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Post by Darth Vader on Jun 18, 2023 21:16:51 GMT
Very nice explanation CaptainStryker , this needs to be in a how-to-mod library. On thing is verry irritating and I never understand: Why You call battle-modding map-modding ? .btl are battle or conquest files. Practical nobody is modifying the .map files in WorldConquerer. The big map mod has everything but not a big map! - the map is even not modified at all.
Your '2 digits' are one Byte (8 bit) written in hexadecimal.
When intel developed the first 16-bit cprocessors, they decided that the bytes are written to disk with tthe low byte first - with this trick a 16 bit machine can read 1 byte data without conversion:
Decimal 111
Byte 8Bit 0110 1111
Hex Byte 6 F
4 digit hexadecimal 006F
PS: On a PC you can switch in some binary editors between Hexadecimal and decimal display it just looks flumbsy but flipping helps a lot in the beginning.
I find it much simpler to call the .btl when you open them "maps". I can put this thread in HOW TO MOD 101 if you want to. It will be posted as a link that will redirect back to this page. |
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Post by Darth Nihilus on Jun 19, 2023 20:01:26 GMT
Canadian Modder's google drive link to the WC4 no longer works, it got deleted. ... You need Java to open the MapEditor.jar and FBTool.jar otherwise it won't open. Mate you're a godsend lol. I've been putting off the mod i worked on previously for over a year, and I was devastated when the Canadian Modder's map editor got yeeted off of the internet. Now that I'm on break from university i can kind of do stuff while working on my research project. Also hello Darth Vader, I haven't been online in a good while because university has been tough (I hate quantum mechanics) and I spend more time on the ET discord now. |
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Post by CaptainStryker on Jun 21, 2023 21:01:56 GMT
I find it much simpler to call the .btl when you open them "maps". Ok I cannot understand this argument, but it don't want to go in an discussion, I know it is quite common to call the battle - map. I want to ask you 2 things. 1) As you mod on PC, have you tried to make .btl {maps} out of the save-files ? I believe a hotseat mod must be perfect as battle editor - at least for finetuning. I just have android so I can't access the sav-files without root (I tried to write the save-files on a open place but it was not working), and the two most essential tools (pvr-tools and texturepacker) are not aviable. 2) Does the new WC-unlock.apk contain the 64-bit versions of the game lib.so ? Or let me better ask like this: do you know how to remove the, not really necessary, 64-bit versions: lib and folder arm64-v8a ? 1. No, I have never tried that. When I used to edit .btl files, I only used Hex Editor or MT Manager, it did not require root. 2. I have not checked or took interest if it contained the 64-bit versions unfortunately, sorry. |
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Post by CaptainStryker on Jun 21, 2023 21:04:24 GMT
I find it much simpler to call the .btl when you open them "maps". I can put this thread in HOW TO MOD 101 if you want to. It will be posted as a link that will redirect back to this page. Yes, please do so. This can help the new modders |
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Post by CaptainStryker on Jun 21, 2023 21:06:21 GMT
Canadian Modder's google drive link to the WC4 no longer works, it got deleted. ... You need Java to open the MapEditor.jar and FBTool.jar otherwise it won't open. Mate you're a godsend lol. I've been putting off the mod i worked on previously for over a year, and I was devastated when the Canadian Modder's map editor got yeeted off of the internet. Now that I'm on break from university i can kind of do stuff while working on my research project. Also helloΒ Darth Vader, I haven't been online in a good while because university has been tough (I hate quantum mechanics) and I spend more time on the ET discord now. I'm glad it saved your day. Canadian Modder has already retired from modding, I can understand him for deleting the file and the google drive link. But I will never delete mine. |
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Post by Darth Vader on Jun 21, 2023 21:51:44 GMT
Canadian Modder's google drive link to the WC4 no longer works, it got deleted. ... You need Java to open the MapEditor.jar and FBTool.jar otherwise it won't open. Mate you're a godsend lol. I've been putting off the mod i worked on previously for over a year, and I was devastated when the Canadian Modder's map editor got yeeted off of the internet. Now that I'm on break from university i can kind of do stuff while working on my research project. Also hello Darth Vader , I haven't been online in a good while because university has been tough (I hate quantum mechanics) and I spend more time on the ET discord now. Hello Darth Nihilus , I have not been online lately either however that changes today. I am working a on Ew6 Irish Civil War mod. It is a mini mod where I am changing Canada to be Ireland. CaptainStryker, I have added the link to this page. |
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Post by CaptainStryker on Jun 21, 2023 23:02:27 GMT
Mate you're a godsend lol. I've been putting off the mod i worked on previously for over a year, and I was devastated when the Canadian Modder's map editor got yeeted off of the internet. Now that I'm on break from university i can kind of do stuff while working on my research project. Also helloΒ Darth Vader , I haven't been online in a good while because university has been tough (I hate quantum mechanics) and I spend more time on the ET discord now. Hello Darth Nihilus , I have not been online lately either however that changes today. I am working a on Ew6 Irish Civil War mod. It is a mini mod where I am changing Canada to be Ireland. CaptainStryker, I have added the link to this page. Very nice. |
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Post by Darth Nihilus on Jun 21, 2023 23:35:31 GMT
Hello Darth Nihilus , I have not been online lately either however that changes today. I am working a on Ew6 Irish Civil War mod. It is a mini mod where I am changing Canada to be Ireland. CaptainStryker , I have added the link to this page. Ooh, nice. The mod that I planned but only managed to make three levels of was a Cold War mod. I added a few new countries and generals to do that but for some reason my phone won't let me download the apk so I might just start from scratch. Also CaptainStryker, nice to hear that you'll keep your version online. It's great that this is almost a carbon copy of the original version (including the bug where you can't click on the right half of the window lol). One note, the map edit txt file is in French, and your abridged version doesn't quite contain a full translation of the French version. I can read French so using the map editor isn't a problem for me, but I wonder if other people might have a hard time learning to use the program... |
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