Questions in regards to User created armies

[unmerged(89475)]

Good Morning and Merry Christmas.

While attempting to set up a new nation, I've run into problems setting up it's starting units. I was told the best thing to do was to simply copy an existing nations military and change the name, stationed provinces and ID number in the .inc file.

I've done that but now the scenario won't open and I keep an error message of database mismatch that ID number ##### is already used and then the game shuts down. Thankfully I have backup files.

So how do I add starting units without crashing the game?

 

[Jamie550]

Good Morning and Merry Christmas.

While attempting to set up a new nation, I've run into problems setting up it's starting units. I was told the best thing to do was to simply copy an existing nations military and change the name, stationed provinces and ID number in the .inc file.

I've done that but now the scenario won't open and I keep an error message of database mismatch that ID number ##### is already used and then the game shuts down. Thankfully I have backup files.

So how do I add starting units without crashing the game?

Make sure that the IDs are not already used.

 

[unmerged(89475)]

Okay. Is there any way to do that besides by "hand"?

Or do I just go through the editor and copy down all the IDs?

 

[Thistletooth]

Okay. Is there any way to do that besides by "hand"?

Or do I just go through the editor and copy down all the IDs?

Well, you could just write down a list of all the new army/division IDs you handed out and then do a search under HoI/scenarios/whatever campaign you're playing to see if there are any matches.

BTW, I hope you're not using the scenario editor to do this. It's almost guaranteed to cause glitches if you use it for modding anything but ministers, leaders, and tech teams. You can still use it as a handy reference for tech tree, but I wouldn't save your progress with the editor; I'd use the actual game files for that. For anything else, you are using the editor at your own risk. For scenario files in particular, you gotta do it by going into the .txt files yourself.

 

[Jamie550]

Or if you wait a week or two, you can use the HoiEditor, which will be able to find free IDs automatically.

 

[unmerged(89475)]

Right now I am working on the .inc files. I did use the editor for assigning provinces, ministers, leaders and tech teams. Which I am coming to see as the "easy" part of this.

Thank you all for your time and help. I do appreciate it.

 

[unmerged(63886)]

Right now I am working on the .inc files. I did use the editor for assigning provinces, ministers, leaders and tech teams. Which I am coming to see as the "easy" part of this.

Thank you all for your time and help. I do appreciate it.

I belive you talk about the editor that came with DD, which is, seriosly bugged. Don't use it. Jamie550 is developing his own editor which is - already at this point - ten thousands time better than 'vanilla'.