More Battleset and SE Questions

[Juramentado]

Howdy again everyone. A couple of quick qs as I struggle through building a custom battle set.

1. I might have this backwards, but I built the battleset BEFORE the scenarios. Now I seem to be trapped in this endless loop where I have specified the custom battleset in the SE, but now I can't go back to link the scenario in the battleset. Hopefully this is a simple answer that I am missing.

2. Is there a quick-ref chart for broad types and subtypes when defining victory conditions? Specifically, I am trying to address a MISC type vessel to be on-station for 30 minutes. I realize I could just specify a general ship type and leave it at that, but I want the player to use a specific vessel to complete that task. The ship type in question is the US MISC type HSV-2 Swift.

I'm using the Americas database in both situations if that helps. Thanks in advance!

[TonyE]

1. You've definitely found the chicken and egg problem [&:]. First you build the battleset to make the map available, make sure to also use the Save Settings button that will later allow you to come back and add scenarios to your map and potentially embed the database (if you haven't already). Think of the Save Settings button as making a template of your battleset for later use when adding scenarios, changing the embedded database, etc.

Then you design your scenarios. Finally you go back into the BS Builder, do Load Settings, add your scenarios, Save Settings again, then Make Battleset and you are good to go.

2. It is not currently possibly to list a particular ship in the victory conditions. We had to disable it since it didn't get along with user-made databases. At some future date it will work again.

Looking forward to your creation [:)]

[Juramentado]

Thanks Tony. I wasn't happy with how I struggled through the Battleset build anyway, so I will just redo since I only made it through one scenario. Another question - what files represent the battleset so I can upload (at some point when it's ready [8D]) please?  I presume I also need to provide all the scenario and order files as well...

[TonyE]

In the minimal files situation you only need to zip and upload hdsu.res and hdsu.rsr. That assumes you add the scenarios into the battleset using the BS Builder and also that you have embedded the database with the BS Builder. imho it is a pretty neat way to distribute a number of scenarios and a specific database.