Discuss maps, trains and other modding topics
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weili
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by weili » Fri Jun 07, 2013 4:33 am
Hi all! I started playing SMR a few months ago and absolutely loved it! I started making my own maps following the tutorials on the wiki and so far I was able to turn "real world maps" into SMR maps, but that's pretty much it
I have a few questions below and hopefully you guys with more experience can help me out
- When I create a new map, I don't seem to have access to all the industries. I don't want to use all of them but there are some like fish and cannery aren't available. How can I use them?
- How can I set it up so industries are randomly generated each time the map is played like default maps? It seems like I have to manually place them on the map and set them in cities.
- How can I setup "goals"? Like do this by this year and so forth?
- How can I setup "events"? Is it even worth it? Does it affect anything at all?
I'm sure I'll have more questions later, thanks!
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weili
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by weili » Sat Jun 08, 2013 1:27 pm
...Anyone?
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karsten
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by karsten » Sat Jun 08, 2013 5:32 pm
Basically, the editor is there to fine-sculpt the landscape. All the rest is best defined in the XML files.
You want to place a cannery? Check out how it was done in an existing map XML with canneries - and off you go.
Best of luck!
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weili
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by weili » Sun Jun 09, 2013 2:46 am
karsten wrote:Basically, the editor is there to fine-sculpt the landscape. All the rest is best defined in the XML files.
You want to place a cannery? Check out how it was done in an existing map XML with canneries - and off you go.
Best of luck!
Thanks for your reply.
How can I view the XML of built-in maps?
Also I have 4 cities set as starting location yet "The Nameless City" still keeps popping up?
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karsten
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by karsten » Sun Jun 09, 2013 7:19 am
You will find the XML files in the folder structure of the SMR folder - since I have the game on PC, you will have to dig down and find them on Mac yourself. Get yourself a free XML editor to view both the original files (don't change them, or you will have to reinstall your game) and the XML files of your editor-generated custom map in the UserMaps folder.
You may want to follow this tutorial
viewtopic.php?p=47926#p47926 
