Profile of RagnarTheGamer

How do I set up Victory points and how do I create the win conditions in regard to my set Victory Points?

When creating your win condition pack in the tools select the "Requires VP Ticker". This will take care of the logic behind the VP ticker.

Now four your own options. After the initial creation of the WCP you should end up with your_file.win file. This is the file you want to edit.

And simply add this to the file.

options=

{

	{

		fe_name = "$YOUR_MOD_GUID:LINE_NUMBER", -- This shoudl point to your localization file, Name of the option ingame

		value = 500, -- Numeber of tickets

	},

	{

	    	default = true,

		fe_name = "$YOUR_MOD_GUID:LINE_NUMBER", -- This shoudl point to your localization file, Name of the option ingame

		value = 750, -- Numeber of tickets

	},

	{

		fe_name = "$YOUR_MOD_GUID:LINE_NUMBER", -- This shoudl point to your localization file, Name of the option ingame

		value = 1000, -- Numeber of tickets

	},

}

Of course, you can add as many options as you want. Just note that no scroll bar will appear in the game UI but you will still be able to scroll with your mouse in the options.

I have mine set to timed and works just fine. are you applying the upgrade on strat_self_action?

As I look at it there are 3 options on how to implement this.

The first one being the most simple one. Make a submenu in each faction HQ that would have different values that you would like to transfer. Each value would be a targeted ability that would take the x amount of your resource type and would dispatch a truck to your desired location where it would be dropped off and collected by your teammates.

The second way of looking at this is also quite simple and still within tunning pack options. The first part of this is the same as the previous implementation, making a submenu. This time though a truck could spawn next to your HQ (you need to overlook the fact the truck just appeared out of thin air) there it would perform the loading animation (not all faction trucks have this animation) for let's say x amount of seconds to simulate the actual loading of the truck with your resource type. After this is done you would gain control of the truck and you could drive it to your teammates' desired location.

And the last option for implementing this is the hardest out of these and will require some sort of programming knowledge. You could create a win condition pack that supports making your own UI assets (and much more of course). So here you could create your own button that would open up a "trade hub" where you could as in most RTS games transfer your stated amount of resources to another player. After this logic is done you can move on to the visual part. Where you could dispatch the truck to your HQ there perform the loading animation and then move to the destination you set to it or manually drive it to your desired location.

Out of all of these options, my go-to for me would be the third one. The third one is more complicated but giving you more control and options on what you can do. If you don't have programming knowledge this might not be the way for you. But if you have the time I would highly recommend looking up some Lua tutorials. Because in the end with win condition packs you can achieve much more.

What format are your icons? Where do you store your icons?

This problem can appear if you modify the files directly (the .xml files) or for example if you are using git and then discard your changes. My advice would be to save your progress periodically.

The second problem you encountered is very easy to fix. All you have to do is click "Categories" and there select the tabs you want to work in.