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by scorp
Thu Mar 20, 2014 8:45 pm
Forum: Mapping and Modding
Topic: New to Modding OpenRA - Crash becuase of new unit
Replies: 50
Views: 45177

this is for RA Mod (note that the code formatting will be ruined by the Forum formatting) rules/vehicles.yaml FTNK: Inherits: ^Vehicle Buildable: Queue: Vehicle BuildPaletteOrder: 150 Prerequisites: ftur Owner: soviet Hotkey: f Valued: Cost: 900 Tooltip: Name: Flamer Tank Description: Tank with Flam...
by scorp
Tue Mar 11, 2014 9:54 pm
Forum: Mapping and Modding
Topic: New to Modding OpenRA - Crash becuase of new unit
Replies: 50
Views: 45177

yeah. it appears both changes to the YAML files as well as the use of custom .shp's is very sensitive to Errors. for example simply copy-pasting a property from one infantry unit to a vehicle unit also caused a Crash at Startup for me. So the yaml-reading code at game start seems to quit easily. Mig...
by scorp
Sun Mar 09, 2014 3:47 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: New to OpenRA. Got a few questions.
Replies: 11
Views: 9043

are there different map formats? .oramap vs. map.bin and map.yaml in a zip? also, the .oramaps Show up for me but when trying to create a game on them, they crash?
by scorp
Sun Mar 09, 2014 2:36 pm
Forum: Mapping and Modding
Topic: New to Modding OpenRA - Crash becuase of new unit
Replies: 50
Views: 45177

hmm okay the new unit doesn't seem to render. First mistake was in rules, now the mistakes are in sequences. gonna try to figure this out. not easy for Starters :oops: for some reason, renderunit: was missing from the rules file. Now the i added it, but the game fails to load the sprite Red Alert Mo...
by scorp
Sun Mar 09, 2014 10:24 am
Forum: Mapping and Modding
Topic: New to Modding OpenRA - Crash becuase of new unit
Replies: 50
Views: 45177

excerpt from exception log Red Alert Mod at Version release-20131223 Operating System: Windows (Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1) Runtime Version: .NET CLR 2.0.50727.5477 Exception of type `System.InvalidOperationException`: TypeDictionary does not contain instance of type `OpenRA.Traits...
by scorp
Sat Mar 08, 2014 9:57 pm
Forum: Mapping and Modding
Topic: New to Modding OpenRA - Crash becuase of new unit
Replies: 50
Views: 45177

New to Modding OpenRA - Crash becuase of new unit

Hi everybody Pretty amazed about OpenRA, i tried my hands at modding it a bit. Now i followed some turorials to create a new unit https://github.com/OpenRA/OpenRA/wiki/Creating-a-new-unit i added a .shp file for it, an Icon shp file as well as the yaml rules in vehicles.yaml Thing is however, once i...