(s226) Inter's modding tutorial for HBS BattleTech
3Timestamp jump links have been added!
0:00 preamble
2:26 topics list
3:47 recommended/required software for performing these modifications
8:05 start of topic 1: "MechWarriors" (pilots)
Note: I do apologize for how roughly this tutorial began. I did not have time to do a test run of this stream, so I jumped into this tutorial cold. It took me a while to get into a flow of how I wanted to convey information.
16:23 explaining the resource webpages I had open
22:11 done with webpages, getting back on track with my tutorial script. (You may wish to consider this an alternate starting point for the tutorial.)
28:02 making your custom pilot become part of the game
34:19 start of topic 2: allowing your custom pilot to appear in the Campaign
48:00 reliably finding your custom pilot in a Campaign
58:49 first look at a Milestone file (preceded by awkward silence while dog barks in background)
This previous timestamp also covers my tutorial script paragraph about auto-hiring/firing MechWarriors.
1:06:58 start of topic 3: "BattleMechs" (starting lance)
1:15:30 looking at a few other impactful settings in the simGameConstants.json file
1:19:09 Career mode (not Campaign) pilot roster
1:22:01 done with the Career mode tangent
1:22:43 cautionary note about the simGameConstants.json file!!!
1:26:59 start of topic 4: starting weapons, ammo, & equipment (rewind ~2 minutes if you're confused about the Milestone 114 file)
1:29:51 1-minute plea to audience (that's you!) for tips about where special DLC equipment is located. See answer link below!
1:36:26 I have not yet found the answer for certain, but what I showed in the video (UpgradeDef) did work during later testing. It follows the same format as all other inventory items, whether they be weapons, ammo boxes, heatsinks, or jump jets.
1:37:39 BONUS! punctuation syntax for custom pilot "Details" (description/background)
1:41:42 outro ...also recording the resource webpages for posterity.
External links:
~~ white tab (Add Pilots) -- http://btmodding.warriorsblood.com/index.php?title=Add_Pilots
~~ gray tab (Big_Mike) -- https://www.gog.com/forum/battletech/lets_discuss_modding_pilots
~~ blue tab (MechGhost) -- https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/career-mode-with-custom-pilots-solved.1157001/
~~ Reddit 1 (adding pilots) -- https://www.reddit.com/r/BattleTechMods/comments/8fmza1/changing_pilots_in_the_simgameconstants_file/
~~ Reddit 2 (adding equipment) -- https://www.reddit.com/r/BattleTechMods/comments/8nd9k6/how_to_add_starting_equipment/
~~ watch my brother streaming MW5 Mercenaries -- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL6a4WK4WKXmQCEWm2zLqFg/featured
~~ catch up with us on Discord -- https://discord.gg/weKXuq5
NEW!
~~ I found this link after publishing this stream. It gave me all of the answers I was looking for concerning the DLC equipment from all three DLCs: **MUST HAVE**
https://github.com/caardappel-hbs/bt-dlc-designdata
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