Confused as Fook

posted on March 29th, 2010, 9:01 am

I thought I had a handle on ODFs but I can't figure out what ties the research ODFs for an ability to the actual ability ODFs.

To be clear:

fedR_impulse doesn't refer to the fed_impulse (or fed_impulseA) ODF that it supposedly activates. Where are these connections made? In another ODF?

Confused.

posted on March 29th, 2010, 9:38 am

techtree files tech1.tt

posted on March 29th, 2010, 9:45 am

Damn, that were easy, cheers Blade.

posted on March 29th, 2010, 10:17 am

Okay, in my idiocy I've stumbled across a new problem with a similarly obvious answer (most likely). I created my ability which has to be researched, and can research it, but it has no icon (and no tooltip, but that I can find out later).

How do I give it an icon? Again I can't find the line within the ODF (and if it existed there, it would match the icon from the ability I copied) so I guess it's elsewhere, in .SODs possibly? I don't know how to work those. Do I need to?

posted on March 29th, 2010, 10:53 am

thats in the gui_global.spr in the sprites folder

posted on March 29th, 2010, 11:26 am

Gotcha, and the Tooltips are in the Dynamic_Localized_Strings.h file?

posted on March 29th, 2010, 11:40 am

yup

posted on March 29th, 2010, 3:36 pm

and the button you add will either have to already be in the game, or you will have to make a new one.  I can give instruction on how to make buttons if you need it.

posted on March 29th, 2010, 7:13 pm

That'd be very helpful, Zaxxon.

Also that I have little idea what most of the numbers mean when assigning a button in the gui_global.spr file.

posted on March 29th, 2010, 7:51 pm

yep yep, I'll Pm you with a docuement that will explain all about the Sprite entries and how to make buttons.