ANGRYABOUTELVES wrote:

Or a list of all heroes in the galaxy, what level they are, and what they're doing, like you get from possessing the Harrow system.

This ability is already part of the Librarian role, accessible the same way as when you control Harrow, through the button on the left side of the Academy screen.

1. What type of simulation modifier is this?

2. Where can I find the exact SimulationDescriptor Names and Types for this; are there any?

You should be able to define a new SimulationDescriptor for this, though you would probably also have to assign it to all major and minor factions for it to properly take effect. I think the the type depends on what your are applying it to and how you are implementing it. I haven't personally tried to make changes that affect everything, so others probably have more experience with this and can help you better.

3. What about the TargetProperty and Path?

The target properties are the ones PARAdoxiBLE pointed out. Since they are defined on the empire file, the path is most like ClassEmpire.

4. Am I correct in assuming that the operation called for editing the given values would be subtraction and addition respectively?

You could use subtraction (or addition of a negative number) to reduce the values by an absolute amount, or you could use division. Of note here, modifiers are processed in this order:

1. Addition and subtraction
2. Multiplication and Division
3. percentage bonuses (these are added together before being applied.)

Those will update the visual by giving more troops, but they may also have balance impact. Speaking for purely visual changes, it's not easy to change. (As mentioned in another thread, a gameplay programmer told me the "troops to visual pawns" ratio is apparently defined in the prefab.)

But thank you for pointing those values out. I knew I had seen something like that before, but could not remember where.

Hey Tychonoir,

Your file was indeed loaded incorrectly!

With the Umbral choir version we've changed the type of the InitiateReduceAnomalyFleetAction action:

It was an InitiateEmpireActionFleetActionDefinition but now it's an InitiateAnomalyReductionEmpireActionFleetAction.

You'll have to replace this word in both the DatabasePlugin and EntityActionDefinitions XML.

I'm afraid only some of the planet materials have depth, and you cannot change the "shape" of most of the planets (including custom ones).

Hey LogicSequence,

When you export a planet texture it should generate an XML file with these ColorReplacements in them.

Here are a few other things you can replace with planet remapping (copied directly from the Registry.xml file):

<PlanetMaterialProperties>_Diffuse;_Illum;_Pop;_PopGradient;_Smoothness;_Ring;_Depth;_WorldNormal;_AnomalyDiffuse;_AnomalyMask;_AnomalySmoothness;_ScanView;_Depth;_Cloud</PlanetMaterialProperties>
<PlanetMaterialColors>_Atmosphere;_CloudColor;_Color;_Color2</PlanetMaterialColors>
<PlanetTextureSizes>4096;2048;1024;512;256;128</PlanetTextureSizes>

Unfortunately I have no idea what Color and Color2 do, it's Artist stuff oops

I'm afraid anomalies cannot be modified: we would have had to manually implement the changes on each anomaly prefab, and this was too costly to do.

And it's something we should consider in the future but it's also not possible to always have a set of anomalies on a planet, since it relies on generator stuff and this cannot be easily modded.

Hey fellas, here's a tool which will allow you to properly transform "Latlong" (latitude/longitude) planet textures in ES2-ready ones!

Hey LogicSequence,

Unfortunately there's no flexify setting which allows you to correctly transform "regular" textures into "ES2-approved" textures.

However, we have a tool for that! It's not the one we used for the production of ES2 planets and it's kinda... homemade... but it'll work!

Hey there,

I'm not really sure how to help you, as it mostly depends on what you want to count, and what you want to do with it.

Generally speaking, quests can help you do things that would not be possible otherwise. For instance, you can use quest variables to get the amount of Planets with Anomalies in the galaxy:

            <Var VarName="$AmountOfPlanetsWithAnomaly">

                <Count>

                    <From Source="$Constellations.$StarSystems.$Planets">

                        <Where>

                            <PathPrerequisite Flags="Prerequisite">PlanetAnomaly</PathPrerequisite>

                        </Where>

                    </From>

                </Count>

            </Var>

Maybe this could help?