a settlement's campaign display.]]

	==== Dummy building chain ====		==== Dummy building chain ====

ChaosRobie: /* Database stuff */

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Database stuff

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	=== Database stuff ===		=== Database stuff ===
			[[File:Example nonchang complete mod.png\|thumb\|A complete look at a mod that changes a settlement's campaign display.]]

	==== Dummy building chain ====		==== Dummy building chain ====
	The dummy building chain only needs these two tables:		The dummy building chain only needs these two tables: