How To Create A New Editable Database

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How To Create A New Editable Database

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This post has the instructions for setting up a new database that you can edit.

Open the game's data\database folder. There you'll find the 'default' folder, which is the official locked database. Copy it to 'Documents\My Games\Armored Brigade 2\data\database'. In the new folder, open the 'eras.xml' file. I recommend using an advanced text editor such as Notepad++ when you need to edit the files manually, so the file contents won't be messed up. In the .xml file, you see this line:

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<string name="databaseID" value="default" />

You must put your database ID there. For example:

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<string name="databaseID" value="myDatabase" />

After this, when you run the settings launcher, you now have your database selectable in the database dropdown menu. Select it, go to the in-game database editor, and the content is editable there!

NOTE: Now the database can have a 'graphics' folder that contains custom graphics files listed in the 'resources_custom_3d.xml' and the 'resources_custom.xml'. First the system looks for the model, texture, or sprite file in the custom database folder, and if it is not found then the file in the standard graphics folder is used instead.
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Re: How To Create A New Editable Database

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tried to mod HQ radius

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doesnt seem to appear on the list sadly, any ideas?
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gbem wrote: Sat Jan 11, 2025 4:19 pm doesnt seem to appear on the list sadly, any ideas?
Where did you copy your database folder?
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Re: How To Create A New Editable Database

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I have the same problem.
I was able to create several new databases in the original "Armored Brigade" without any problems.
The method seems to be the same in AB2.
To be on the safe side, however, I followed the instructions above for creating a new database in AB2 (created in ...:\Armored Brigade 2\data\database\ )
Unfortunately, only the default database is still available for selection.

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In AB2 custom databases must be in the Documents folder, not in the game installation folder.
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Therefore,could you please advice on which files to place in the document folder and method for doing so?
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KAMIGOOOO wrote: Mon Apr 28, 2025 6:50 am Therefore,could you please advice on which files to place in the document folder and method for doing so?
What are you trying to do?
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