OpenXcom Forum
Modding => Help => Topic started by: The Martian on November 15, 2017, 09:29:42 am
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I'm trying to get into modding OpenXcom and I've found a starting tutorial here:
https://www.ufopaedia.org/index.php/Rulesets_(OpenXcom)#Your_First_Edit_.28Cheat.29 (https://www.ufopaedia.org/index.php/Rulesets_(OpenXcom)#Your_First_Edit_.28Cheat.29)
Unfortunately I've immediately run into a snag.
The tutorial mentions the location of "Xcom1Ruleset.rul" to be "Data\Ruleset\Xcom1Ruleset.rul".
However much to my embarrassment I have been unable to locate a Data directory in the "./local/share/openxcom/" directory.
The only directory found there are:
- Mods
- UFO
- TFTD
- xcom1
- xcom2
Could someone please point out the Xcom1Ruleset.rul file location, I'm eager to start tinkering. ^_^
The version of OpenXcom I'm using is the "Nightlies 2017-11-02" Linux release.
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The rulesets are located in openxcom/standard/xcom1 for uFo or openxcom/standard/xcom2 for tftd , i dunno why you don´t have the standard folder (maybe it came when i install original xcom dunno or if openxcom brings it or the other way around)
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The ruleset reference you've read is for the milestone, look for the nightlies
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Thank you for pointing out that the tutorial was for a different version of OpenXcom , I'll use the values found on this page instead:
https://www.ufopaedia.org/index.php/Ruleset_Reference_Nightly_(OpenXcom) (https://www.ufopaedia.org/index.php/Ruleset_Reference_Nightly_(OpenXcom))
I've still been unable to figure out where the Linux version of OpenXcom is storing all the *.rul files.
However I may have found a solution:
By downloading the .Zip Windows release of OpenXcom ( openxcom_git_master_2017_11_09_0437.zip (https://openxcom.org/git_builds/openxcom_git_master_2017_11_09_0437.zip) ) which does have the "./standard/" directory you mentioned I've been able to gain access to duplicates of the *.rul files.
If I know what the contents of the *.rul files are I can reference the defined variables within them even if I don't actually know their locations on my system.
My theory is that because the OpenXcom Linux release is using AppImage (https://appimage.org/) the files are contained within the executable file itself, thus my inability to locate them.
(If I'm wrong please correct my misunderstanding.)
AppImage (https://appimage.org/) is a pretty cool method for release on Linux so I'm glad it's being used. (https://openxcom.org/forum/Themes/InsidiousV1-k/images/post/thumbup.gif)
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I've still been unable to figure out where the Linux version of OpenXcom is storing all the *.rul files.
find / -iname '*.rul'
It may miss some possible places, but it will display all *.rul files you already have.
This may vary between distributions, but I have them in:
/usr/share/openxcom/ or /usr/games/share/openxcom/
~/.local/share/openxcom/
the directories next to the openxcom binary
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Thank you for posting that useful command. (https://openxcom.org/forum/Themes/InsidiousV1-k/images/post/thumbup.gif)
The only *.rul files that were found by the search are located in the directories of a few Mods I've got installed.
There was no sign of the default X-Com *.rul files.
tkzv are you using the Linux release of OpenXcom that uses AppImage (https://appimage.org/) or a different distribution variant?
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tkzv are you using the Linux release of OpenXcom that uses AppImage (https://appimage.org/) or a different distribution variant?
I used the Gentoo ebuild for vanilla 1.0 and nightly, and after a version conflict I just compile nightly and OXCE+ from Github, without installing anything to /usr/ .