Download it HERE!įirstly, ensure your Dawn of War: Soulstorm is free of AE (Attribute Editor) Errorsįind attached the zip file "SS1.2_AE_Design_Fixes-FINAL_Dec04.2010" and unzip into your \DXP2\Data.īy doing this first before running your Dawn of War Soulstorm games you will remove any needless background AE issues that came with the vanilla game AND will allow you to troubleshoot your mod's AE bugs when the time comes and only bugs dealing with your project.Īs mentioned from THIS thread, the goal here is to ensure you do not generate a "designmessages.txt" file when running your mod. Always make backups if you have concerns.įurther, you can look into Corsix ModStudio for a more UI Menu-driven Attribute Editor. There is also attached RGDEdit 0.73 which is what I use to direct-edit RGDs so be careful how you make your changes directly per RGD. Use it only as a reference to grab code ideas from OR to incorporate into your project (see the part below dealing with keep code exclusive to your project). LUA (which can then be edited in Notepad but ONLY for reviewing).īelow is attached the entire vanilla AE matrix which goes up to Soulstorm 1.20. This section will endeavour to reveal some "best practices" when it comes to the AE (Attrib Editor) which is fundamentally in binary format (.RGD) but can be exported to. module so your mod will successfully launch with the correct switches.Ĭheck THIS thread as it is covered in detail and should be quite valuable to all mod project developers. Note the label there "Mod_Name": use the folder name of your mod in your root Soulstorm path.įinally, the fourth line is the actual commandline which runs with the relevant args but the final variable "Mod_Name" should be the name of your. These should be cleared from time to time if present. The third line clears out all MapDB config info if that game mode is enabled for your mod. The first two lines will clear all useless dump files which accumulate over time in your Soulstorm root which are basically not needed and 99% of the time never divulge anything useful. Start soulstorm.exe -dev -nomovies -modname Mod_Name module name (just to readily identify it with ease). To fully troubleshoot your mod project you must always enter in DEV mode to see any background problems that you would otherwise not see the normal method.Īttached below is a CMD that you should unzip into where your root Soulstorm folder is then rename the filename to suit the name of your. It will be broken down into various sections. I will constantly be updating this as I tweak the sections especially based off feedback. The intent of this thread is to give new DoW1 mod developers a reference point to building their projects with the objective to of ensuring we keep to what could be considered as being "best practices".
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