Ruleset Editing Questions (& Some m'Orz Qestions)

[greg77]

hi,
i'm new here and i also consider myself a newbie in openxcom modding.

what i don't quite know is how to properly add a new top-level technology to research rules. laser weapons show up automatically, but new entries i put into my rul file would not. what am i missing here?

[Meridian]

Well, then take the "Laser Weapons" entry, make a copy and change the ID... should work.

Without the actual code, my guess is that your new technology has some dependencies, which are not discovered yet, i.e. won't pop up automatically.

[greg77]

thank you, Meridian, i'm right on track.

[Cristao]

What Meridan said. @greg77 - what I do is I tend to look for a mod or item that has the behaviour I need then modify it to give me what I want

[silencer_pl]

Has something changed in way for adding custom music files?

I have seperate file for music rule:

Code: [Select]

musics:
  - type: LIGHTNINGWAR
    normalization: 1.00
And in another rule for example I've added it to base defense

Code: [Select]

  - type: STR_BASE_DEFENSE
    music:
      - type: LIGHTNINGWAR
After I've switched to 2015-12-27 nightly it doesn't work anymore.

[Meridian]

Usage of 'getOneFree' also has a side effect which is that the research topic will always be available for research, even with dependencies.

This limitation has been removed in the latest nightly.

PS: I'll be necroing a few posts to let modders know what's new.

[Hobbes]

PS: I'll be necroing a few posts to let modders know what's new.

It would also be useful to update the UFOPaedia.org page regarding the Nightlies ruleset to include the new functionalities and what they allow

And great work with the code rewrite done by you sir

[Meridian]

It would also be useful to update the UFOPaedia.org page regarding the Nightlies ruleset to include the new functionalities and what they allow

I just checked https://www.ufopaedia.org/index.php/Ruleset_Reference_Nightly_(OpenXcom)#Research
and everything written there is correct, no need to update IMO.