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Koen van de Sande posted a message about Re: Editing Tutorial 2 in reply to Editing Tutorial 2

> Adding a name for your new unit using Tibed
> ___________________________________________________________

> 1. Download the csf file editing plug in from Tibed.net

> 2. Install it.

> 3. Go to the rules.ini section and find your new unit

> 4. Click the Tab General #1 and find UIName.

> 5. Change that to whatever you want it to be.

> 6. Scroll down to the bottom on the left side until you find filebag.

> 7. click on ra2md.csf.

> 8. Click edit.

> 9. Click add string.

> 10. In the name blank type

> Name:*******************

> the stars represent whatever you put in the UIName blank in rules.ini section.

> Example: I have a unit named Barett
> In the UIName blank in the rules.ini section I typed BARETT
> So I would Type:

> Name:BARETT
> (with no spaces.)

> 11. Leave the Extra Value blank ALONE!!!!!

> 12. In the Value blank, type whatever you want the unit's name to be in the blank

> Example:

> My unit is Barett
> So in the Value blank i would type,

> Barett

> Whatever you type in the Value blank will be what appears in the game. Everything else is to make it work in the game, but whatever is in the value blank will appear in the game whenever you hold the cursor over it.

> 13. Click Add

> 14. Click Save and then click Return to Tibed.

> 15. Save your mod file and then Save Changes to the game.

> This will add a name to your new unit/structure.

> You can also edit the other strings to change various things in the game, but that goes beyond the range of this tutorial. Look for it in future tutorials.

Very good
Only step 1 isn't needed, there is no CSF editor download; it is included in the normal TibEd (full/upgrade) download.

Koen van de Sande
Van de Sande Productions
koen@tibed.net

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