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spy46
Hired Hero
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posted August 01, 2013 09:34 PM |
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replacing maps
how can you replace campaign maps with ones that you have edited?
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Hayven
Famous Hero
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posted August 02, 2013 10:20 AM |
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Edited by Hayven at 10:20, 02 Aug 2013.
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By changing the main list of campaigns which includes also the list of scenario maps (better way) or by simple exchange-modding 
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spy46
Hired Hero
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posted August 02, 2013 05:23 PM |
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and how would i do that?
what one is the quickest, less complicated and least of a pain in the ass, is there a "HOW TO" tutorial or any thing?
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Hayven
Famous Hero
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posted August 02, 2013 08:32 PM |
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There is no tutorial for that. If you wanna do it, you should find "Campaigns" file (IIRC it is in GameMechanics) and change directories or even add some new. Replacing is IMO more difficult. You should put your map files in the same directory and with the same names as the original scenario maps.
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spy46
Hired Hero
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posted August 03, 2013 05:42 AM |
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ok so why cant i just replace the files?
could you tell me what the best way to do this is, step by step.
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spy46
Hired Hero
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posted August 09, 2013 11:51 AM |
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ok im in the Game Mechanics folder, but i dont see anything called campaign.
im in the C:\Program Files\Ubisoft\Heroes of Might and Magic V\data\GameMechanics
is there another file/folder that it might be in?
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Salamandre
Admirable
Omnipresent Hero
Wog refugee
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posted August 09, 2013 11:58 AM |
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Browse/search your game folder and you will find a folder called campaigns.
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spy46
Hired Hero
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posted August 09, 2013 12:15 PM |
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yeah i just found it.
i know that some games have 2 folders or something with different kinds of data for different things, thats why i asked.
ok so now that i have the folder, what do i do?
do i just move the maps into this folder or is there some thing more to it than that?
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Hayven
Famous Hero
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posted August 09, 2013 06:02 PM |
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Oh, man... there is much more to do. I can't tell u now what to do, but what I know is that you must find files that describes campaigns (capaign.xdb or whaterver like this) and where are given directories to campaign maps (/Maps/Scenario/CXMX/map.xdb). If you find it, what you have to do is to replace old directories to these of your maps, what more, you can add new maps to existing campaigns (not more than 5 in each) and even add new campaigns (I'm not sure but I think there can'
t be more than 6 campaigns)!
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spy46
Hired Hero
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posted August 09, 2013 10:21 PM |
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Edited by spy46 at 22:29, 09 Aug 2013.
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i see, so far all ive done, aside from editing, has been placing the maps in the folders called C1M1 etc.
there really isnt a tutorial for this?
in the \data\Campaigns folder i see files called C1, C2, C3 etc and they are XLB files, are these the ones?
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Hayven
Famous Hero
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posted August 10, 2013 08:25 AM |
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.xdb files, yes, but the names of your maps' files must be the same as game map files (GroundTerrain.bin, UndergroundTerrain.bin, Map.xdb, Map-tag.xdb, MapScript.xdb, MapScript.Lua).
The rest of files is unneccesary. Skip them and them put the rest of your map files in the folder. This method is worse but if you don't know how to find and edit main campaigns file, use it.
Good luck
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spy46
Hired Hero
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posted August 11, 2013 02:47 AM |
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i kept the names of the maps what they were when i opened them.
when im editing anything i always keep it the same name even if its saved in a different location.
so what file do i need to change to tell the game to use MY map versions?
also whats a good program to use to edit XLB files? notepad doesnt look like it wants to "strange because i used to edit the game all the time"
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spy46
Hired Hero
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posted September 11, 2013 04:09 AM |
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markkur
Honorable
Legendary Hero
Once upon a time
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posted September 11, 2013 05:21 AM |
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spy46 said:
1. so what file do i need to change to tell the game to use MY map versions?
2.also whats a good program to use to edit XLB files? notepad doesnt look like it wants to "strange because i used to edit the game all the time"
About #1, I'm curious, have you tried using the Campaign editor? It looks like it will at least let you "select your maps and name the campaign"?
On 2, I use notepad but have to open the map with 7zip 1st.
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spy46
Hired Hero
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posted September 11, 2013 06:59 AM |
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no ive never used the campaign editor, just the map editor.
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