Modding Q&A [For Quick Questions and Answers]

[kalarhan]

Hello, guys, one question. I am getting this error when I compile:

ERROR: Usage of unassigned local variable: :town_merchant

But this is already declared in module constants quite clearly, like this: slot_town_merchant      = 23

you are using a variable (":town_merchant") inside a loop/if-then-else (try_begin/try_end) without first giving it a value. Its a warning telling you this could be bad.

Example correct usage:

(assign, ":town_merchant", 0),
(try_begin),
   ....
   (val_add, ":town_merchant", 10),
   ....
(try_end),

This can lead to a series of problems. Unexpected bugs (logic error) is the most common.
However if you (or any player) is using a Mac/Linux the engine handles those in a different way and can assign to it a negative max integer value. Thats how, as a example, those players can have a budget of -6 billions coins :XD

 

[Antonis]

Hey thanks. I am not on a Mac. I made a beginner's programming mistake, didn't I? 
Didn't notice that 'local' there. Thanks for the input and the fix!

 

[Bearomir]

First, When you're camping and a party attacks you, how do you detect that you were camping so that you can then direct the battle to a particular mission template?
I've seen this in mods where you have a camp.
NVM
Just look for

          (eq, "$g_encounter_type", enctype_catched_during_village_raid),
          (assign, "$g_village_raid_evil", 0),
          (set_jump_mission,"mt_village_raid"),
          (party_get_slot, ":scene_to_use", "$g_encounter_is_in_village", slot_castle_exterior),
          (jump_to_scene, ":scene_to_use"),

and under it have another else try block with

(eq, "$g_player_icon_state", pis_camping), #camp normal

and that's how


Secondly, I read that to have a castle you must have a village. However, I also saw another mod "A wedding dance" in which the castle was stand alone without a village. How can this be done?

 

[Seek n Destroy]

Spoiler

Can someone point me on how to load the lods using the new cur_item_add_mesh operation?

cur_item_add_mesh                   = 1964  # (cur_item_add_mesh, <mesh_name_string>, [<lod_begin>], [<lod_end>]),
                                            # Version 1.161+. Only call inside ti_on_init_item trigger. Adds another mesh to item, allowing the creation of combined items. Parameter <mesh_name_string> should contain mesh name itself, NOT a mesh reference. LOD values are optional. If <lod_end> is used, it will not be loaded.

#edit, it seems to require an int value, is (cur_item_add_mesh, "@meshname", 1, 4), a valid way to have the operation add the meshname and its lods?
#edit 2, Nope, doesn't seem to be it.

Either get rid of the lod arguments or set both to 0 in order to load all regular lod's.

A bit late for a reply but I could test this only recently and it seems to work just fine, thanks! However I seem to have some problems using it with leg armor, the meshes show up fine as icons but once equipped only the main mesh shows up.

Not working:

["b_celtic_pants_white", "Bracca", [("b_celtic_pants_white",0)], itp_type_foot_armor|itp_merchandise|itp_civilian, 0, 90, weight(1.5)|abundance(100)|head_armor(0)|body_armor(0)|leg_armor(10)|difficulty(0), imodbits_cloth, [(ti_on_init_item,[(cur_item_add_mesh, "@b_feet_celt", 0, 0),(cur_item_add_mesh, "@b_celtic_shoes", 0, 0),])], [fac_kingdom_3] ],

Working:

["a_roman_padded_subarmalis", "Subarmalis", [("a_roman_padded_subarmalis",0)], itp_type_body_armor|itp_merchandise|itp_covers_legs|itp_civilian, 0, 400, weight(4)|abundance(100)|head_armor(0)|body_armor(20)|leg_armor(20)|difficulty(0), imodbits_armor, [(ti_on_init_item,[(cur_item_add_mesh, "@b_arms_long", 0, 0),])], [fac_kingdom_1] ],
["a_celtic_tunic_long_white", "Tunic", [("a_celtic_tunic_long_white",0)], itp_type_body_armor|itp_merchandise|itp_covers_legs|itp_civilian, 0, 60, weight(1)|abundance(100)|head_armor(0)|body_armor(12)|leg_armor(8)|difficulty(0), imodbits_cloth, [(ti_on_init_item,[(cur_item_add_mesh, "@b_arms_tunic_celt", 0, 0),(cur_item_add_mesh, "@o_celtic_belt", 0, 0),(store_random_in_range, ":random_num", 0, 3),(try_begin),(eq, ":random_num", 0),(cur_item_add_mesh, "@torc_plain", 0, 0),(else_try),(eq, ":random_num", 1),(cur_item_add_mesh, "@torc_1", 0, 0),(else_try),(eq, ":random_num", 2),(cur_item_add_mesh, "@torc_2", 0, 0),(try_end),])], [fac_kingdom_3] ],

 

[CutContent]

I put a map for my mod and I always get this error "unable to position main party at blah blah"
Anyone get this and what's the fix to it?

 

[Lumos]

The party is either on water, or on a mountain, or on another impassable terrain. Make sure the map rotation is correct.

 

[CutContent]

Is there a shader that you can do normal maps/bump maps with AND shiny color effects? Kind of like a mix between dot3 and iron shader

EDIT: Also how do you have a specular and a bump map at the same time? Whats the shader called?

