I mean the leader name modification which let you sort leaders according to their traits. I know there was one here sometimeago but I cant find it now.
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Mmm. Do you mean like inside the game? Or do you mean like tools outside the game? If you just need something to sort leaders there are at least two tools that I know of, one being used and made by myself and one used and made by Mithel. The tools are different in several ways.
To make a long story sort; if you have Microsoft Excel you may consider my own Excel-based tool. My tool is not an editor but only scripts for more or less advanced sorting, searching and analyzing of the leader files.
I still use it and find it extremely handy within its scope.
If you know some Basic programming in general or more specifically VBA/Excel programming you could enhance it very much.
Take a look at, to start with, the three initial post in this thread:
http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?t=127421
Well I recall someone modified the leader files so that every leader had their traits listed in their name. Like Rommel would be listed as tr,lo,pa Rommel or something like that.
So when one would sort leaders according to their name it would actually sort all leaders according to their trait.
That way it worked ingame.
So when one would sort leaders according to their name it would actually sort all leaders according to their trait.
That way it worked ingame.
Warlimont was modifying the leader files by adding the traits to the names. I don't think he has updated them since the picture packs came out. (I have a bash shell script that I use to apply this to my leader files. I can post it if anyone wants to see it. I also have a link to a bash shell for Windows if you don't run Linux.)
Allright! Jdrou your solution is even better than directly modifying the leader files. Could you post it here or host is somewhere? 
Edit: I got Gentoo running on my other pc. I've been thinking to remove windows from my other pc aswell. I'd only need "small" windows partition for games but I've been looking for other solutions too, like running hoi in linux with wine or something similar.
Well that's something to do for the summer...
Edit: I got Gentoo running on my other pc. I've been thinking to remove windows from my other pc aswell. I'd only need "small" windows partition for games but I've been looking for other solutions too, like running hoi in linux with wine or something similar.
Well that's something to do for the summer...
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Aha, adding the traits to the names? A clever idea! But how dows it look on screen in the game? Can you post a pic here please?jdrou said:
In the case of my script the names just have the traits added in front of them so they can be sorted by trait:
Chinese leader with Fortress Buster, Offensive Doctrine, & Logistics Wizard
Code:
(FB OD LW)von Falkenhausen
JdRou, This only works on Linux?
If so the I'll think of making a leader file for germany and some other nations myself.
If so the I'll think of making a leader file for germany and some other nations myself.
bash script leader name mod
It's not pretty but it works.
bash shell for Windows/DOS (compiled with DJGPP): http://www.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/current/v2gnu/bsh204b.zip
It's not pretty but it works.
Code:
#bash script
# Extract numerical traits from leader record and add text traits to name field
trait[0]=LW
trait[1]=DD
trait[2]=OD
trait[3]=WS
trait[4]=TR
trait[5]=EN
trait[6]=FB
trait[7]=PL
trait[8]=CO
trait[9]=OG
trait[10]=SW
trait[11]=BR
trait[12]=ST
trait[13]=SP
trait[14]=TB
trait[15]=CB
trait[16]=NF
trait[17]=FD
typeset -i traits
typeset -i trait_added
typeset -i n
typeset -i t
input_file=${1}
if [ -f ${input_file}.tmp ]
then
rm ${input_file}.tmp
fi
while read input_record
do
field5=`echo ${input_record} | cut -d';' -f5`
case $field5 in
Traits|TRAITS)
traits_text="(Traits) ";;
0)
traits_text="(N) ";;
*)
traits=$field5
traits_text="("
trait_added=0
n=17
while [ $n -ge 0 ]
do
t=2**n
if [ $traits -ge $t ]
then
if [ $trait_added -eq 1 ]
then
traits_text="${traits_text} "
fi
traits=$traits-$t
traits_text="${traits_text}${trait[n]}"
trait_added=1
fi
n=$((n-1))
done
traits_text="${traits_text}) ";;
esac
echo "${traits_text}${input_record}" >> ${input_file}.tmp
done < ${input_file}
mv ${input_file} ${input_file}.bak
mv ${input_file}.tmp ${input_file}Feel free to translate and post. If you want to make a compiled binary and post with source code that would be fine too. I was hoping someone would do a Perl translation; I've been trying to translate it myself but haven't had time to learn enough Perl yet. The only thing I got from Warlimont was the idea to write the script after seeing his mod posted; I asked him if he used a program/script and he said he did it manually.MostlyHarmless said:Anything that works is good.
Would it be okay with you if I translated this to vbscript and/or vba for personal use and then potential forum posting/publishing?
I will fully credit you in the post+code. I would trust your judgement about it would be proper to also credit Warlimont in some way.
As for the MS scripting... I hope you will not think blasphemy would be involved
Just to smooth the path: I have played around with a number of diffrent systems, SCO Unix and Linux (an old Redhat) included, but it was a long time ago and even if I have some basic knowledge left, I have scrapped the installations and don't do anything new. Point is I am not a MS fanatic, even when putting some focus on some of their stuff.
So, will that do to smoothen the path?
Try the program in the link from my signature. It does lots of things but if you go to the leaders tab (after loading the hoi files) it gives you the opportunity to update all the names for a country and save the result. I use it all the time to update leader names in all the Mods I play.
To use the program you need to set up all the relevant directories and click the load button. Then you can go to the leader tab, select a country in the combobox and it will show the leaders for that country. Click the "trait names" button and all the names will update. Then use the save button and you can save back the modified file. The works for all Mods. The trait names processing will remove any previous trait name prefixes and substitute based on leaders actual current traits.
This is just about the only part of the program that currently permits you to change things but do have a look at the rest of it as it provides lots of interesting information.
To use the program you need to set up all the relevant directories and click the load button. Then you can go to the leader tab, select a country in the combobox and it will show the leaders for that country. Click the "trait names" button and all the names will update. Then use the save button and you can save back the modified file. The works for all Mods. The trait names processing will remove any previous trait name prefixes and substitute based on leaders actual current traits.
This is just about the only part of the program that currently permits you to change things but do have a look at the rest of it as it provides lots of interesting information.
Super AI Bundle has put the leader traits in their names alreayd. We did this in January sometime. The leader files are the same as pic pack 0411 so you can just use the ones from our mod.
Haha, I did a complete direct translation of that bash code today and seem to get the resulting leader files alright, but when I try those I get database mismatch...
Considering what is available I doubt that a basic script would be of interest anyway. Not that I mind, it was a small but nice exercise! That cut command was very handy by the way.
Considering what is available I doubt that a basic script would be of interest anyway. Not that I mind, it was a small but nice exercise! That cut command was very handy by the way.
Forgot about that.MostlyHarmless said:
o Did you run it in Linux or get the cut command from the same location I linked to for the bash shell for Windows?
I didn't run it in Linux. I don't think I have Linux installed anymore.jdrou said:Forgot about that.
Anyway, I am rusty with these things...