how to create a new civillization

[Artemior]

i want to use the same graphics of units and building of other civs and give unit names, different health and attack.

[niektb]

This tutorial might come in useful. For a new civ you need to create a new json file in the civs folder.

http://www.wildfiregames.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=18396

[Lion.Kanzen]

And the WFG trac have a lot info, some update and other outdated, only ask, but basic are in niektb guide.

[Radagast.]

I'm just in the moment working on a generator for it. This gives us utmost flexibility in the long run. e.g. changing the XML layout/scheme will be easy with this generator. (you only need one up-to-date example scheme/json and it will generate/update all the existing data for you)

The generator not only generates the Civ, but rather a complete design doc.

I started working on it because I don't really know where and which is the newest version of all the spread civ data. A forum is not useful for that, so I created this database. (Link has yet to be published.)

Edit:

I just realised that it can't be made absolutely public - for spam reasons (and because I have no captchas, Philip knows why ). Thus it will be for Council of Modders and Team members only in the beginning.

If I get access to the trac database some day, then we can use those user logins. But for now only CoM and Main Team.

Edited April 23, 2014 by Hephaestion

[Artemior]

i want to create this civ:

{

"Code":"atla",

"Culture": "atla",

"Name":"Atlantis",

"Emblem":"session/portraits/emblems/emblem_atlantis.png",

"History":......",

"Music":[

{"File":"", "Type":"peace"}

],

"Factions":

[

{

"Name":"Atlantis",

"Description":"",

"Technologies":

[

{

"Name":"Unknown.",

"History":"Unknown.",

"Description":"Unknown."

},

{

"Name":"Unknown",

"History":"Unknown.",

"Description":"Unknown."

}

],

"Heroes":

[

{

"Name":"",

"Class":"",

"Armament":"",

"Emblem":"",

"History":"."

},

{

"Name":"",

"Class":"",

"Armament":"",

"Emblem":"",

"History":"."

},

{

"Name":"?",

"Class":"",

"Armament":"",

"Emblem":"",

"History":"."

}

]

}

],

"CivBonuses":

[

{

"Name":"?",

"History":"Unknown.",

"Description":"Unknown."

},

{

"Name":"Unknown",

"History":"Unknown.",

"Description":"Unknown."

},

{

"Name":"?",

"History":"."

}

],

"TeamBonuses":

[

{

"Name":"",

"History":"Unknown.",

"Description":"Unknown."

}

],

"Structures":

[

{

"Name":"",

"Class":"",

"Emblem":"",

"History":"",

"Requirements":"",

"Phase":"",

"Special":""

},

{

"Name":"",

"Class":"",

"Emblem":"",

"History":"",

"Requirements":".",

"Phase":"",

"Special":"."

}

],

"StartEntities":

[

{

"Template": ""

},

{

"Template": "",

"Count": 4

},

{

"Template": "",

"Count": 2

},

{

"Template": "",

"Count": 2

},

{

"Template": ""

}

],

"Formations":

[

"Scatter",

"Box",

"Column Closed",

"Line Closed",

"Column Open",

"Line Open",

"Flank",

"Skirmish",

"Wedge",

"Battle Line",

"Phalanx"

],

"AINames":

[

],

"SelectableInGameSetup": false

}

Edited April 26, 2014 by Artemior

[Artemior]

like aom titans

[Radagast.]

Thx, we will put up a civ mod for you. This you have to put into data/mods/ folder then.

Do you use Alpha 15? Or SVN/Git repository custom build?

Because to activate your own civ you have to launch 0AD differently. You have to launch it with the parameters:

 -mod=my_civ_mod_folder_name -mod=another_mod 

Usually you can edit the 0AD link, right click edit/properties und add it there as argument.

On Mac OS or linux best fire up a command line and run

/path/to/pyrogenesis -mod="my civ" -mod=my_other_civ

Edit: Before we can create a mod, all the data has to be collected somehow. And the artwork created. Best you collect all you find/want to have in the first post of this topic. Edited April 26, 2014 by Hephaestion

[Lion.Kanzen]

In windows you need create a shortcut.