 

[HarryPham123]

Does everyone know how to fix this error

   ["brit_huzzah1.wav", fac_kingdom_2],["brit_godsave2.wav", fac_kingdom_2],["brit_king2.wav", fac_kingdom_2],["brit_rule1.wav", fac_kingdom_2],["brit_nosey1.wav", fac_kingdom_2],
NameError: name 'fac_kingdom_2' is not defined
Exporting postfx_params...

i have checked in my faction module but i wonder why it still said fac_kingdom_2 is not defined , am i missing something pls tell me how to fix it 

 

[Balgy]

Does everyone know how to fix this error

   ["brit_huzzah1.wav", fac_kingdom_2],["brit_godsave2.wav", fac_kingdom_2],["brit_king2.wav", fac_kingdom_2],["brit_rule1.wav", fac_kingdom_2],["brit_nosey1.wav", fac_kingdom_2],
NameError: name 'fac_kingdom_2' is not defined
Exporting postfx_params...

i have checked in my faction module but i wonder why it still said fac_kingdom_2 is not defined , am i missing something pls tell me how to fix it 

From the looks of it, you are trying to mod using the NW module system. In the NW module system factions are defined as [britain, france, russia, prussia, austria] rather than [kingdom_1, kingdom_2 etc], so you might want to check on that.

Now if you have already defined a faction as kingdom_2 then check again if you have defined it correctly.

 

[Lumos]

And check if you're importing module_factions at the top.

 

[Afrandez]

What is "unexpected indent"?

Spoiler: build_module

 

[Balgy]

An indentation error in python is raised when there is a problem with code "spacing",

Meaning, you have hit the spacebar somewhere that you shouldn't.

 

[Leikeze]

What is wrong with the bump map on this shield by Mandible?

without bump map it seems ok

this is the material.

 

[Afrandez]

An indentation error in python is raised when there is a problem with code "spacing",

Meaning, you have hit the spacebar somewhere that you shouldn't.

Is "]" symbol become a problem? Because I have a problem from "]" in module_troops before upgrades. (Not different error)

Spoiler

I cannot open computer now for take screen shot because I will go to school

 

[HarryPham123]

Does everyone know how to fix this error

   ["brit_huzzah1.wav", fac_kingdom_2],["brit_godsave2.wav", fac_kingdom_2],["brit_king2.wav", fac_kingdom_2],["brit_rule1.wav", fac_kingdom_2],["brit_nosey1.wav", fac_kingdom_2],
NameError: name 'fac_kingdom_2' is not defined
Exporting postfx_params...

i have checked in my faction module but i wonder why it still said fac_kingdom_2 is not defined , am i missing something pls tell me how to fix it 

From the looks of it, you are trying to mod using the NW module system. In the NW module system factions are defined as [britain, france, russia, prussia, austria] rather than [kingdom_1, kingdom_2 etc], so you might want to check on that.

Now if you have already defined a faction as kingdom_2 then check again if you have defined it correctly.

oh thank you my friend 

 

[Kentucky 『 ＨＥＩＧＵＩ 』 James]

What is wrong with the bump map on this shield by Mandible?

Save the normalmap as a dxt1 format dds file.

 

[Afrandez]

An indentation error in python is raised when there is a problem with code "spacing",

Meaning, you have hit the spacebar somewhere that you shouldn't.

Is "]" symbol become a problem? Because I have a problem from "]" in module_troops before upgrades. (Not different error)

Spoiler

I cannot open computer now for take screen shot because I will go to school

??

 

[Leikeze]

What is wrong with the bump map on this shield by Mandible?

Save the normalmap as a dxt1 format dds file.

Thanks! It worked.

 

[Ikaguia]

An indentation error in python is raised when there is a problem with code "spacing",

Meaning, you have hit the spacebar somewhere that you shouldn't.

Is "]" symbol become a problem? Because I have a problem from "]" in module_troops before upgrades. (Not different error)

Spoiler

I cannot open computer now for take screen shot because I will go to school

??

no, that ] shouldnt be a problem, your file should look like this:

#from *** import *
#from *** import *
#from *** import *
#################
##     MANY THINGS      ##
#################

troops = [
    ["troop",...],
    ["another_troop",...],
    ...
    ["yet_another_troop",...],
]

upgrades

but you probably have an exta ] somewhere in the code(probably the line just before the one the compiler is complaining about)

 

[Balgy]

An indentation error in python is raised when there is a problem with code "spacing",

Meaning, you have hit the spacebar somewhere that you shouldn't.

Is "]" symbol become a problem? Because I have a problem from "]" in module_troops before upgrades. (Not different error)

Spoiler

I cannot open computer now for take screen shot because I will go to school

??

no, that ] shouldnt be a problem, your file should look like this:

#from *** import *
#from *** import *
#from *** import *
#################
##     MANY THINGS      ##
#################

troops = [
    ["troop",...],
    ["another_troop",...],
    ...
    ["yet_another_troop",...],
]

upgrades

but you probably have an exta ] somewhere in the code(probably the line just before the one the compiler is complaining about)

Well, brackets out of place usually raise Syntax Errors...

The only thing I can think of that would cause you an indentation error in if one of your "upgrade" in the upgrade section has a space before it. Noone of them should have one.