Utility: combineMods.py

[mehrunes_dagon]

spent many hours playtesting a middle-age combination

noticed that the script gave two units the same number, so AI player hired a powerful unit for zero gold. The units are

"Chaos Warrior Chariot"

"Keeper of Secrets"

and the mod is "chaos undivided"

and the commands i ran where
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#!/bin/sh

target=april_1
#use fixed sitemod with correct incscale

sed -ie 's|/wyvern|/sitemod|g' sitemod.dm

for x in *.dm ; do
perl -pi -e s/\\x0d//g "$x"
done

sed -i -e 's:\\:/:g' angmar.dm
sed -i -e 's:^-.*::g' -e 's-farmlandfort-farmfort-' angmar.dm
sed -i -e s:goodmagiceader:goodmagicleader: themiskyra_MA1.35.dm

/distr/game/Dominions3/utility/combine_Mods.py/combineMods.py \
2 \
sitemod.dm \
BlackTome.dm \
diversity.dm \
CBcomplete_1.6.dm \
themiskyra_MA1.35.dm \
chaos.dm \
Warhammer\ Ogre\ Kingdoms.dm \
Warhammer\ Skaven.dm \
'Cinggis Qayan, Wrath of the Khans.dm' \
TombKings.dm \
$target

===================== end of commands ================

[pyg]

Originally Posted by mehrunes_dagon

spent many hours playtesting a middle-age combination

noticed that the script gave two units the same number, so AI player hired a powerful unit for zero gold. The units are

"Chaos Warrior Chariot"

"Keeper of Secrets"

and the mod is "chaos undivided"

Interesting. If they have the same ID number then one should just overwrite the other. It shouldn't be changing other aspects (at least cost) of the unit. Can you post the .dm into this thread so I can try and figure it out?

[mehrunes_dagon]

Originally Posted by pyg

Interesting. If they have the same ID number then one should just overwrite the other. It shouldn't be changing other aspects (at least cost) of the unit. Can you post the .dm into this thread so I can try and figure it out?

not sure which .dm you want me to post.

Attempting to give them all, together with the script

[pyg]

Originally Posted by mehrunes_dagon

not sure which .dm you want me to post.

Attempting to give them all, together with the script

That was enough information for me to figure it out. It seems like some of my negative lookahead assertions were broken. I think it's fixed now and updated in the first post.

[Gregstrom]

Agreed.

[nordlys]

Uh... can we commoners hope for a compiled executable version?

[pyg]

Originally Posted by nordlys

Uh... can we commoners hope for a compiled executable version?

This is just a script so all you need is to have python installed (default on all great OSes). In terms of usability this particular script just emulates this perl script.

[nordlys]

I have xp, and have no clue how to use it.

[nordlys]

OK, i even trashed my system with Python, and that's what I get:

C:\Program Files\dominions3\mods>combineMods.py 1 ArgaDis.dm Avernum.dm test
File "C:\Program Files\dominions3\mods\combineMods.py", line 13
"""
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

edit: nevermind, I needed a 2.x Python version rather than 3.x

[nordlys]

I am now trying to combine a bunch of nation mods (Arga Dis, Avernum, Themiskyra and the 6 Warhammer nations along with endgame diversity and worthy heroes), and the resulting mod always gives me "name2spell" error until I drop half of these mods from the mix (the various warhammer ones typically cause mischief). What am I doing wrong? Or there is a total mod size limit?