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[Guide] Create your own shipstyle set in 15 minutes (maybe in sixteen!!)

Premade files to quickly create ship styles which you and the AI can use

Posted on Tuesday, July 14, 2015

 Again IMPORTANT: New version, now with Award-Ships and Basic Constructor

IMPORTANT: Updated and tested version on.

 

 

Here are two premade files for quickly creating new ship styles:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/7ixs0y4z20qdwvt/BASIC_SHIPSTYLE_FILES.7z?dl=1

(you don't have to register, just try to download two times )

 

You need at least six ships (downloaded via workshop or created),
tiny, small, medium, large, huge and cargo.

Better are ten ships (tiny, small, medium, large, huge, colony, freighter, transport, constructor, support)

 

Here's the readme (also in the archive) how to:

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Let's go:


1. Create a new folder NEWRACE (i.e. "Klingon" in Mygames/galciv3/mods

2. Create a folder in NEWRACE named "Game" --> Mygames/galciv3/mods/NEWRACE/Game

3. Copy FactionShipStyleSetDefs_NEWRACE.xml and ShipClassDefs_NEWRACE.xml into Mygames/galciv3/mods/NEWRACE/Game

4. Open FactionShipStyleSetDefs_NEWRACE.xml and  ShipClassDefs_NEWRACE.xml with notepad. press strg+h. Replace all "NEWRACE" with your Faction name ("Klingon" i.e.)

Save both files and close.

5. Open two folders/files: a) Open ShipClassDefs_NEWRACE.xml again (muhaha!!!!) ... and the folder Mygames/galciv3/designs

6 . Go to  Mygames/galciv3/designs. Sort by file extension or type, choose and copy the ship name you want to add; i.e "Adv. Tie Interceptor_BFD2E70F261A44EFB596E3221A2EAFFF"

 

Your desktop should look like this:

http://www.pic-upload.de/view-27687665/Screenshot-2015-07-15-01.44.31.png

 

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Now the important part.!!!!!

 

7. Now replace (strg-h) in ShipClassDefs_NEWRACE.xml all

"TINY_F" (tiny)

"SMALL_F" (small)

"MEDIUM_F" (medium)

"LARGE_F" (large)

"HUGE_F" (huge)

(these are the basic ships)

"COLONY_S" (cargo)

and all

"FREIGHTER_C" (cargo)

"TRANSPORT_C" (cargo)

"CONSTRUCTOR_C" (cargo)

"SUPPORT_C" (large)


with your desired ship ID (like "Adv. Tie Interceptor_BFD2E70F261A44EFB596E3221A2EAFFF" --> tiny ship)

 
Save.

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8. In Game: Create a new Race and select the ship style. Save the race. The AI now will use this ships.




Optional:

9. If you want a preview pic when selecting the ship style, copy one used ship's *.obgfxcfg (in "mygames/galciv3/designs" into your "steamapps/common/GalCiv3/designs/startup"-folder

Open ShipClassDefs_NEWRACE.xml and replace (strg-h) "PREVIEW_SHIP" with the ship-ID.