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[Nightfarer]

Hi all.

 

As I am working on the Worldmap (both SOA and ToB) patching for Rukrakia and some other mods, I wanted to ask how to use the ADD_WORLDMAP_LINKS.

 

My idea is using:

 

add_map_icons to add the two new map icons of Rukrakia for SOA and ToB - already done and working

 

sc#addWmpAre (without the toNewArea and fromNewArea) only to add the two areas of Rukrakia to Worldmap - already done and working.

 

and to add the correct area links, using ADD_WORLDMAP_LINKS... I tried using the LAUNCH_PATCH_FUNCTION ADD_WORLDMAP_LINKS with its parameters but it results in errors.

 

Any idea or example of a working ADD_WORLDMAP_LINKS code?

[Roxanne]

I made some attempts a while back - however that was with EET and alternatively patching the EET worldmap or the BP-BGT Worldmap.

It worked for me when I extended the code by reading the links.tbl entries I had made for BP-BGT Worldmap instead of entering values into the code directly.

After various experiments I was never happy with the outcome and removed the code - now using *traditional* entries for BP-BGT Worldmap again.

Actually, the only reason I used the function was for testing my mod and trying to avoid installation/de-installation of the worldmap-mod all the time.

 

I know this is not a direct answer to your question, just a witness report.

[Nightfarer]

Hi Roxanne.

 

Thanks for the reply. Yes I see. For BP-BGT-Worldmap I already have area.tbl, links.tbl and worldmap.tra for Rukrakia.

 

But, as not everyone does use it, I wanted to keep compatibility with vanilla worldmaps (no EE). I tried using the fromNewArea and toNewArea but the links are somewhat wrong and there are missing things (encounter areas etc)... that's the reason I wanted to use ADD_WORLDMAP_LINKS to add correct links.

[Roxanne]

You probably need to do the whole operation for the two worldmaps independently (unless you force worldmap.wmp to worldm25.wmp).

Like

Spoiler

COPY_EXISTING ~worldmap.wmp~ ~override~
                    LPF ADD_WORLDMAP_LINKS
                        INT_VAR
                        distance_scale = MATCH5 //TRV_TIME
                        default_entry = MATCH6 //DEF_ENTRY
                        encounter_probability = MATCH12 //ENC_PROB
                        STR_VAR
                        from_area = EVAL ~%MATCH1%~ //SRC_AREA
                        from_node = EVAL ~%MATCH2%~ //SRC_NWSE
                        to_area = EVAL ~%MATCH3%~ //TARGET_ARE
                        entry = EVAL ~%MATCH4%~ //ENTRY_NAME
                        random_area1 = EVAL ~%MATCH7%~ //ENC1
                        random_area2 = EVAL ~%MATCH8%~ //ENC2
                        random_area3 = EVAL ~%MATCH9%~ //ENC3
                        random_area4 = EVAL ~%MATCH10%~ //ENC4
                        random_area5 = EVAL ~%MATCH11%~ //ENC5
                    END
                BUT_ONLY

 

COPY_EXISTING ~worldm25.wmp~ ~override~
                    LPF ADD_WORLDMAP_LINKS
                        INT_VAR
                        distance_scale = MATCH5 //TRV_TIME
                        default_entry = MATCH6 //DEF_ENTRY
                        encounter_probability = MATCH12 //ENC_PROB
                        STR_VAR
                        from_area = EVAL ~%MATCH1%~ //SRC_AREA
                        from_node = EVAL ~%MATCH2%~ //SRC_NWSE
                        to_area = EVAL ~%MATCH3%~ //TARGET_ARE
                        entry = EVAL ~%MATCH4%~ //ENTRY_NAME
                        random_area1 = EVAL ~%MATCH7%~ //ENC1
                        random_area2 = EVAL ~%MATCH8%~ //ENC2
                        random_area3 = EVAL ~%MATCH9%~ //ENC3
                        random_area4 = EVAL ~%MATCH10%~ //ENC4
                        random_area5 = EVAL ~%MATCH11%~ //ENC5
                    END
                BUT_ONLY

 

And then the same for any new area-

Like I said, I used it only with EET, so not sure if it is applicable for your purpose as well. I extracted the MATCH data from links.tbl by additional code, but it should also work doing it manually.

[Nightfarer]

Hi Roxanne.

 

Yes, those are independent worldmaps but no issue.

 

I just figured out there was a mistype in the code and the "test link" went successfully into ToB worldmap

 

Thanks for the code examples. Yeah, I used a very very similar code.