Huge C&C1 Singleplayer mappack

[Nyerguds 102]

In 1.06c, these options are in rules.ini. You can extract that from the updatec.mix file.

[CCHyper 3]

There's no way to convert savegames between DOS C&C and C&C95 anyway; that's not a 1.06 issue. To load old C&C95 savegames in 1.06, all you need to do is switch to low resolution.

 

There is no way at the moment, but its very possible.

[Nyerguds 102]

Well I can just change the savegame version value it checks, but I doubt it'll load it correctly; especially since we already got problems with loading savegames from different game widths.

[CCHyper 3]

But you can convert save games easy, i was calculating a tool for TS to update save games from previous versions to 2.03, or my patch.

[Frankaz 0]

But you can convert save games easy, i was calculating a tool for TS to update save games from previous versions to 2.03, or my patch.

Show off :lol:

[pichorra 4]

I see, EVERYTHING is easy to hyper... When him finish the RA1 HReso patch, he will say,: "Man, it was too easy..."

Edited November 19, 2010 by pichorra

[Nyerguds 102]

haha. Good one, Pich

[CCHyper 3]

I see, EVERYTHING is easy to hyper... When him finish the RA1 HReso patch, he will say,: "Man, it was too easy..."

 

I will say, "Why did i waste all them years rewriting the graphic engine just to find out they release RA open source the next day!"

 

And then fall into a coma or something

[Revolutionary 0]

You say that sarcasticaly but Just when i finaly got a big box copy of TS eariler this year

[Chimas 7]

Huge pack reorg:

 

Refinery:

54 NOD missions organized and running (SCB100-SCB154)

126 GDI missions organized and running (SCG100-SCG226)

Task:

- Studying campaigns

- Studying MIX files

- auditing possible different names for the same mission)

 

 

Repair Bay:

around 120 ZIP files in repair bay

Task:

- classifying troubled missions

- just saved games

- black screen

- other

 

Silos:

Mission Index XLS

43 NOD registered

62 GDI registered

 

 

Also received 2 more ZIP files from other players (32Mb and 8Mb)

 

[pichorra 4]

[eng]

hmm... about the black-screen maps, on ingame, you can open the sidebar, and, if it is a Nod mission and you get a GDI Logo (and vice-versa) you can simple fix it editing the .INI file of the mission and find a line:

 

Player=

 

Values: BadGuy for Nod, and GoodGuy for GDI.

 

[pt-br]

hmm... sobre os mapas com tela-preta, dentro do jogo você pode abrir a sidebar, e se for uma missão da Nod e aparecer o logo da GDI (e vice-versa), você pode simplesmente arrumar editando o .INI da missão e localizando a seguinte linha.

 

Player=

valores: BadGuy para Nod, e GoodGuy para GDI.

 

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i think there's no problem with double-language posts, right?

[Nyerguds 102]

Eh, that's only when you got a black playing field inside the mission. I think Solo was referring to the ingame interface never showing. What he calls "black screen" is actually the game crashing

 

But you can convert save games easy, i was calculating a tool for TS to update save games from previous versions to 2.03, or my patch.

I assume you just mean changing the version stamp value in the savegames, or removing the check for them in the savegame loading code? That's easy yes. But TS doesn't have the sidebar position problem the TD savegames have. Even converted, that'd still happen.

[Chimas 7]

... I think Solo was referring to the ingame interface never showing. What he calls "black screen" is actually the game crashing ...

 

Yes I was, after the black screen the game closes and there is an error message.

But there are a few missions that behave just like pichorra said, so I'll try that edit.

 

[Nyerguds 102]

Well if you have error messages, I can sometimes use those to tell you where it went wrong. More specifically, the instruction address on them.

[Chimas 7]

Well if you have error messages, I can sometimes use those to tell you where it went wrong. More specifically, the instruction address on them.

 

Yes, I've started taking note of the instruction address.

Later I'll have a link *.ZIP files with names like this one: SCB EA - Blood Force - 004ce0cb at 00000000

 

I've splitted the troubled files that I can't do anything about it, which are the SAVEGAMES only.

I put it in 2 ZIP file (actually a *.RAR).

SAV and SAV2

See attached and/or the next msg.

 

Later Edit:

Forget the attached.

I put a single file on this link:

http://www.4shared.com/file/mb0ITI7K/SAV.html

Edited December 11, 2010 by Solo

[Chimas 7]

Huge pack reorg:

 

Since many might benefit of this reorg, I have to clarify what is going on with this innitiative.

 

Comments needed in 2 ideas:

 

 

CAMPAIGN RECODING

===============

 

Note this example:

ALIEN is a NOD mini-campaign

 

- ALIEN I will be code SCB161EA

- ALIEN II will be code SCB161EB and code SCB162EA

- ALIEN III will be code SCB161EC and code SCB163EA

 

The whole idea is: you don't have to manually recode to play the sequel alone or the campaign.

Have a better picture: think of renaming 10 campaigns with 15 missions each, and renaming it back

If in the future happens to exist 1000 single missions, these extra EA missions will be replaced.

 

The opposite solution is: don't double any mission and whenever anyone wants, they recode it to a vacant number.

 

If anyone have other alternative, let me know.

 

 

 

MIX FILES

=======

 

There was a lot of missions without briefings (or a greater text than the available space or else). So I started editing some of them.

Right now, I'm checking/retrieving most of the Original briefings I can.

