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Iman posted 04-06-99 12:37 AM ET
I keep on hearing on how you can customizing your own factions yet I can seem to find the command or the files for it. I don't mean just changing the names and title of your leader before you start the game. I mean changing the the bonus and disadvantages of the factions itself. If anyone can give me some advice I would really appreciate it.
Travathian posted 04-06-99 12:47 AM ET
ACedit is whatcha wanna get, not sure where to download it from, but do a search on it, its a great program, and really, really, really damn easy to use.
jaghar posted 04-06-99 12:47 AM ET
It's pretty simple once you figure it out. You should have a file called Faction.txt it's basically a copy of giains.txt only with comments.
Unfortunately there's a couple lines you have to figure out for yourself. The name of the files are <faction name>.txt
You'll need to copy the movie and voice files to from another faction or make your own. Which are in the movie and voice directories of course.
Or you can get ACEdit. The url to which is in a recent message here with ACEdit as the subject.
jaghar posted 04-06-99 12:51 AM ET
As much as I like the idea of ACEdit.. I started with notepad and am quite happy with it. I like knowing something of the actual files. You don't learn much from editors but if simple stupid is what you want go for the editor.
yin26 posted 04-06-99 12:52 AM ET
Iman,
I believe the readme file explains a little bit about this stuff. I've only briefly messed with these things, so I'm no expert. But in your Alpha Centauri folder (where terran.exe is located), you'll see .txt files with faction names in front of them. That's where you can mess with all that stuff.
Make sure you make backups first, just in case.
Nell_Smith posted 04-06-99 12:54 AM ET
The URL for ACEdit is:
http://www.sidgames.com/acedit/
But editing the text files yourself is more fun and also you get to learn more about how the game works.
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Author	Topic: customizing to your heart's content
Iman	posted 04-06-99 12:37 AM ET I keep on hearing on how you can customizing your own factions yet I can seem to find the command or the files for it. I don't mean just changing the names and title of your leader before you start the game. I mean changing the the bonus and disadvantages of the factions itself. If anyone can give me some advice I would really appreciate it.
Travathian	posted 04-06-99 12:47 AM ET ACedit is whatcha wanna get, not sure where to download it from, but do a search on it, its a great program, and really, really, really damn easy to use.
jaghar	posted 04-06-99 12:47 AM ET It's pretty simple once you figure it out. You should have a file called Faction.txt it's basically a copy of giains.txt only with comments. Unfortunately there's a couple lines you have to figure out for yourself. The name of the files are <faction name>.txt You'll need to copy the movie and voice files to from another faction or make your own. Which are in the movie and voice directories of course. Or you can get ACEdit. The url to which is in a recent message here with ACEdit as the subject.
jaghar	posted 04-06-99 12:51 AM ET As much as I like the idea of ACEdit.. I started with notepad and am quite happy with it. I like knowing something of the actual files. You don't learn much from editors but if simple stupid is what you want go for the editor.
yin26	posted 04-06-99 12:52 AM ET Iman, I believe the readme file explains a little bit about this stuff. I've only briefly messed with these things, so I'm no expert. But in your Alpha Centauri folder (where terran.exe is located), you'll see .txt files with faction names in front of them. That's where you can mess with all that stuff. Make sure you make backups first, just in case.
Nell_Smith	posted 04-06-99 12:54 AM ET The URL for ACEdit is: http://www.sidgames.com/acedit/ But editing the text files yourself is more fun and also you get to learn more about how the game works.