Scenario Export function

[billios65]

Despite several attempts and with assistance from Claus I can not get the export scenario function to include modded graphics. [:@]

[ernieschwitz]

I keep telling you. Put the graphics in the /graphics folder, under a different name. Say Nordwind, NordwindSMALL and Nordwind BIG. You take your unique graphics in those folders, and then select the models/officers etc. that have the unique graphics and use those... It works. I even sent you a file that shows it.

[ernieschwitz]

This is what the 1. point tells you, in the blurb next to DCZipping: (I've outlined it in RED)

[ernieschwitz]

The second thing that needs to be done is to use those graphics in the folders that they've been put in. This will mean you need to change the cell shown here in RED to the new location of the graphics, if you've already put them in the wrong place.

[ernieschwitz]

This means your file structure will look somewhat like this. (New folders in RED)

[billios65]

As far as I am aware I have done all the above.

[billios65]

I have just uninstalled dc4, I am now installing it fresh from Matrix Games. Hopefully this will resolve some strange issues with the scenario editor that I have experienced.

[Vic]

You'll need to share some more info in order to receive help.
Why do not you manually zip all your files and post them of a fileshare or send them to vic@vrdesigns.net so I can take a look why it aint working as you expected?

best wishes,
Vic

[billios65]

Hi Vic, just sent them to you . I was discovering files randomly migrating to other folders , files deleting themselves , i am also having issues with the officer editor with commanders of divisions leaving or moving to other formations whenever I opened up the editor suite . Hopefully now that I have re-installed DC4 this weird behaviour will end .

[Vic]

First of all this scenario looks really nice.

The export function works as intended with your files. However part of the graphics you added and you are using are not in your NORDWIND directories.

You need to get all the graphics that YOU added in those NORDWIND directories for the export zipper to include everything.

There are about 7 files missing:
ardennes/Flags/FRENCH1.png
ardennes/OfficersAmerican/Hudelson.png
ardennes/OfficersGerman/..
ardennes/DivisionsAmerican/..

How to fix:
-Go to the libraries (like officersAmerican) that are loading those graphics added by you to the graphics/ardennes directories. Reload them, but this time from the Nordwind directories.
-Reimport those libraries
-Export
-Test if any graphic is still missing by installing the export .dczip on another clean vanilla install of DC4 and load the scenario. Any missing graphics will be mentioned in popup messages upon loading.

Further advice:
-You have been adding to existing Davide officers and historical libraries, fair enough but with troop types you created an almost duplicate with a new library name... better to just stick to using an amended Davide trooptype library (or deleting all the doubles in your own)
-If you are just amending the default Davide libraries, better to rename their filenames so they do not get overwritten with the originals when installing a patch.

As for the stability issues:

If you can make any repeatable report of file deleting themselves please tell me which steps to take to repeat the behaviour in question. Or with other weird behaviour. I need really exact steps in order to debug and fix something. I cannot really take action upon the report that 'something is wrong'.. try to be really exact as in: step 1) load scn X , step 2) simple editor , step 3) import library Y, step 4) observe weird behaviour in unit Z. I really want to improve the editor but I need some exact feedback here please.

best wishes,
Vic

[billios65]

Thank you so much, I will follow your instructions.
Bill