As soon as I finish this part I'll start storing SCBs and SCGs files in mix files in intervals of 20.

 

See example:

SC-G100.MIX will have files from SCG100EA to SCG119XE (whenever exists)

and then, will come SC-G120.MIX, SC-G140.MIX and so on, and also, the same will apply to NODs mission.

I'm checking if the SC coding sequence is adequate. If so, that's the plan.

 

The intervals are important because:

1 - There is always something to do or register. Sooner or later the "peasants" will claim "where are the missions!? Let's burn him!!!";

2 - the NEW MISSIONS MENU gets too long if you put all the missions in the C&C95 directory. I'll do that for me, but you might want something more practical.

So, it would be interesting to have most of the missions stored in another directory and have in the main directory only the "current playing" ones (or the ACTIVE ones).

 

Anyone out there with another approach?

 

 

 

I'm opening and explaining these 2 steps because there might be an easier solution that I won't be able to provide if it needs more complex knowledge than the explained above.

After all, these files will be stored in the C&C95 directory. I believe we can't change much without consulting.

As I 'm calling it, it is a simple reorganization. Any idea with "Automatizations" is far out of my possibilities and must be handled by someone else, if applied.

I think that If I provide in "raw material" state, anyone is free to do whatever wants with your own CnC.

 

 

PS:

I forgot to mention: the intention is publishing a ZIP file with 20 missions (bin+ini) and a MIX file with these same 20 missions, in the same way it's being found inside the ZIP files I've been organizing.

 

 

Edited December 12, 2010 by Solo

[Chimas 7]

Huge pack reorg:

 

Refinery:

- 61 NOD missions organized and running (SCB100-SCB161); 3 (mini) campaigns

- 136 GDI missions organized and running (SCG100-SCG236); at least 3 campaigns

 

ZIP files from other players added (32Mb and 8Mb).

 

Didn't deal with campaigns yet.

-There are around 50 campaigns of different sizes.

 

Silos:

All single missions founded were registered.

Mission Index XLS reorganized.

- Map size and theater columns.

- Hyperlinks to INI files added.

 

Repair Bay:

around 120 ZIP files in repair bay

-- 75 ZIPs are just Savegames Format.

Published

 

 

Tasks:

- Studying campaigns

- Reviewing Briefings

- Start taking notes of the error messages (instruction address)

 

 

[Nyerguds 102]

The ALIEN missions suck. Horribly. They're poor excuses for missions with a retarded plot ("GDI and the aliens are working together to destroy us! OMG evil!"... seriously, wtf) by someone who thought trees were cliffs, has never heard of shores, and was convinced that the more funny-coloured multi-sides he puts on the map the cooler his missions would become. If I remember correctly, they didn't even have win triggers.

 

btw, the mix format is not sc-*.mix , it's in fact sc*.mix - not that that really matters

 

Note that it's possible in mixfiles that certain numbers have to be left out (as WW originally did, something I never really understood the meaning of until I started with minicampaigns). The name encoding algorithm of C&C has the annoying tendency to generate the same IDs for very similar filenames, making the 2 files indistinguishable if they're in a mixfile. So if you ever get that issue (You'll notice, xcc can always only save one of them in the mixfile) you probably have to skip a number to fix the problem. See 1.06c dev thread, on the "EL" ending issue.

 

 

As for your sorting... personally, I don't mind having to play through campaigns to get through the next missions. For missions that were actually meant to be played as campaigns, it's part of the fun. I don't think the consecutive missions should be added as separate items too. I thought about doing that for the Funpark campaign (since mission #3 is hell and #4 is the most fun one, imo), but in the end it's just part of the challenge, which is why I developed the minicampaigns system instead.

[YkudzA 3]

sorry, but offtopic..

 

 

Happy Birthday 27th, Nyerguds!

[AlexB 8]

@Solo: I got another inofficial mission disk for TD called Command Companion. It contains several missions and mini-campaigns (as save games and as ini files). If you are interested I can upload an image or a rar archive. Should be about 15 MB in total.

 

@Nyerguds: Happy Birthday!

[Nyerguds 102]

lol, no need to spread that over 2 threads, Godly and MrFlibble already put it in the dev thread

 

but thanks, anyway

 

Alexb, you mean this one?

http://nyerguds.arsaneus-design.com/cncstu...ndcompanion.zip

 

There's also Defcon 3 in the folder there.

http://nyerguds.arsaneus-design.com/cncstuff/missions/

[AlexB 8]

Alexb, you mean this one?

http://nyerguds.arsaneus-design.com/cncstu...ndcompanion.zip

 

Yes, that one. :lol:

[23-down 0]

So Solo you reorganised a lot of the missions. I would be interested if you upload your package..

[Nyerguds 102]

dude, patience, he's still working on em.

[Chimas 7]

Hi guys,

 

I resorted my excel list and reorganized the files.

I'll update the Excel file soon after the next file.

Some explanations will be there too and complementary info.

 

http://www.4shared.com/file/xKo-HERH/SCG100.html

Check out if the download link is OK.

 

SCG100.zip has 20 GDI missions with BIN/INI/ZIP files, from SCG100EA to SCG119EA.

There's a SCG102EB which the author suggests to be a sequel of another author.

 

Also included SCG100.MIX for easy management.

 

 

Now, I'm preparing NOD's SCB100.ZIP and SCB100.MIX

 

Any problem, let me know.