Basic Tutorial to adding New Crate Surprises

Rebelmoon

This is a simple basic tutorial to adding new crate surpises.

In this we'll be adding a Predator crate so you'll only need to add 2 new xml files to your mod. The 1st is the GenericCrateSpawner.xml found in the Neutral/Units folder. The next is the UnitCrate.xml found in your Neutral/Crates folder. Make copies of both in your Mod/Data folder.

1st we'll make the Predators crate info. Open the UntiCrate.xml and look for the following code ID under Game Object.

<GameObject
id="UnitCrate"

Change the ID to:

<GameObject
id="UnitGDIPredatorCrate"

Next go to the following code under Behaviors:

<Behaviors>
<UnitCrateCollide
id = "ModuleTag_CrateCollide"
UnitCount="4"
UnitType="GDIPitbull"></UnitCrateCollide>

Change it to:

<Behaviors>
<UnitCrateCollide
id = "ModuleTag_CrateCollide"
UnitCount="1"
UnitType="GDIPredator"></UnitCrateCollide>

Finally, save it and then rename it as UnitGDIPredatorCrate.xml

Ok, that part is done. Next comes the GenericCrateSpawner.xml which tells the game what crates to spawn. This bit is simple and quick.

Open and find this code under Behaviors:

<Behaviors>
<SpawnCrateUpdate
id="ModuleTag_SpawnCrateUpdate">
<CrateList>MoneyCrateMP</CrateList>
<CrateList>VeterancyCrateMP</CrateList>
<CrateList>HealCrateMP</CrateList>

Just add your new crate name like this:

<Behaviors>
<SpawnCrateUpdate
id="ModuleTag_SpawnCrateUpdate">
<CrateList>MoneyCrateMP</CrateList>
<CrateList>VeterancyCrateMP</CrateList>
<CrateList>HealCrateMP</CrateList>
<CrateList>UnitGDIPredatorCrate</CrateList>

Save and you're done with that one.

Lastly, open your mod.xml and add both the GenericCrateSpawner.xml & UnitGDIPredatorCrate.xml files to it and save.

That's it. Just build and play. You will need to make a unit file for each unit you want added. And it's not just limited to units. Any number of things can be added, like exploding crates, etc, so play around with it and have fun.

Cheers,

Rebelmoon

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Kushan · Vehicle Driver **Joined**: 02 Sep 2007

Nice tutorial!

I'm at work so I can't check the XML files myself at the moment, but is it possible to adjust the % chance of each crate appearing or would it be as simple as just adding multiple lines of the same crate?

ravage · Soldier **Joined**: 16 Jul 2005

I'm using the latter :p

Rebelmoon · Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2007 3:36 pm Post subject:

I've searched for a % modifier on this with zero luck so far, so I'm also using multiple instances of crates I want showing up more often.

One thing I left out of my tutorial is this in the unit file:

<DisplayName>NAME:UnitCrate</DisplayName>

You should change that to this:

<DisplayName>NAME:Crate</DisplayName>

If not, you will always know what type of crate you're grabbing. Something you don't want if you want the risk of grabbing a crate that might be a bomb. lol

It's up to each modder. Wink

Cheers,

Rebelmoon

Gun Ship · Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 8:36 am Post subject:

Nice work Rebelmoon but isn't this suppose to go in the Blue Zone Tutorials forum?

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Muldrake · Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 12:44 pm Post subject:

Moved to the tutorials section.

Nice work, Rebelmoon, thanks!

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Stygs · Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 11:49 pm Post subject:

*bump*

I am currently adding new crates for TWA (and this tutorial makes it kinda easy ^^), but i found a problem: I couldnt spawn squads.
Tanks work fine, but quads just wont apear, even through the codes are the same (just instead of 1 tank you should get 2 squads)

Any idea why?

EDIT: solved it using dummy units and death OCLs...

Shadow1981 · Civilian **Joined**: 07 Dec 2009

your Tutorial help me a lot but i can not get spawn squads to work sniper team, rifle squads, etc... plz help me

"EDIT: solved it using dummy units and death OCLs..." and this dose not help me because i have not got a clue what it is so plz help me out