Addition Missions Hook....

[rogue518]

Hello, all is there a "hook" that allows more missions than the original '52" missions? Just curious.....


Sincerely, Rogue518

[Vince T]

Confused now. The game already allows for more missions. I currently have 56 missions running on my dev system and I think TFTC is running for a total number of over 80

[AngeI]

Hey @rogue518 I don't know if @JeremyaFr actually increased this but you can have more than 52 missions. TFTC currently goes past mission number 80 for Classic. I don't know what the hard limit currently is, probably 256. There are some hardcoded mission numbers we skip to avoid issues (Mission 2 and all the DS missions).

[rogue518]

Angel...
Thanks for the responding... what do I need to do to add additional missions? Your help would greatly be appreciated. .

Sincerely, Rogue518

[Vince T]

You add missions via editing the mission.lst file, which is located in the xwa\missions\ directory.

Here's a snippet of that file

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//
!BATTLE_7_HEADER![Battle 7: The Battle of Endor]
//
49
* 1B7M1W.tie
!MISSION_49_DESC!Battle of Endor
50
* 1B7M2W.tie
!MISSION_50_DESC!Phase 2: That Thing's Operational!
51
* 1B7M3W.tie
!MISSION_51_DESC!Phase 3: The Shield Is Down!
52
* 1B7M4W.tie
!MISSION_52_DESC!Phase 4: Death Star Tunnel Run
//
!BATTLE_8_HEADER![Battle 8: Developer Playbround]
//
53
* 1B8M1ANHShowcase.tie
!MISSION_53_DESC!Showcase ANH
54
* 1B8M2ROTJShowcase.tie
!MISSION_54_DESC!Showcase ROTJ TESB
55
* 1B8M3Scarif.tie
!MISSION_54_DESC!Battle over Scarif
56
* 1B8M4Coruscant.tie
!MISSION_55_DESC!Battle over Coruscant
57
* 1B8M2Test.tie
!MISSION_56_DESC!Test Mission 2

Each mission entry consists of 3 lines
- running number
- mission file name, preceded by a *
- mission name. The syntax of the mission name consists of some static definitions, the running number and the name

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59
* 1B9M1MyMission.tie
!MISSION_59_DESC! My custom Mission

Similarly, the if you want to create a new battle, the definition loos like this

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//
!BATTLE_9_HEADER![My Custom missions]
//

Make sure the running number is always consistent throughout the mission lst. Gaps or duplicates will cause problems.

BTW, @rogue518 I'm moving this to the Editing channel, since this is not really an XWAU-specific thing.

[rogue518]

Ok.. Thanks... Vince T...

Sincerely, Rogue518

[Vince T]

I can't even remember where I learned it but there used to be a pretty comprehensive guide on JM's old website, which unfortunately has been lost to time.

[rogue518]

Ok...
Thanks ..my bad..
I did think about that after posting.


Sincerely, Rogue518